Friendship Monument, Ufa, Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia
The Republic of Bashkortostan , also historically known as Bashkiria, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic (state)). It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa. With population of 4,072,292 as of the 2010 Census, Bashkortostan is the most populous republic in Russia.
Bashkurdistan, the first ethnic autonomy in Russia, was established on November 28,1917. On March 20, 1919, it was transformed into the Bashkir ASSR, the first Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in RSFSR.
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