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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:About Template:More citations needed Template:Update Template:Infobox settlement Bashkortostan,Template:Refn officially the Republic of Bashkortostan,Template:Refn sometimes also called Bashkiria,Template:Refn is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the east, Orenburg Oblast to the south, Tatarstan to the west and Udmurtia to the northwest. It covers Template:Convert. It is the seventh-most populous federal subject in Russia and the most populous republic.<ref name="2010Census">Template:Ru-pop-ref</ref> Its capital and largest city is Ufa. As of 2025, it has a population of 4,046,094.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bashkortostan was established on Template:OldStyleDate.<ref name="Юлдашбаев">Национально-государственное устройство Башкортостана, 1917–1925 гг: Общее введение и Том 1 // Билал Хамитович Юлдашбаев, Китап, 2002, Template:ISBN, 9785295029165</ref><ref name="Гумеров">Хрестоматия по истории Башкортостана: Документы и материалы с древнейших времен до 1917 года // Фарит Гумеров, "Китап", 2001</ref><ref>Зулькарнаева Е. З., Кульшарипова Н. М. Фарман. // Башкортостан: краткая энциклопедия. — Уфа: Башкирская энциклопедия, 1996. — С. 603. — 672 с. — Template:ISBN.</ref> On 20 March 1919, it was transformed into the Bashkir ASSR,<ref name="1987USSR">Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Union Republics. 1987., p. 25</ref> the first autonomous republic in the Russian SFSR.<ref name="GSE">БСЭ т.4 1950 год стр 347</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> On 11 October 1990, it adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty. In the Constitution of Bashkortostan and Constitution of Russia, Bashkortostan is defined as a state.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="const">Template:Cite web</ref>

Terminology

Template:See also The name "Bashkortostan" derives from the name of the Bashkir ethnic group. While the endonym having various theories on its meaning, the most prominent is being a combination of Turkic words baş, meaning 'head', 'chief', 'main', 'principal' and qurt meaning 'wolf' (one of the animals regarded as sacred to Turkic peoples);<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the suffix -stan is Persian, commonly used for many Eurasian territorial names. Bashkirs speak the Bashkir language, which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic language group.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Template:Main The first settlements in the territory of modern Bashkortostan date from the early Paleolithic period, but the Bronze Age spurred an upsurge in the population of this territory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> When people of the Abashevo culture started settling here, they possessed high skills in manufacturing bronze tools, weapons and decorations. They were the first to establish permanent settlements in the Southern Urals.

Bashkortostan takes its name from its native people, the Bashkirs. The Slavonic name of the country, Bashkiriya, formed at the end of the 16th century. Originally it appeared in the forms Bashkir land, Bashkir, Bashkirda and Bashkir horde. The ethnonym Bashkirs first became known in the 7th century. In the 10th century, Al-Balkhi wrote about Bashkirs as a people, divided into two groups, one of which inhabited the Southern Urals, while the other lived near the Danube River, close to the boundaries of Byzantium. His contemporary Ibn-Ruste described the Bashkirs as "an independent people, occupying territories on both sides of the Ural mountain ridge between Volga, Kama, Tobol and upstream of Yaik River".

After the early-feudal Mongolian state had broken down in the 14th century, the territory of modern Bashkortostan became divided between the Kazan, the Siberia Khanates and the Nogai Horde. The tribes that lived there were headed by bi (tribal heads). After Kazan fell to Ivan the Terrible in 1554–1555, representatives of western and northwestern Bashkir tribes approached the Tsar with a request to voluntarily join Muscovy.Template:Citation needed The Bashkir rebellion of 1662–1664 and the Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711 were primarily caused by the Russian government's violations of the terms and conditions previously agreed between the Bashkirs and the Russian authorities. Bashkirs were also largely involved in the Pugachev Rebellion (their leader Salawat Yulayev, currently considered a national hero of the Bashkirs, was one of Pugachev's closest aides).

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The monument for the national hero of Bashkortostan, Salawat Yulayev, who led a rebellion against the Russian Empire.

Starting from the second half of the 16th century, Bashkiria's territory began taking shape as a part of the Russian state. In 1798, the Spiritual Assembly of Russian Muslims was established, an indication that the tsarist government recognized the rights of Bashkirs, Tatars, and other Muslim nations to profess Islam and perform religious rituals. Ufa Governorate (Template:Lang), with a center in Ufa, was formed in 1865—another step toward territorial identification.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917 were the All-Bashkir Qoroltays (conventions), which required a decision on the need to create a national federal republic within Russia. As a result, on 28 November 1917, the Bashkir Regional (Central) Shuro (Council) proclaimed the establishment of territorial and national autonomy in areas of Orenburg, Perm, Samara, and Ufa provinces with a predominantly Bashkir population.

In December 1917, delegates to the All-Bashkir (constituent) Congress, representing the interests of the population edge of all nationalities, voted unanimously for the resolution (Farman #2) of the Bashkir regional Shuro for the proclamation of national-territorial autonomy (of the Republic) Bashkurdistan. The congress formed the government of Bashkurdistan, the Pre-parliament—Kese-Qoroltay and other bodies of power and administration, and decisions were made on how to proceed.

In March 1919, based on the agreements of the Russian Government, the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed. During the Soviet period, Bashkiria was granted broad autonomous rights, the first among other Russian regions. The administrative structure of the Bashkir ASSR was based on principles similar to those of other autonomous republics of Russia.

On 11 October 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Republic adopted the declaration on state sovereignty of the Bashkir ASSR.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> On 25 February 1992, the Bashkir ASSR was renamed the Republic of Bashkortostan.<ref>Об изменении наименования государства Башкирская Советская Социалистическая Республика / Закон Республики Башкортостан от 25 февраля 1992 г. № ВС-10/12</ref>

On 31 March 1992, a Federative Compact "On separation of authorities and powers among federal organs of power of the Russian Federation and the organs of power of the Republic of Bashkortostan" was signed. On 3 August 1994,<ref name="asymmetries">Template:Cite journal</ref> a Compact "On separation of authorities and mutual delegating of powers among the organs of power of the Russian Federation and the organs of power of the Republic of Bashkortostan" was signed, granting the republic autonomy. This agreement was unilaterally abolished on 7 July 2005.<ref name="turner">Template:Cite thesis</ref>

Geography

Bashkortostan contains part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains.

Rivers

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Nugush River

There are over 13,000 rivers in the republic. Many rivers are part of the deep-water transportation system of European Russia; they provide access to ports of the Baltic and Black seas.

Major rivers include:

Lakes

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Lake Asylykül

There are 2,700 lakes and reservoirs in the republic. Major lakes and reservoirs include:

Mountains

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Iremel Mount

The Republic contains part of the southern Urals, which stretch from the northern to the southern border. The highest mountains include:

Natural resources

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Bashneft oil pumps
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Quarry near Sibay

The Republic of Bashkortostan is one of Russia's most mineral-rich territories. With a large share of Russian oil reserves, the region is a principal site of extraction. Other major resources are natural gas, coal, ferrous metal ores, manganese, chromite, and more.

The republic has enough mineral resources to provide its own power and fuel. Additionally, the region has enough raw materials to support a variety of industries, from metallurgy to glass-making.

Bashkortostan is a major source of materials used in non-ferrous metallurgy. The republic has good deposits of lignite with a high degree of bitumen. This lignite can be used for obtaining a variety of different chemical products like resins, surface-active substances, gummy fertilizers, and other stimulants for plant growth. Deposits of raw materials used in mining are also significant in the region.

Bashkortostan is also rich in woodlands. Over one-third of its territory, or Template:Convert, is wooded. The following types of trees dominate: birch, conifers, lime, oak, and maple. The general stock of timber has been estimated as 717.9 million m3. Bashkortostan forests have special sanctuaries and national parks. They cover more than Template:Convert.

Bashkortostan is also rich in springs that provide drinking water.

The Asselian Age at the start of the Permian Period of geological time is named after the Assel River in Bashkortostan.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Climate

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Administrative divisions

Template:MainAs of 2013, Republic of Bashkortostan is divided into 54 districts, 21 cities or towns, 2 urban type settlements and 827 selsoviets.<ref name="OKATO">Template:OKATO reference</ref>

Politics

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Building of the Government of the Republic also known as Bashkir White House

The head of the government of the Republic of Bashkortostan is called the Head (before 1 January 2015 the title was "President"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>). According to the Constitution, the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan guarantees rights and liberties to the country's people and citizens, protects the economic and political interests of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and secures legitimacy, law, and order within its territory.

Since 11 October 2018, the Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan has been Radiy Khabirov. He was first appointed as acting head by Russian president Vladimir Putin. In 2019 he was elected after winning 82% of the vote in the 2019 Bashkir head election. He was re-elected in the 2024 Bashkir head election. Before his current role, Radiy Khabirov was the Head of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast. His predecessor was Rustem Khamitov, the leader after 19 July 2010. He resigned on 11 October 2018 ahead of the election because he decided to not run for reelection.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Republic's parliament is the State Assembly—Kurultai, popularly elected every five years. The one-chamber State Assembly has 110 deputies.

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Bashkortostan's leader Radiy Khabirov with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 26 August 2019

The Republic's Constitution was adopted on 24 December 1993. Article 1 of the Constitution stipulates that Bashkortostan is a sovereign state within Russia, it has state power beyond the limits of the authority of the Russian Federation and the powers of the Russian Federation concerning the aspect of the joint authority of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Bashkortostan. The Republic of Bashkortostan is a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation on equal and agreed bases.Template:Citation needed

The relations of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Russian Federation are based on the articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Federative Treaty (with amendments) and the Agreement on Separation of authorities and powers and mutual delegating of powers among the organs of state power of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The judicial power of the republic is in the hands of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, district courts, and justices of the peace.

In full accord with universally recognized principles of international law, articles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Bashkortostan ensures in its Constitution that local self-government is recognized and guaranteed within the republic's territory.Template:Citation needed

The Republic of Bashkortostan resolves all issues of administrative-territorial structure on its own. The list of districts and towns, municipalities, as well as the order of establishing, amending and changing borders of municipalities and their names, are stipulated by the Republic of Bashkortostan law "On administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Bashkortostan and territory of municipalities".

The state has strong economic and cultural ties with its western neighbour, the Republic of Tatarstan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Economy

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Tyupkildy wind park
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Sunflower field in Ishimbaysky District. Bashkortostan has a developed agriculture

Bashkortostan is one of the Russian Federation's most developed regions in terms of its cross-regional output, the volume of industrial production, agricultural production, and investment in fixed assets.

The region's largest companies include Bashneft, Ufa Engine Industrial Association (part of United Engine Corporation), Peton Holding, Bashkhim, Ufaorgsintez, Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works.<ref name="regioncompanies">Template:Cite web</ref>

The extraction of crude oil in Bashkiria began in 1932. with major deposits first discovered in 1943. During the Great Patriotic War, Bashkiria became one of the major regions of the Soviet Union to accommodate plants and factories evacuated from Western Russia, as well as great masses of people, while also providing the country with weaponry, fuel, and foodstuffs. After the war, several industries developed further in Bashkiria, such as mining (Bakr-Tay and Blyavinsky copper mines), machine-building and oil-refining. Bashkiria's industry became a base for the further economic growth of all European outlying territories of Russia.

Bashkortostan has a diverse economy, including a large agricultural sector. But the republic's most important industry is chemical processing. Bashkortostan produces more oil than any other region of Russia, about 26 million tons annually, and provides 17% of the country's gasoline and 15% of its diesel fuel. Other important products manufactured in Bashkortostan include alcohols, pesticides, and plastics.

Bashkortostan's gross regional product (GRP) in 2016 was 1.34 trillion rubles,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> making the republic the subject with the ninth-highest GRP in Russia. The state had a positive trade balance, with $13.7 billion exported and $1.2 billion imported in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As much as 82.9% of enterprises in Bashkortostan are profitable,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> higher than the nationwide average of 68.42%. Bashkortostan has been recognized as the region with the lowest economic risk.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bashkortostan is among the leaders in real estate development,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> developed electric power industry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and tourism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ufa was ranked by Forbes as among the best cities for business in Russia in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Structure of GRP

GRP structure of Bashkortostan for 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sector %
Manufacturing 36.2
Wholesale and retail trade 16.7
Transport and communications 7.3
Real estate transactions 7
Construction 6.9
Agriculture 6.5
Education 4.1
Healthcare and social services 4.1
State management and social insurance 3.8
Mining 2.8
Production of electricity, gas, water 2.4
Hotels and restaurants 1.1
Other 1.1

Tourism

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Geopark Toratau

Tourism in the region is regulated by the Russian Federation. Efforts are underway to enhance tourism and hospitality in the northeast region. These initiatives are founded on the innovative scientific, educational, and industrial infrastructure of the Geopark "Yangan-Tau."<ref>Template:Cite journal Template:Cc-notice</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Settlements

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Bashkir village Brishtamak on the Inzer River
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Life expectancy at birth in Bashkortostan

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Ethnic groups

Bashkirs are the indigenous (autochthonal) peoples of Bashkortostan. According to the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was:<ref name=census2021>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ethnic
group 		1920 Census 1926 Census 1939 Census 1959 Census 1970 Census 1979 Census 1989 Census 2002 Census 2010 Census 2021 Census1
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Bashkirs 254,921 14.10% 625,845 23.48% 671,188 21.25% 737,711 22.08% 892,248 23.37% 935,880 24.34% 863,808 21.91% 1,221,302 29.76% 1,172,287 28.79% 1,268,806 31.5%
Russians 640,626 35.44% 1,064,707 39.95% 1,281,347 40.56% 1,418,147 42.44% 1,546,304 40.50% 1,547,893 40.26% 1,548,291 39.27% 1,490,715 36.32% 1,432,906 36.05% 1,509,246 37.50%
Kazan Tatars+Mishar Tatars+Kryashens+Teptyars 603,103 33.37% 461,877 23.30% 777,230 24.60% 768,566 23.0% 944,505 24.74% 940,436 24.46% 1,120,702 28.42% 990,702 24.14% 1,009,295 24.78% 974,533 24.2%
Mari 82,971 4.59% 79,298 2.98% 90,163 2.85% 93,902 2.81% 109,638 2.87% 106,793 2.78% 105,768 2.68% 105,829 2.58% 103,658 2.55% 84,988 2.10%
Chuvash 43,358 2.40% 84,886 3.18% 106,892 3.38% 109,970 3.29% 126,638 3.32% 122,344 3.18% 118,509 3.01% 117,317 2.86% 107,450 2.64% 79,950 2.0%
Udmurts 23,907 1.32% 23,256 0.87% 25,103 0.79% 25,388 0.76% 27,918 0.73% 25,906 0.67% 23,696 0.6% 22,625 0.60% 21,477 0.53% 17,149 0.4%
Ukrainians 53,759 2.97% 76,710 2.88% 92,289 2.92% 83,594 2.50% 76,005 1.99% 75,571 1.97% 74,990 1.90% 55,249 1.35% 39,875 0.98% 14,876 0.4%
Others 5,103 5.81% 249,263 9.3% 107,757 3.4% 104,298 3.1% 94,819 2.5% 87,445 2.3% 87,349 2.2% 96,231 2.3% 87,772 2.2% 75,819 1.9%
1 66,056 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Languages

According to the 2021 Census, spoken languages: Russian (97%), Bashkir (23%) and Tatar (20%).<ref>Russian Census 2002. Template:Lang Template:Webarchive(Knowledge of languages other than Russian by the population of republics, autonomous oblast and autonomous districts)Template:In lang</ref>

Religion

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Sufiya Mosque near Salavat

Islam is adhered to by a majority of the nation's population<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> of Bashkir and Tatar descent. The Muslims of Bashkortostan follow the Sunni Hanafi school of Islamic law.

Most ethnic Russians, Chuvash, and Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians. Most Mari are Pagan. Non-religious people form a substantial part of any ethnic group in Bashkortostan. There are 13,000 Jews in the republic, with a historic synagogue in Ufa, and a new Jewish Community Center built in 2008.<ref>"Bashkortostan Jews Centered", Dateline World Jewry, World Jewish Congress, July/August 2008</ref>

According to a 2012 Sreda survey of 56,900 people,<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> 58% of the population of Bashkortostan are Muslim, 17% adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church, 3% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% are Orthodox Christian believers without belonging to any church or members of other Orthodox churches, and 2% are adherents of the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), the Mari native religion, Chuvash Vattisen Yaly or Tengrism. In addition, 4% of the population declare to be "spiritual but not religious", 5% are atheist, and 7% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> Note, however, that this survey has been criticized as biased. It was conducted by the service "Sreda", which has ties to the Christian organizations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2010, there were over 1,000 mosques in Bashkortostan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 200 Orthodox churches and 60 religious buildings of other confessions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

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School in Salavat

Template:Main About sixty scientific organizations are active in the republic. Fundamental and applied scientific research is underway at 12 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 institutes of different branches of industry, as well as numerous design bureaus and organizations, universities, and colleges.

The country's system of popular education took shape over many centuries and reflects the Bashkir people's folklore, national customs, and traditions. When Islam spread in Bashkiria in the 10th century, an educational system began to emerge gradually—primarily religious schools operated under the supervision of mosques (Template:Transliteration and madrasah).

In addition, many institutions of higher education operate in the republic, including branches of 16 leading Russian universities and colleges. Specialists graduate with degrees in about 200 trades and professions.

Education is primarily in Russian and Bashkir.

Sport

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Neftyanik Stadium

Russian Premier League football club FC Ufa is from Ufa. KHL team Salavat Yulaev Ufa plays in the city, as does Supreme Hockey League team Toros Neftekamsk, Minor Hockey League team Tolpar Ufa and Russian Women's Hockey League team Agidel. Russian Volleyball Super League team Ural and volleyball team Samrau-UGNTU are from Ufa. Russian Handball Super League team Ugntu-VNZM and Russian Women's Handball Super League team Ufa-Alisa are from Ufa. Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat hails from Ufa. It was decided in 2018 to revive bandy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are even preliminary plans for building an indoor arena.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Culture

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Bashkir State Academic Theater of Drama in Ufa

Bashkortostan is home to song and dance companies, a network of national theaters, museums, and libraries, and a number of annual folk festivals. The republic has seven Bashkir, four Russian, and two Tatar State Drama Theaters, a State Opera and Ballet Theater, a National Symphony Orchestra, "Bashkortostan" film studio, thirty philharmonic collectives, and the Bashkir State Folk Dance Ensemble.

The Bashkir School of Dance is well respected,Template:Citation needed with many students receiving international awards at competitions in Russia and other countries. World-renowned ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, as a child, was encouraged to dance in Bashkir folk performances, and began his dancing career in Ufa.

Bashkir literature is the literary tradition of the Republic of Bashkortostan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

There are many museums in the Republic that chronicle the region's history. The National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Bashkir Nesterov Art Museum, the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography are the largest of them.

See also

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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