Bashkortostan - Baschkortostan

Map of the Urals region

The Republic Bashkortostan (Башкортостан), lies on the west side of the Ural. Administratively, it is part of the Russian federal district Volga. It borders the oblast in the southwest and west Orenburg, in the northwest to the republics Tatarstan and Udmurtia, in the northeast to the Perm region and in the east to the oblasts Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk.

Regions

Map of Bashkortostan

Bashkortostan is located on the western side of the southern Urals. Its highest peaks are the 1640 m high 1 JamantauJamantau in the encyclopedia WikipediaJamantau in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsJamantau (Q1514176) in the Wikidata database, the 2 Bolshoi Iremel (1582 m) and the 3 Bolshoi Shelom (1427 m).

places

  • 1 UfaWebsite of this institutionUfa in the encyclopedia WikipediaUfa in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsUfa (Q911) in the Wikidata database - Capital and largest city with more than 1 million inhabitants.
  • 2 SterlitamakWebsite of this institutionSterlitamak in the Wikivoyage travel guide in a different languageSterlitamak in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSterlitamak in the Wikimedia Commons media directorySterlitamak (Q196489) in the Wikidata database - the second largest city and an important chemical production center; famous for Shihan (Kushtau ski area) and limestone mountains
  • 3 SalawatSalawat in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageSalawat in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSalawat in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSalawat (Q193443) in the Wikidata database - Chemical industry, oil
  • 4 NeftekamskWebsite of this institutionNeftekamsk in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNeftekamsk in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNeftekamsk (Q172601) in the Wikidata database - Industrial city on the Kama, oil, mechanical engineering
  • 5 OktyabrskyWebsite of this institutionOktjabrski in the encyclopedia WikipediaOktjabrski in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOktjabrski (Q176325) in the Wikidata database - medium-sized city, car racing and sports activities.

Other goals

  • Nature reserve 4 Schulgan TaschSchulgan Tasch in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSchulgan Tasch in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSchulgan Tasch (Q849865) in the Wikidata database, Cave system with stone age paintings.

background

The country is still known to us by its old name Bashkiria.

language

Bashkortostan is named after the ethnic group of the Bashkirs, a Turkic people who lived with the Volga Ural Tatars is related and that since the 16th century. belongs to Russia. The Russians are now the largest ethnic group, followed by the Bashkirs and the Tatars. Official languages ​​are Russian and Bashkir.

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