Bashkortostan
Republic of Bashkortostan
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| Anthem: Башҡортостан Республикаһының Дәүләт гимны Başqortostan Respublikahınıñ Dəwlət gimnı "State Anthem of the Republic of Bashkortostan" | |
Interactive map of Republic of Bashkortostan | |
Republic of Bashkortostan | |
| Coordinates: 54°43′00″N 55°56′30″E / 54.71667°N 55.94167°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga |
| Economic region | Ural |
| Capital | Ufa |
| Government | |
| • Body | State Assembly-Kurultay |
| • Head | Radiy Khabirov |
| • Members of the State Duma | |
| • Senators | Lilia Gumerova Oleg Golov |
| Area | |
• Total | 142,947 km2 (55,192 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,091,423 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 28.62/km2 (74.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61.8% |
| • Rural | 38.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-BA |
| Vehicle registration | 02, 102, 702 |
| Official language(s) | Bashkir • Russian |
| Website | bashkortostan.ru |
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blank_info_sec1, blank_info.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 143,600 square kilometres (55,400 square miles). 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 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1917. 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.