Arslan Mubaryakov was born on December 2 (15), 1908, in the village Assy, Beloretsky region RB. Since 1934 and till the end of his life he worked at the Bashkir Academic Dramatic Theater as an actor, producer, art director and director. He has staged more than 20 plays. The most famous dramatic works of Arslan Mubaryakov are concerned with the role of Salavat Ulaev in various movies and plays.

A.K. Mubaryakov died on May 5, 1977 in Ufa.

His wife – Yanbulatova Ragida Saitgaleevna (was born in 1915) – actress, poet, playwright. The People’s artist of BASSR (1954), Honoured Artist of RSFSR (1955) and BASSR (1949)

His daughter – Mubaryakova Gyulli Arslanovna (was born in 1936) – theatre and cinema actress, director, People’s Artist of USSR (1990)

Mubariakov has great stage charm and presence; his art is realistic and popular in nature. His best roles have included Shatmurat and Salavat Iulaev in Bikbai’s Karlugas and Salavat, Khudaiberdin in Nigmati’s On the Bank of the Belaia River, the title role in Shakespeare’s Othello, Protasov in Tolstoy’s The Living Corpse, Voinitskii in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, and Dusmet Iarlykapov in Karim’s A Song Unsung. He created the character of V. I. Lenin in Pogodin’s A Man With a Gun and Third Pathétique. Mubariakov has staged such plays as Bikbai’s Karlugas (1938), Akhmetshin’s Tal’ian-Accordion (1951), and Minko’s Without Naming Surnames (1953). Mubariakov is the author of several plays. He has also appeared in films, including Salavat Yulaev (1941).

Ranks and rewards:

Order of Lenin (1949)

Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1955)

Badge of Honour Order (1944)

People’s Artist of USSR (1955)

People’s Artist of RSFSR (1949)

Honored Artist of RSFSR (1949)

Honored Artist of BASSR (1935)

State premium of the Republic of Bashkortostan named after Salavat Yulayev (1980)

Mubariakov served as a deputy to the first through fourth convocations of the Supreme Soviet of the Bashkir ASSR.