Bashkortostan
Sign in to saveBashkortostan, 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 Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the east, Orenburg Oblast to the south, Tatarstan to the west and Udmurtia to the northwest. It covers . It is the seventh-most populous federal subject in Russia and the most populous republic. Its capital and largest city is Ufa. As of 2025, it has a population of 4,046,094.
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Bashkortostan is a Russian republic located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe, with its capital in the city of Ufa. It is Russia's most populous republic and the seventh-most populous federal subject in the country overall, with a population of over 4 million people.
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- Republic of Bashkortostan
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- Республика Башкортостан
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- Башҡортостан Республикаһы
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- Bashkir
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- Başqortostan Respublikahı
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- Republic
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- Republics of Russia
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- Volga
- Russian federal subject.economic_region
- Ural
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- Flag of Bashkortostan.svg
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- Within the Russian Tsardom and Empire
- After the Russian Revolution of 1917
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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- Politics
- Economy
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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 Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the east, Orenburg Oblast to the south, Tatarstan to the west and Udmurtia to the northwest. It covers . It is the seventh-most populous federal subject in Russia and the most populous republic. Its capital and largest city is Ufa. As of 2025, it has a population of 4,046,094.
Bashkortostan was established on . On 20 March 1919, it was transformed into the Bashkir ASSR, the first autonomous republic in the Russian SFSR. On 11 October 1990, it adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty. In the Constitution of Bashkortostan and Constitution of Russia, Bashkortostan is defined as a state.
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