7 Facts about Bashkortostan

In this video you can find 7 little known facts about Bashkortostan. Keep watching and subscribe, as more episodes will follow! You can now support this channel via Patreon, by accessing the link bellow. Thank you! Social Media: ------------------------------------------------ More information about the video content bellow: 1. The Republic of Bashkortostan, also historically known as Bashkiria, is a federal subject of Russia. With a population of 4,072,292 as of the 2010 Census, Bashkortostan is the most populous republic in Russia. Bashkortostan, the first ethnic autonomy in Russia, was established on 28 November 1917. The name “Bashkortostan“ derives from the name of the Bashkir ethnic group, also known as Başqorts. While the root of the name is Turkic (being a combination of ’baş’, which in Turkish can mean head, chief, main, principal, an