Bashkortostan

COAT OF ARMS

the Bashkirs." Russian name of this republic is Bashkiria, firmly

established in the late 16th century. The first written mention of the individual tribes have joined the Bashkir people are found in the writings of Herodotus. On the map of Ptolemy we can find the Ural River. Valuable information is contained in the writings of al-Balkhi. He wrote that Bashkirs were people, who were divided into two groups, one of which lived in the southern part of the river Ural, the other is near the Danube, near the borders of the Byzantine Empire.

in the 1990s in Bashkortostan was less strong compared with

the regions of the manufacturing industry.






There is also a wood-working industry and building materials industry. Major representative of the food industry is of "Bashspirt."

the Russian natural areas for tourism and recreation. It developed

hundreds of hiking trails, built camp site. Every year in the sanatorium organizations, recreation and tourist centers of rest and recuperate more than 400 thousand people

Sunni Islam (67% of the total number of religious organizations)

and Orthodox Christianity (22%). The republic has 1,445 religious associations in more than 22 destinations. Prior to 1990, in Bashkortostan there were only 15 mosques. In short time, the Republic of Bashkortostan has managed to mobilize the necessary resources and to build for almost every municipal or rural education own mosque. At this time, in Bashkortostan there are more than 900 mosques and over 200 Orthodox churches and more than 60 houses of worship