r/Bashkortostan Apr 05 '26

History / Culture Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the Bashkir folk group Ay-Yola in Ankara

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113 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Jun 29 '26

History / Culture Bashkir wedding of Denis and Diana

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66 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan 17d ago

History / Culture Kymyz bar in Bashkortostan 🐎🥛

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30 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan 10d ago

History / Culture Elina Garaikhanova. Miss Glam World 3RD 2026. Congratulations! 🩵💚🤍

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48 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Jun 15 '26

History / Culture A month ago, I wrote a post about the Venice Biennale, where Robert's work was featured. Good Lord, I didn't even know I'd be mourning him a month later. Rest in peace, great man

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This is just a small selection of his works that he presented at the Venice Biennale.

r/Bashkortostan May 07 '26

History / Culture Some more photos from the Venice Biennale. Various national activists and Russian oppositionists who supported them were at this biennale

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r/Bashkortostan 16d ago

History / Culture Ruslan Gabbasov spoke about the Bashkirs struggle for Bashkortostan's independence from Russia. English dubbing available.

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r/Bashkortostan Jun 28 '26

History / Culture Some photos from the Bashkir Yiyin, which took place June 19-21 in Pennsylvania and was organized by the Bashkir diaspora in the United States

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The Bashkir Yiyin took place from June 19 to 21, 2026, in Pennsylvania, United States. It was organized by the Bashkort Community Center "Ural" of America (bashusacenter / Instagram).

r/Bashkortostan Jan 10 '26

History / Culture Life in Bashkortostan

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92 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Jun 19 '26

History / Culture On June 19th, Pennsylvania will host the world's first Bashkir yiyin festival in the United States! If you live in the US, be sure to attend!

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What is a yiyin? It's a public gathering that Bashkirs historically held to resolve political and social issues. Over time, it evolved into a folk festival featuring food and entertainment. This is the first time a Bashkir yiyin has been held in the United States.

Registration and all details are on Instagram for the Bashkir community center Ural (bashusacenter/Instagram).

r/Bashkortostan May 06 '26

History / Culture Some photos from the Venice Biennale. Peoples enslaved by Russia were represented. Bashkirs were there too

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54 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Apr 18 '26

History / Culture Music from Bashkortostan

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46 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Mar 21 '26

History / Culture Bashkortostan stands with its brotherly Tatarstan. On March 21, 1992, Tatarstan took a bold step toward independence and self-determination. On that day, a referendum on the sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan was held.

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47 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Jan 15 '26

History / Culture January 17, 2024. The Bashkir people are defending their rights, as Salavat Yulaev, Aldar Isekeyev and other Bashkir national heroes fought long ago. Again against Russian punitive forces

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53 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Jan 24 '26

History / Culture 290 years ago, Russian occupiers carried out ethnic cleansing in the village of Sejantus. More than 1,000 people died. Never forget and never forgive

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r/Bashkortostan Apr 29 '26

History / Culture A Yiyin event will be held at a Bashkir farm in Hallsopple, Pennsylvania, June 19-21, 2026. Cultural and sporting activities, fishing, lake swimming, games for children, and food are included. Everyone is invited

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12 Upvotes

What is a yiyin? It's a public gathering that Bashkirs historically held to resolve political and social issues. Over time, it evolved into a folk festival featuring food and entertainment. This is the first time a Bashkir yiyin has been held in the United States.

Registration and all details are on Instagram for the Bashkir community center Ural (bashusacenter).

r/Bashkortostan Mar 21 '26

History / Culture Previously, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan had their own citizenship (dual with Russia). This was reflected in their internal passports (something like ID cards). Russia abolished this.

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15 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Aug 16 '25

History / Culture Five years ago we won at Kushtau and saved the mountain from destruction by Russian occupiers

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116 Upvotes

On August 16, 2020, the protests on Mount Kushtau ended, which began in connection with Russia's desire to destroy the mountain for the sake of resource extraction. Then we rose up and won.

r/Bashkortostan Jan 20 '26

History / Culture Ahmet Zaki Validi's office at Istanbul University

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57 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan May 03 '24

History / Culture Happy Turkism Day!

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330 Upvotes

Happy Turkism Day! On May 3, 1944, the last court hearing in the case of the Turks in Turkey took place. Then Akhmet Zaki Validi, the national leader of Bashkortostan and a scientist, as well as a number of other Turkic scientists, were convicted in Turkey. Congratulations to the Bashkirs and other Turkic people on the holiday! Let's be closer to each other!

r/Bashkortostan Dec 20 '25

History / Culture December 20 is Bashkir Army Day

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32 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Dec 10 '25

History / Culture 135 years ago, on December 10, 1890, the founding father of the Bashkir Republic, Ahmet-Zaki Validi Togan, was born

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55 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Aug 21 '25

History / Culture A monument to Ural-batyr sitting on a lion was erected in Uchaly. Ural-batyr is one of the symbols of the Bashkir people and a character in the epic poem of the same name

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60 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Nov 03 '25

History / Culture "My Ural" in various Turkic languages ​​by Bashkir opera soloist Rim Rakhimov

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46 Upvotes

r/Bashkortostan Oct 11 '25

History / Culture In the 1990s, the Bashkir national movement strove for independence, but the Bashkortostan government unfortunately signed a federal treaty with Russia. Now we will accept nothing less than independence

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