Bashkortostan is one of the most significant regions of the Russian Federation. The people living here have their own traditions, rooted deep into the history of these regions. We can say that this is a very interesting place – here the familiar Russian realities are mixed with the Bashkir color.
Bashkiria became the first national republic that arose in Russia and largely determined its current federal structure. Initially, autonomy was called Bashkurdistan, and the Soviet authorities officially recognized it in March 1919.
The first capital of the young republic was Orenburg. Then the republican center was moved to Sterlitamak, and from there to Ufa.
Ufa is one of the most spacious cities in Russia with a population of more than 1 million people. For every citizen in the capital of Bashkortostan there are about 682 sq.m.
Sterlitamak a few years ago was awarded the title of the cleanest and most comfortable city of the Russian Federation with less than a million inhabitants.
Bashkiria is the only region in the world where the ancient craft of beardedness has survived to this day. Bortevoy honey (that is honey of bees, living not in apiaries, but in hollows of trees) because of the difficulty of its extraction is very expensive: a kilogram of this delicacy costs from 2.5 to 4 thousand rubles.
The development of the beekeeping in the republic was promoted by nature itself, as in the territory of Bashkir there are about 80% of all lime forests in Russia.
The oldest parking lot of primitive people found in the Ural mountains was discovered on the shore of Bashkir Lake Karabalikly.
In the Bashkir cave, Shulgan-Tash, the painting of the Stone Age has been preserved – this is the only place with similar drawings in the whole of Eastern Europe (also, check Interesting facts about Eastern Europe). There is a legend according to which in this cave inhabited a certain underground people led by the owner of this place – Div. Miraculous creatures supposedly stored in the cave invaluable treasures and weapons that had no equal.
The natives of Bashkiria are many famous personalities: writers Sergei Dovlatov and Tatyana Ulitskaya, athletes Daniil Kvyat and Lyaysan Utyasheva, musicians Zemfira and Vladimir Spivakov and the greatest dancer of the last century Rudolf Nuriev.
Near the Opera theater in Ufa there is a fountain “Seven girls”, considered one of the most beautiful in Bashkiria. The composition of the composition is easy Bashkir legend of the seven beauties, surprisingly similar to each other, who rushed from the cliff into the river, so as not to get conquerors. Near the fountain there is a sign with a brief account of this legend – when making it a spelling mistake was made, which was quickly noticed by the townspeople, and the tablet had to be changed urgently.
Treasure hunters from all over Russia go to Bashkortostan to search for the convoy of Emelyan Pugachev with innumerable riches. According to the legend, the organizer of the insurrection robbed everything in his path and added value to the convoys, which he then hid in secluded places. One of these places is the mountains near Beloretsk.
Bashkiria is the leader among Russian regions for the production of dairy products. More than 1.2 million cows are kept in Bashkirian farms.
On the Bashkir territory is located the highest of the peaks of the Southern Urals – Mount Yamantau, towering at 1640 meters.
Not far from the Bashkir settlement of Lakly, an Aysky fountain, 5 meters high, is beating from under the ground. This fountain is artificial, although it looks like a real geyser – it originated in the 1960s, when geologists drilled a well for reconnaissance.
On the territory of Ufa can accommodate 7 Paris or 1711 Vaticans.
