Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects. Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects.

• 1 Ten Minutes of Solitude, 2 The Gout Flower, 3 The Ghost of the Bird-cherry Tree, The Month of Little Heat, 4 The Escape and Twenty Years of Non-existnce, On to the Other Side, 5 'Not Always Flying…', Chestnut near Karlovy Bridge, 6 A Prayer in Beech Forests, About the Fishing Rod, 7 The Dorothean Fields, Stairway to Heaven, 8 Who Cries, The Secret Lily of the Valley, 9 Postscript

Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects. Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects.

• 1 Ten Minutes of Solitude, 2 The Gout Flower, 3 The Ghost of the Bird-cherry Tree, The Month of Little Heat, 4 The Escape and Twenty Years of Non-existnce, On to the Other Side, 5 'Not Always Flying…', Chestnut near Karlovy Bridge, 6 A Prayer in Beech Forests, About the Fishing Rod, 7 The Dorothean Fields, Stairway to Heaven, 8 Who Cries, The Secret Lily of the Valley, 9 Postscript

Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects. Ravil Bukharaev (1951-2012) was a celebrated Tatar writer, poet and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan and author of over thirty books. Born in Kazan, the capital, in 1992 he left Russia and moved to London with his artist/poet wife Lydia Grigorieva in 1992 and subsequently joined the BBC World Service. Latterly, following early retirement, he committed himself to supporting a number of UNESCO projects.

• 1 Ten Minutes of Solitude, 2 The Gout Flower, 3 The Ghost of the Bird-cherry Tree, The Month of Little Heat, 4 The Escape and Twenty Years of Non-existnce, On to the Other Side, 5 'Not Always Flying…', Chestnut near Karlovy Bridge, 6 A Prayer in Beech Forests, About the Fishing Rod, 7 The Dorothean Fields, Stairway to Heaven, 8 Who Cries, The Secret Lily of the Valley, 9 Postscript