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YAMANTAU
“YAMANTAU” (“Ominous mountain”, “The evil mountain”), Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. It was registered by N.D. Shunkarov from Mugalim Mirkhaydarov in 1960 in Askarovo village, Abzelilovskiy District BASSR and published in the “Bashkir ethnic art. Songs.” collection (1st book, 1974). The...
YAMANTAU
YAMANTAU (in translation from Bashkir, literally, — “bad mountain”), the highest point of the Bashk. (South) Urals. It is located within the territory of the South Ural Reserve. Abs. alt. — 1,638 m, length — 5 km, width — approx. 4 km. The slopes are steep, north is stepped, south and east are swampy....
YAMALETDINOV Mavletbay Baygildeevich
YAMALETDINOV Mavletbay Baygildeevich (b. 5.3.1947), writer, translator, kuraist. Folk sesen (2018). Ya’s repertoire includes the classical pieces uzun-kui, kubairs. Author of the novel “The Circle” (2006), devoted to Kubagush-sesen. Based on Old -Turkic written sources, Ya. created a dastan (epic) “Kul-Tegin”;...
YALSYGUL
“YALSYGUL”, Bashkir ethnic song, kyska-kuy. The song was registered by L.N. Lebedinskiy from I.S. Dilmukhametov in 1939 and published in the “Bashkort khalk yirdary” collection by G.Z. Suleymanov. It is an optimistic song of a worker called Yalsygul. “Y.” melody is based on a major pentatonic and resembles...
YALKAYN (Yalkayev), Yanysh Yalkayevich
YALKAYN (Yalkayev), Yanysh Yalkayevich [25.10.1906, Derevnya Churayevo of Birsky Uyezd of Ufa Gub. (now Mishkinsky Raion of the RB) — 17.9.1938, Moscow], Writer. Graduated from MSU (1934). Worked in Mariysky Obl. Local History Museum (Yoshkar‑Ola) and Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography of the...
YAKUTOV, Ivan Stepanovich
YAKUTOV, Ivan Stepanovich [20.6.1868, Derevnya Korolyovo of Birsky Uyezd of Ufa Gub. (Askinsky Raion of the RB) – 7.11.1907, Ufa], Figure of the Revolutionary Movement. Graduated from the Ufa City Parish School (1881) and was a Member of the Social Democratic Group in Ufa since 1898. Since 1900, he...
YAKUPOVSKY SALINE SPRING
YAKUPOVSKY SALINE SPRING, Yakutovsky saline spring, on the left bank of the Kazlair River (basin of the Sakmara River), a natural monument (1965), located 2.5 km N of Selo Yakutovo of Kuyurgazinsky Raion. It has several outlets (on the stretch of 90 m), forming a lake (diam. 20 m, depth 1 m). The total...
YAKUPOV, Gilman Girfanovich
YAKUPOV, Gilman Girfanovich (20.3.1925, Derevnya Staro‑Sibayevo, Zilairsky Canton of the BASSR, now Selo Stary Sibay, Baymaksky Raion of the RB, – 11.2.2012, Ufa), Statesman and an Active Communist Party Member. Hero of Socialist Labour (1971). Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1971), the Order of the...
YAKTY-KUL
YAKTY-KUL, a health resort institution which utilizes mud and climate therapies. Located in Abzelilovsky Raion of the RB, 42 km to the NW of Magnitogorsk Railway Station, on the bank of Yaktykul Lake. Opened in 1932. It is the centre for treatment of locomotor, peripheral nervous, urinary, digestive...
YAIK
YAIK is a character of the “Ural-batyr” epic, the eldest son of Ural-batyr, born by Katil’s daughter. His mother sends him to Ural-batyr and gives him 4 batyrs revived by living water to be his company. Y., his brothers and their father defeat Kakhkakha, Shulgan and their adherents. He carves the mouth...
XYLENE
XYLENE, dimethylbenzenes. Colourless liquids, well mixed with ethyl alcohol, diethyl ether, acetone, benzene; poorly soluble in water. The construction of unit No.35/1 was launched in Bashkortostan at the Industrial Complex No.18 (ref. Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat for production of toluene‑xylene fraction...
XIMEROMA
“XIMEROMA” (“Break of Day”), G r e e k c o m m u n i t y i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, an NGO established in Ufa in 2011. A member of the Association of Russian Greek NonGovernmental Organizations. The public lecture center is held at the National Library named after A.-Z. Valedi. The lecture...
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR I of 1914—18, the war between England, Russia and France, on the one hand, and Austria-Hungary and Germany, on the other hand. 38 states participated in the WWI. Approx. 163 thous. people were mobilized from Orenburg Gub., more than 320 thous. people were mobilized from Ufa Guberniya. The...
WORLD KURULTAY (CONGRESS) OF BASHKIRS
WORLD KURULTAY (CONGRESS) OF BASHKIRS i s a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l u n i o n o f s o c i a l a s s o c i a t i o n s. Founded in 1995 in Ufa to consolidate and revive the Bashkir nation. The main activities: to implement and protect political, economic, ecological, social, cultural...
WORLD KURULTAY (CONGRESS) OF BASHKIRS
WORLD KURULTAY (CONGRESS) OF BASHKIRS, an International Union of Public Associations. Established in Ufa in 1995 under the name of World Kurultay of Bashkirs, since 1999 — the Interregional Kurultay of Bashkirs, since 2003 — received its current name. Has regional offices in both the RF regions and...
WORLD FOLKLORIADA
WORLD FOLKLORIADA, festival. The organizer is the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF®). The idea of holding it was proposed in 1991 by the representative of Israel, Sh. Bialik and was adopted by the General Assembly in 1993 in Dublin (Ireland). It is held...
WOODWORKING INDUSTRY
WOODWORKING INDUSTRY, a branch of forest industry, associated with mechanical and chemical mechanical processing of wood. The RB is represented by sawmilling, plywood, furniture, tare, match making productions and wood chemistry. The largest industry enterprises: Selena Timber Company (Beloretsky Raion),...
WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. Arose in Bashkortostan in the early 20th century. Between 1919—20, each canton has Women’s Departments under the Bashk. Obl. Committee of the RCP(b). In November 1926, the Bashkir Central Executive Committee established a Commission on improvement of women’s work and life and struggle...
WIND FARM
WIND FARM, a cluster of several distributed or concentrated wind power plants (generators) connected to a common grid (cascades); the wind speed must exceed 4.5 m/s. In the late 1980s – 1990s the Bashkir branch of the Vitroen Group of Companies (Ufa), in cooperation with 24 companies of the Republic,...
WILDLIFE RESERVES
WILDLIFE RESERVES, part of state, natural, the category of specially protected natural areas, where certain types of economic activities are permanently or temporarily prohibited for the purpose of preservation or restoration of natural complexes or their components and in order to maintain the ecological...
