Ufa ( Уфа ) - Bashkir and Islam Capital of Russia

Ufa, the capital and largest city of Bashkiria.
also the industrial, economic, scientific and
cultural center of the republic.

founded as a small tribal settlement
but was made a town fortress and outpost on the
14th Century built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible
during which the Bashkirs voluntarily agreed to
be under Russian protection and served with their battalion under the Tsarist Army.

the 18th century, progress and industrialization of Ufa evolved into an administrative, trading, manufacturing and cultural center. During World War II, following eastward Soviet retreat in 1941 because of the Nazis invasion, Ufa became the wartime seat of the Soviet Ukrainian government.

now Ufa is a major industrial and Manufacturing
hub and is one of the biggest producers of Oil and Gas
in the whole of Russia regions.

City Population ( 2010 ) : 1,062,300

Ethnic Groups:
Russians, Bashkirs, Tatars, Chuvash, Mari, Ukrainian , Udmurt, Mordovian, Jews, Belorussian, Uzbeks, Armenian, Azeris, Kazakhs

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