Another swap made with Russia resulted to card from Bashkortostan Republic also known as Bashkiria which is a federal subject of Russia between the Volga river and Ural mountains. In short where European Russia ends and Asian begins.It is inhabited by many ethnic groups , mainly by Russians (36 %), Bashkirs (30 % ) and Tatars (25%) as well as Chuvash , Mari , Ukrainian, Mordovian , Udmurt , Belarusians. It is considered to be the muslim center of Russia as the population there is at about 55% Muslim . Capital of the republic is the city of Ufa. One of the most popular monuments in Ufa is the Monument Druzni Narodov. It was founded in 1957 commemorating the 400 years anniversary of Bashkiria free will joining to the Russian state/ It's height is 33 mt and you can see two girls statues being there , one is Russian ,one is Bashkir symbolizing the friendship between those two nations .
Большое спасибо to Alina or I guess I should say РӘХМӘТ too :)
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