Bashkir people
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)
Article
31 sectionsContents
- 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