Current ethnographic study mordova population Bashkortostan (historiographical essay)

The article is devoted to the modern ethnographic study of ethno-territorial groups Mordovians Bashkortostan. The urgency of the study is relatively small units ethnos living in inoetnichnoy environment. The analysis of works devoted to this local group Mordovian ethnos. Established the continuity of the study Mordovians with the traditions of regional ethnography and ethnic specifics of the reconstruction processes in Eurasia. The features of the ethnographic study.