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UNESCO  ASSOCIATED  SCHOOLS, educational  institutions,  which  cooperate with UNESCO and work in support of peace ideas, moral and spiritual values, as well as the study and preservation of cultural and natural heritage, formation of tolerant behavior, etc. Between 2000—18, 37 Schools of the RB received...

URBAN DEVELOPMENT. U.d. in Bashkortostan begins after the accession of Bashkortostan to Russia, when in the central and north western areas of the region there begins construction of fortresses and fortifications. The first project plans of Ufa (1803, 1809, 1819; were done by architect V.I.Geste and...

URALTECHNOSTROY CORPORA­TION, OOO (Ufa). Involved in the development, manufacture and installation of process equipment of block-modular design for development of oil and gas fields, etc. Manufactures pumping stations, gas field equipment, oil, fuel and associated gas treatment plants, flare, mobile...

UFA STATE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, a state‑owned university in Ufa, which was established in 1943 as the Ufa branch of M.Gubkin Moscow Oil Institute (established in 1930), which was evacuated to Ufa in October, 1941. Since 1948 — Ufa Oil Institute, since 1993 — the current names and status....

USATU-SAT, an artificial micro‑satellite of the Earth; the first research and academic satellite in the RB (2009). In 2007–09, USATU developed its useful load, the platform was designed by Polyot Design Bureau in Omsk. It was launched together with MSU satellite Tatyana‑2 from Baykonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan)...

UDMURTS (self‑identified as “Udmurt, Udmort, Ukmort”), a people, the dominant population of the Udm. Republic. In 2010, there were 21.4 thous. U. living in the RB: Yanaul – 2.4 thous. p., Neftekamsk – 1.6 thous., Tatyshlinsky – 5.4 thous., Yanaulsky – 4.3 thous., Kaltasinsky – 2.6 thous. and Buraevsky...

UZLYAU, the Bashkirs solo two‑voice guttural singing, in which on the background of low tone (bourdon) there is a high whistling sound of a fioritric nature (combination of overtone sounds and derivatives from the lower tone). Similar to the kuray and kubyz playing technique. The earliest information...

UZUN-KYUY (literally — a long tune), in the Bashk. music folklore refers to a melodic style; a genre of the Bashk. folk music. The U.‑ k. performance is the top‑stone of the Bashkirs’ singing art. The U.‑k. performers have mostly high male (tenors) and female (soprano) voices. The first samples of U.‑k....

UZYANSKOYE RESERVOIR, on the Uzyan River (basin of the Belaya River). The dam site is located 47.8 km from its mouth near Selo Uzyan of Beloretsky Raion. Built in the 2nd half of the 18th century for water supply of the Uzyan Plant. Built in 1985, revamped in 1998. Catchment area of the river in the...

UY (in translation from Bashkir — valley), a river, a left tributary of the Tobol River (basin of the Ob River). Length — 420 km, basin area within the RB — 720 km2. The length of U. in the territory of the RB is 42 km. The relief is represented by medium‑altitude mountains, it is dismembered by valleys,...

UKRAINIANS (self‑identified as “Ukrainians”), a people, the dominant population of Ukraine. In 2010, 39.8 thous. U. lived in the RB: Ufa – 12.4 thous. p., Sterlitamak – 5.1 thous., Salavat – 2.3 thous., Belebey – 1 thous., Davlekanovo – 1 thous., in Chishminsky – 1.2 thous., Alsheyevsky – 1 thous.,...

UMETBAYEV, Mukhametsalim Ishmukhametovich [21.8.1841, Derevnya Ibragimovo of Yumran‑Tabynskaya Volost of Ufim. Uyezd of Orenb. Gub. (now Karmaskalinsky Raion of the RB) – 28.6.1907, Ibid.], Bashkir Poet‑Educator, Translator, Philologist, Historian, Ethnographer, Public Figure and Publicist. Titular...

UNIVERSITIES, higher educational institutions, which implement educational programs of graduate and postgraduate education in a wide range of training areas (specialties); provide training, retraining and (or) advanced training for professionals, scientists and teachers and conduct both fundamental...

UPKANKUL, a stow, a natural monument (1985). Located in the north part of Pribelsk rolling and wavy plain, on the southern outskirts of Derevnya Upkankul of Askinsky Raion. Territory – 3 ha. It is a lake‑marsh complex: a namesake overflow lake and a swamp. The following plants, included in The Red List...

UPKANNYKUL (in translation from Bashkir — whirlpool, abyss, lake), a bayou lake in the basin of the Ufa River, a natural monument (1965). Located 2 km W of Derevnya Nimislyarovo of Nurimanovsky Raion. Surface area — 0.1 km2, length — 2.5 km, width — up to 180 m. At high water level, it is connected...

URAZBAYEV, Nasyr Rafikovich [3.4.1902, Derevnya Utyakovo of Sterlitamaksky Uyezd of Ufa Gub. (Gafuriysky Raion of the RB) – 31.1.1981, Ufa], Statesman. Merited Master of Sciences and Technology of the BASSR (1962). Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1944, 1949), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1943,...

URAZMETOV, Akhat Salikhovich (9.12.1931, Selo Kalmashevo of Chishminsky Raion of the BASSR — 2.7.2015, Ufa, buried in his homeland), Variety Artist. People’s Artist of the BASSR (1977), Merited Artist of the RSFSR (1983) and BASSR (1967). After graduating from the Bashk. Theatre Art School (1951), he...

URAKSIN, Zinnur Gazizovich (5.11.1935, Selo Maksyutovo of Orenburg Obl. – 3.3.2007, Ufa), Linguist, Writer, Public Figure. Acad. of the AS RB (1991), Dr. of Letters (1976), Full Professor (1983). Merited Scientist of the RF (1996) and BASSR (1984). Awarded with the Order of People’s Friendship (1999)....

URAL, Ural Mountains, Ural mountain system, Ural folded region, mountain country, stretched in meridional direction from the coast of the Kara Sea to the latitudinal flow of the Ural River. The length is more than 2,000 km, width is 40—60 km (in some places up to 100 km). In the SW, through the Pai...

URAL, Yaik, river, flows into the Caspian Sea. Length — 2,534 km, basin area — 220 thous. km2. The length of U. in the territory of the RB is 165 km. The basin relief is represented by medium‑altitude mountains, it is dismembered by valleys, the deposits are gold‑bearing. Landscapes are represented...