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Bashkir people

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Bashkir people

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Also known as Bashkirs, Bachkirs, Bachkir, Baschkirs, Башкиры, Башкирцы, Башҡорттар, Башҡорт

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.

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The Bashkirs are a Turkic ethnic group native to Russia, primarily living in Bashkortostan and the historical region of Badzhgard near the Ural Mountains where Europe and Asia meet. They matter because they represent an important indigenous population of Russia with significant cultural and historical presence across multiple regions of the country and neighboring Kazakhstan.

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Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Bashkirs
Ethnic group.native_name_lang
ba
Ethnic group.flag
Flag of Bashkortostan.svg
Ethnic group.flag_caption
Flag of Bashkortostan
Ethnic group.population
1.6 million
Ethnic group.popplace
center|frameless|260x260px 1,571,879 • 1,268,806
Ethnic group.pop2
19,996 (2023)
Ethnic group.pop3
3,200
Ethnic group.pop4
607 (2009)
Ethnic group.pop5
3,820 (1995)
Ethnic group.pop6
600
Ethnic group.pop7
205 (2023)
Ethnic group.pop8
84 (2011)
Ethnic group.pop9
115 (2025)
Ethnic group.pop10
1,111
Ethnic group.pop11
533 (1989)
Ethnic group.pop12
145
Ethnic group.pop13
143 (2010)

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Population
1700000
Image
Члены Башкирского Правительства.png
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Bashkir people
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Башкиры
native label
башҡорттар
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31 sections
Contents
  • Ethnonym
  • History
  • Origins
  • Middle Ages
  • Early modern period
  • Bashkir rebellions of the 17th–18th centuries
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • Establishment of First Republic of Bashkortostan
  • Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
  • World War II
  • Second declaration of independence
  • Bashkir tribes
  • Genetics
  • Haplogroups
  • Maternal haplogroups
  • Paternal haplogroups
  • Autosomal DNA
  • Language
  • Demographics
  • Culture
  • Epic poems and mythology
  • The Ural-Batyr and its impact
  • Music
  • Mentality
  • Religion
  • Notable Bashkirs
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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.

thumb|Bashkirs in traditional clothing

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