The Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian: Респу́блика Башкортоста́н; Bashkir: Башҡортостан Республикаһы) or Bashkiria (Башки́рия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is Ufa.
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Language: | Russian, Bashkir |
Capital: | Ufa |
Population: | 4,104,336 |
Currency: | Rubel (RUB) |
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There are over 13,000 rivers and 2,700 lakes in the Republic.
Experiences
- Platschi hitchhiked through Bashkortostan in July 2009 and found it extremely difficult to catch rides, incl. 7 hours waiting (2 people, from 7am-2pm) near Ufa. Also police seemed to be pretty weird there.
Cities and towns in Bashkortostan
- Agidel (Агидель)
- Baymak (Баймак)
- Belebey (Белебей)
- Beloretsk (Белорецк)
- Birsk (Бирск)
- Blagoveshchensk (Благовещенск)
- Davlekanovo (Давлеканово)
- Dyurtyuli (Дюртюли)
- Ishimbay (Ишимбай)
- Kumertau (Кумертау)
- Meleuz (Мелеуз)
- Mezhgorye (Межгорье) (under federal government management)
- Neftekamsk (Нефтекамск)
- Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
- Salavat (Салават)
- Sibay (Сибай)
- Sterlitamak (Стерлитамак)
- Tuymazy (Туймазы)
- Uchaly (Учалы)
- Ufa (Уфа) (capital)
- Yanaul (Янаул)
Republics: Adygea • Altai • Bashkortostan • Buryatia • Chechnya • Chuvashia • Dagestan • Ingushetia • Kabardino-Balkaria • Kalmykia • Karachay-Cherkessia • Karelia • Khakassia • Komi • Mari El • Mordovia • North Ossetia-Alania • Sakha • Tatarstan • Tuva • Udmurtia
Krais: Altai • Kamchatka • Khabarovsk • Krasnodar • Krasnoyarsk • Perm • Primorsky • Stavropol • Zabaykalsky
Oblasts: Amur • Arkhangelsk • Astrakhan • Belgorod • Bryansk • Chelyabinsk • Irkutsk • Ivanovo • Kaliningrad • Kaluga • Kemerovo • Kirov • Kostroma • Kurgan • Kursk • Leningrad • Lipetsk • Magadan • Moscow • Murmansk • Nizhny Novgorod • Novgorod • Novosibirsk • Omsk • Orenburg • Oryol • Penza • Pskov • Rostov • Ryazan • Sakhalin • Samara • Saratov • Smolensk • Sverdlovsk • Tambov • Tomsk • Tula • Tver • Tyumen • Ulyanovsk • Vladimir • Volgograd • Vologda • Voronezh • Yaroslavl
Federal cities: Moscow • St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts: Jewish
Autonomous okrugs: Chukotka • Khantia-Mansia • Nenetsia • Yamalia
Federal districts: Central • Far Eastern • North Caucasian • Northwestern • Siberian • Southern • Urals • Volga