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CANCER HOSPITAL
CANCER HOSPITAL, the leading republican clinical specialized Tumor Treatment Centre in Bashkortostan. Founded in 1945 in Ufa. It consists of 2 polyclinics, the inpatient clinic with thoracic, proctological, gastroenterological, mammological, urological, gynecological, urological, gynecological departments,...
OLIMPIYA
OLIMPIYA, a cave, a natural monument (1985). Located on the right bank of the Khazhinovskaya Shida River (tributary of the Seleuk River), 5 km SE of Derevnya Khazinovo of Ishimbaysky Raion. It is an inclined horizontal cave with wells. Length – 1,380 m, depth – 122 m, aver. width – 8.1 m, aver. height...
OKTYABRSKY
OKTYABRSKY, a city in the RB. Located on the Ik River (tributary of the Kama River), 185 km to the W of Ufa. Territory – 98.8 km2. Population – 113.8 thous. people (2018).
The economy is comprised of mechanical engineering and fuel industry. There are: NGDU Tuymazaneft, PAO ANK Bashneft; enterprises:...
OZNA
OZNA, OAO (Oktyabrsky). Produces oil, gas and boiler equipment, including the facilities for measuring well production flow, reservoir pressure maintenance systems, oil treatment and pumping. Founded in 1953 as Oktyabrsky Repair Mechanical Plant, since 1983 after association with Nefteavtomatika Plant...
LAKES
LAKES, natural reservoirs with slow water exchange and coastal zone profile, developed under the impact of wind waves and current. Morphometric characteristics: surface area, volume, depth, length, width, indentation of shoreline, configuration of lake basin, etc. Bashkir Pre‑Urals are represented mostly...
REPUBLIC BURN CENTRE
REPUBLIC BURN CENTRE, the structural unit of the Municipal Clinical Hospital No.18. It was established in 1966 and was one of the first such centers in the USSR. The Centre consists of Department of Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Admission and Diagnostics Department and Burn Unit. Provides complex...
ANNUAL GRASSES
ANNUAL GRASSES, a group of agricultural plants with a life cycle of a single year. After ripening their seeds the plant dies. Cultivated for hay, green fodder or pasture. They give high yields of herbage, have a fairly high nutritional value. There are legumes (spring and winter vetch, annual clover,...
ODK–UFA MOTORBUILDING PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION
ODK–UFA MOTORBUILDING PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION, OAO. The largest manufacturer of aircraft engines in RF. It develops, manufactures and repairs gas turbine engines for military aviation, helicopter units; manufactures equipment for oil and gas industry, etc. It has the following branches: OKB named after...
ODINOKOV, Viktor Nikolayevich
ODINOKOV, Viktor Nikolayevich (b.22.12.1937 in Klin), Organic Chemist. Associate Member of the AS RB (1991), D.Sci. (Chemical Sciences) (1981), Full Professor (1984). Merited Master of Sciences of the RF (1998), BASSR (1987). Graduated from the Moscow Chemical Technology Institute (1960). Since 1970...
SHEEP BREEDING
SHEEP BREEDING, a branch of livestock breeding. In Bashkortostan, sheep (mostly, coarse‑wool sheep) have been bred since olden times; early in the 19th century, fine wool sheep of Merino breed were imported. In 2018, the total number of sheep in all categories of entities reached 719.6 thous.: agricultural...
VEGETABLE GROWING
VEGETABLE GROWING, a branch of plant growing concerned with cultivation of vegetable crops. There are V.g. of open and protected soils. Vegetables in field conditions are grown in the open soil, while vegetables in the off‑season period and open soil seedlings are grown in the protected soil.
The development...
OBSHCHIY SYRT
OBSHCHIY SYRT, upland in the SE of the East European Plain. It extends in the territory of Saratov, Samara and Orenburg oblasts; within the territory of the RB, to the south from the Belebey Upland, there are extreme northern spurs of O.S. Length — approx. 500 km, abs. alt. — 405 m (Medvezhy Lob). The...
CONVENTIONAL LAW
CONVENTIONAL LAW, a set of rules of conduct (customs), formed in a society as a result of their repeated application. The Bashkir applied the Law along with the Sharia until the beginning of the 20th century. The rules of the C.l. regulated all aspects of life of the Bashkir community, relations with...
OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, historical and cultural monuments, real estate objects of value, deemed to have connection with history, archaeology, architecture, urban development, fine art, science and technology, aesthetics, ethnology, anthropology and which are sources of information about the origin...
PUBLIC CATERING
PUBLIC CATERING, the total of enterprises engaged in the production of culinary products, flour confectionery and bakery products, their sale and catering organization. The types of P.c. enterprises: restaurant, bar, cafe, canteen, and diner. Restaurants, cafes and bars combine the production, selling...
FACING STONES
FACING STONES, rocks with decorative properties. They have different origin: magmatic (granite, sienites, diorites, gabbro, dolorite, labradorite, tufa, porphyry, etc), sedimentary (limestone, dolomite, sandstone, gypsum), metamorphic (marble, quartzite). The quality of F.s. is determined by their physical...
PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS
PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS, voluntary self‑governing non‑profit entities created based on personal initiative by people who united for protection of common interests and implementation of the ideas specified in the Charter. In 2012, there were more than 4,500 P.a. in various economic fields in RB, including...
OBOLENTSEV, Roman Dmitriyevich
OBOLENTSEV, Roman Dmitriyevich (1.11.1906, Selo Alekseevka of Kharkov Gub. – 27.10.1968, Kiev), Petrochemist. D.Sci. (Chemical Sciences) (1951), Full Professor (1953). Merited Master of Sciences of the RSFSR (1964), of the BASSR (1957). Graduated from the Leningrad State University (1936). Between 1951–68...
RITUALS
RITUALS, a set of ritual actions, stipulated by customs and social conventions, that embodied religious notions, everyday traditions, social ideas and values. R. are called to influence the objective course of life in order to direct it to the favourable course, perform the function of the regulator...
CHARM
CHARM, an object endowed with the ability to protect its owner from various disasters and to bring good luck. Amulets, beteu, mascots, plants, different metal objects, etc were used as Ch. (ref. Rituals). The faith of the Bashkirs in the magical power of Ch. goes back to pre‑Islamic beliefs (ref. Animals...
