Bashkir people

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, which spans both sides of the Ural Mountains, where Eastern Europe meets North Asia. Smaller communities of Bashkirs also live in the Republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai the oblasts of Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan and other regions in Russia; sizeable minorities exist in Kazakhstan.

Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (; ; ; born 27 June 1983), known professionally as Alsou, is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came second with the song Solo right after Denmark, giving her recognition across Europe. Alsou hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow. Merited Artists of the Russian Federation (2018).

Kazakhstani tennis player

Russian politician, former President of the Republic of Bashkortostan (1933–2023)

Alisher Tagirovich Morgenshtern (né Valeyev;; 17 February 1998), known professionally as Morgenshtern (stylized in all caps), is a Russian rapper, hip-hop, pop and rock singer, songwriter, record producer and showman.

Russian gymnast

Russian politician

Uzbekistani female tennis player

Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1922–1987)

Russian operatic bass

Russian politician

Russian international draughts player

Russian Paralympic biathlete

Russian ski jumper

Bashkir composer (1916–2003)

Russian-born violinist residing in the UK

thumb|A map of Smaller Bashkiria in 1919 thumb|A map of Greater Bashkiria in 1922 Badzhgard or Bashkurd, historically Bashkiria () is a historical and geographical region in the Urals, the traditional border between Northern Asia and Eastern Europe in modern Russia, inhabited by the Bashkirs. Today, the territory is administratively split between the Republic of Bashkortostan, Orenburg and Chelyabinsk oblasts, parts of the Republic of Tatarstan, the south-eastern part of Udmurtia, the southern part of the Perm Krai, the south-western part of the Sverdlovsk oblast, the western part of the Kurga

Bashkir woman (1679–1739)

Islamic leader, public and political figure in Bashkortostan, Russia, and in Japan. 20th century

Bashkir activist (born 1986)

Bashkir religious leader (1833–1917)

pop musician

thumb|right|200px|A 2007 monument to emir Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, a ruler of [[Volga Bulgaria, founder of Elabuga]] Bulgarism is an ideology aimed at the "revival of Bulgars' national identity" and Volga Bulgaria statehood. It originated in the second half of 19th century within the Wäisi movement and the Society for the study of the native land (Chuvashia). It was revived at the end of the 20th century as "neobulgarism" in Tatarstan, Bashkortoston and Chuvashia.

draughts player

Soviet Bashkiria actress, teacher (1901–1969)

Russian businessman

Russian boxer

Russian sculptor

Russian politician

Russian-Bashkir singer

Soviet general (1909-1986)

archaeological culture in the Southern Urals

Bashkir statesman, public figure (1924–2000)

Bashkir folklorist, scientist

painting by Sir William Allan

Bashkir writer, 1918–1994

Russian Internet entrepreneur

Russian political scientist

Russian conductor (1977–2025)

Russian association football player