Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders
Cave paintings in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve.
Mausoleum of Turahan, 14th-century building.
Bashkirs near Hamburg during the Napoleonic Wars, c. 1813.
A Red Army cavalry unit made up of Bashkirs, likely taken between 1924 and 1927.
The Bashkirs or Bashkorts are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Russia. They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, a republic of the Russian Federation and in the broader historical region of Badzhgard
Bashkortostan
…the Constitution of Bashkortostan and Constitution of Russia, Bashkortostan is defined as a state. The name Bashkortostan derives from the name of the Bashkir ethnic group, and is literally translated as "land of the Bashkirs". While the endonym having various theories on its meaning, the most prominent being…
Bashkirs in traditional clothing
Mausoleum of Husseinbek of the 14th century in Bashkortostan
Bashkirs of Baymak in traditional dress