This article reviews the monograph by G. N. Garustovich and A. I. Nechvaloda entitled ‘Medieval Stone Mausoleums of Bashkortostan: History, Archaeology, Bioanthropology’. The book provides an analysis of gathered data concerning medieval stone mausoleums in the Chishminsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the Russian Federation. The authors focus on historical, archaeological, and anthropological issues, delineating the relationship between these monumental Muslim monuments and the comprehensive Islamization policy of the country purposefully pursued in the 14th century by the Golden Horde khans Uzbek and Janibek. The book contains photo portraits of facial reconstructions from people buried in the mausoleum of Hussein Bek and Maly Keshene, made on the skulls by one of the authors. Initial facial reconstruction within Central Asia was developed by the anthropologist, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gerasimov. This monograph is intended for historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, anthropologists, and a wide range of other readers such as anyone who might be interested in the dissemination and advance of Islamic monotheism in the South Ural region, as well as the medieval cultural of the Bashkir people.