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The region between the Ural Mountains and the Volga River is mainly the area inhabited by the Bashkirs in Russia. The Bashkirs are distributed through the Pacific and Ohotsky in the east to the Black Sea and the Baltic in the west. From north to south the Bashkir settlement is found between Caucasian to the Himalaya and Gindohushsky mountains. Bashkortostan is considered to be the land of the Bashkirs. However, there are more Russians in Bashkortostan than the Bashkirs. The language of the Bashkirs is Turkic, mainly derived out of the Altaic branch. There are about one million people who speak the Bashkir Language.
The Bashkirs in Russia predominantly practiced agriculture as their livelihood. However, they led a nomadic life during the 9th century and they spoke a flavor of the Ugrian language, which was attached to the Hungarians. Many believe that the culture of the Bashkirs originated from the Hungarians.
Historically, the Bashkirs follow Islam as their religion. In fact they started following Islam as early as the 13th century. During the 17th and the 18th century there were Bashkir protests and uprising against the Russians domination and colonization. In 1917, a government was formed by the Bashkirs in Orenburg. In 1919, they joined the Bolsheviks.
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