Bashkortostan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
republic and federal subject of Russia
About Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan is named for its native Bashkir people, a Muslim people who speak a Turkic language. Bashkirs, Tatars, and ethnic Russians each comprise roughly one third of the population of the region. Bashkortostan is sometimes called "secondSwitzerland": high mountains and expansive steppes, evergreen forests, 600 rivers and 800 lakes. Various kinds of tourism and sport are very popular here, for example rafting and alpine skiing.
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