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FODDER CROPS, the plants grown for feeding the animals. F.c. include annual and perennial fodder herbs, forage roots and tubers, fodder melons, silage crops. In the RB, out of annual cereals mohar, Sudan grass, etc. are being cultivated; out of annual legumes — sand vetch, spring vetch, chickling vetch,...

FINE ARTS, a type of visual arts including painting, graphics and sculpture. The formation of the Bashkir fine arts started at the end of the 19th to early 20th century. Previously, it was restrained by the orthodox Islam, which forbade depicting images of the real world, and therefore, the art tradition...

FOLK GAMES, historically established fun and entertainment activities, sports, dances, song contests and other types of competitions. They entertain and at the same reflect the traditional worldview, beliefs, customs, folklore, social relations and household activities of a people. The Bashkirs F.g....

FUR FARMING, breeding of valuable fur animals for peltries (fur skins); a branch of livestock breeding. F.f. produce is used for manufacture of furs. The main fur animals bred in Bashkortostan are mink, Arctic fox, silver fox, nutria, ferret, etc. In the 1950s, Uchalinsky Fur Farm bred silver fox, blue...

FOLK CALENDAR, historically evolved system of organising, counting and regulating days of a year. It helps schedule a sequence of traditional customs, rituals, and holidays, household practices, and to a large extent, religious and folklore practices. The Bashkir F.c., combining the solar and lunar...

FOREIGN CAMPAIGNS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY OF 1813–14, military campaigns (of the Russian, Austrian, Prussian and Swedish troops alliance), which followed the Patriotic War of 1812, against the French army in the Duchy of Warsaw, the German states and France. Ended with the victory of Russia and her allies. The...

FUNGI, a kingdom of living organisms. There are more than 100 thous. species known, out of which over 10 thous. inhabit the RB. Some F. in symbiosis with seaweeds form lichens. There are more than 150 species known in the Republic, about 50 are edible F. (white mushroom, red pine mushroom, butter mushroom,...

FIBRE-OPTIC COMMUNICATION LINE (FOCL), an optical communication line where information signals are transferred through quartz light guides (optical fibres). The first digital multi­ channel of the Republic, FOCL (with a potential capacity of 2400 channels) Ufa–Sterlitamak was commissioned in 1989 (opt....

FOREIGN TRADE, import and export of goods and services. The goods from the RB are exported to more than 100 countries of the world; in the region there are about 800 exporting companies. In terms of export volume (in 2017 – 4.3 billion US dollars; as compared to 2016, it decreased by 25.3%), the RB...

F.GASKAROV’  FOLK  DANCE  ENSEMBLE, State Academic Body of the Republic  of  Bashkortostan.  Founded  in 1938 in Ufa, it was named after the founder and the first art director F.A.Gaskarov in 1988. Initially, the repertoire was based on works that reproduced the choreography of the Bashkir folk dance:...

FARMING FIRM, a business engaged in the production, processing and sale of agricultural products. In the RB, among the largest farming firms, are OOO Agrofirm Bayramgul (Uchalinsky Raion) and Nikolaevskaya (Ufimsky Raion), which specialize in the production, pro OOO Agrofirm Fyodorovka, (Khaybullinsky...

F.GASKAROV’ FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE, State Academic Body of theRepublicofBashkortostan. Founded in1938 inUfa, it was named after the founder and the first art director F.A.Gaskarov in 1988. Initially, the repertoire was based on works that reproduced the choreography of the Bashkir folk dance: solo performances...