The epic was transmitted orally from generation to generation by storytellers - sesens. In 1910, Mukhamedsha Burangulov recorded an epic from two kuraist  musician) and sesens (poet), Gabit Argynbaev (≈ 1850 - 1921) from the аul (village) of Idris and Khamit Almukhametov (1861 - 1923) from  village of Malyi Itkul (volost Itkulskaya of the Orenburg province). Researchers believe that M. Burangulov came to sesens more than once, wrote down the epic in parts. Researchers found that both storyteller came from the Burzyan clan. Both sesen well knew the area around the Shulgantash cave (Kapova cave) and Lakes Shulgankul, Yylkysykkankul (they are described in the epic). Gabit-sesen’s grandfather Argynbay moved from the highlands of Burzyan to the steppe region. Both sesen were in kinship. There are known other versions of the epic. A fairy tale of the same name in prose was recorded in 1956 by Ismagil Rakhmatullin in the village of Imangul in the Uchalinsky district of Bashkorostan by researcher Akhnaf Kharisov (published by him in the same year). The version, conventionally referred to as an `` etiological myth , was recorded in 1984 from Shamsia Safargalina in the village of Gabbas, Zianchurinsky district of Bashkortostan. For the first time, the profound originality of the epic “Ural-Batyr” was announced in the works of A. A. Petrosyan. She was the first of the researchers to discover a plot similarity between the Bashkir epic and the Sumerian-Akkadian epic about Gilgamesh. But she came to the conclusion that there are deep differences in the ideological and artistic concepts of these works: “The main motive of the epic “ Ural-Batyr ” is that man is stronger than all that is, good is indestructible. The Babylonian epic rests on another idea - everything from the will of the gods.  In 2003, a gift edition of the epos was published in Ufa in three languages (Bashkir original, Russian translation by G. G. Shafikov and English translation by S. G. Shafikov). In 2006, Ural-Batyr was published in German, translated by the doctor of philology Aliya Taysina (Germany) ( Ural-Batir: Das baschkirische Volksepos in der Übersetzung von Alia Taissina mit Illustrationen von Rais Khalilov. Taschenbuch: 108 Seiten, Auflage: 1, Sprache: Deutsch, , ). Mount Iremel. The epos "Ural-Batyr" has also been translated into other languages of the world ( Abkhazian, Hebrew, Turkish, Chuvash, French and others) . In 2007, the original text of the Ural-Batyr was first published ( Шакурова Ш. Р. «Башкирский народный эпос «Урал-Батыр». Архивный первоисточник и его текстологический анализ. Уфа: Гилем, 2007). In Bashkortostan, much is being done to popularize the epic. The performance “Ural-Batyr” was staged at the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gafuri, the popular science film “In Search of Akbuzat” was created, the tourist project “The Golden Ring of Bashkortostan: the roads of the epic“ Ural-Batyr ”was developed. Every year, a contest is held for the best reciters of the epic in Bashkir and other languages. Performances based on the epic are included in the repertoire of the Bashkir State Puppet Theater (in Bashkir and Russian). In 2010, by order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the director and screenwriter A. Lukichev shot the animated film Ural-Batyr based on the Bashkir epic (14.01 min., Moscow).
The epic was transmitted orally from generation to generation by storytellers - sesens. In 1910, Mukhamedsha Burangulov recorded an epic from two kuraist ( musician) and sesens (poet), Gabit Argynbaev (≈ 1850 - 1921) from the аul (village) of Idris and Khamit Almukhametov (1861 - 1923) from the village of Malyi Itkul (volost Itkulskaya of the Orenburg province). Researchers believe that M. Burangulov came to sesens more than once, wrote down the epic in parts. Researchers found that both storytellers came from the Burzyan clan. Both sesen knew well the area around the Shulgantash cave (Kapova cave) and Lakes Shulgankul, Yylkysykkankul (they are described in the epic). Gabit-sesen’s grandfather Argynbay moved from the highlands of Burzyan to the steppe region. Both sesen were in kinship. There are known other versions of the epic. A fairy tale of the same name in prose was recorded in 1956 by Ismagil Rakhmatullin in the village of Imangul in the Uchalinsky district of Bashkorostan by researcher Akhnaf Kharisov (published by him in the same year). The version, conventionally referred to as an "etiological myth" , was recorded in 1984 from Shamsia Safargalina in the village of Gabbas, Zianchurinsky district of Bashkortostan. For the first time, the profound originality of the epic “Ural-Batyr” was announced in the works of A. A. Petrosyan. She was the first of the researchers to discover a plot similarity between the Bashkir epic and the Sumerian-Akkadian epic about Gilgamesh. But she came to the conclusion that there are deep differences in the ideological and artistic concepts of these works: “The main motive of the epic Ural-Batyr is that man is stronger than all that is, good is indestructible. The Babylonian epic rests on another idea - everything from the will of the gods. " In 2003, a gift edition of the epos was published in Ufa in three languages (Bashkir original, Russian translation by G. G. Shafikov and English translation by S. G. Shafikov). In 2006, Ural-Batyr was published in German, translated by the doctor of philology Aliya Taysina (Germany) Ural-Batir: Das baschkirische Volksepos in der Übersetzung von Alia Taissina mit Illustrationen von Rais Khalilov. Taschenbuch: 108 Seiten, Auflage: 1, Sprache: Deutsch, , ). Mount Iremel. The epos "Ural-Batyr" has also been translated into other languages of the world , such as Abkhazian, Hebrew, Turkish, Chuvash, and French . In 2007, the original text of the Ural-Batyr was first published Шакурова Ш. Р. «Башкирский народный эпос «Урал-Батыр». Архивный первоисточник и его текстологический анализ. Уфа: Гилем, 2007. In Bashkortostan, much is being done to popularize the epic. The performance “Ural-Batyr” was staged at the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gafuri, the popular science film “In Search of Akbuzat” was created, the tourist project “The Golden Ring of Bashkortostan: the roads of the epic“ Ural-Batyr ”was developed. Every year, a contest is held for the best reciters of the epic in Bashkir and other languages. Performances based on the epic are included in the repertoire of the Bashkir State Puppet Theater (in Bashkir and Russian). In 2010, by order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the director and screenwriter A. Lukichev shot the animated film Ural-Batyr based on the Bashkir epic (14.01 min., Moscow).
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