Bashkortostan

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.

Bashkortostan
Information
Language:	Russian, Bashkir
Capital:	Ufa
Population:	4,104,336
Currency:	Rubel (RUB)
Hitchability:	(bad)
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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)

Subdivisions of Russia

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

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Federal districts: Central • Far Eastern • North Caucasian • Northwestern • Siberian • Southern • Urals • Volga