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DZHIGITS OF BASHKORTOSTAN, a horse circus troupe. It was established in 1973 at the Ufa Circus under the name of Merry Hunters on Argamak horses, since 1981 – renamed to D.B.; in 2005, it was liquidated. The first performance with the namesake Dzhigits of Bashkortostan performance took place on September...

DZHEMILEV, Usein Memetovich (b.15.5. 1946 in Selo Osmana Yusupova of the Uzbek SSR), Organic Chemist. Associate Member of the RAS (1990), Acad. of the AS RB (1991), D.Sci. (Chemical Sciences) (1977), Full Professor (1983). Merited Master of Sciences of the BASSR (1984). Laureate of the State Awards...

DYURTYULINSKY RAION, located in the NW of the RB. Established on August 20, 1930. Abolished on February 1, 1963, the territory became part of Ilishevsky Raion. Newly established on January 13, 1965. Territory — 1,690 km2. Adm. centre – Dyurtyuli, which is located 124 km NW of Ufa. Population — 29.5...

DYOMA (in translation from Bashkir — “whirlpool”), Kugidel, river, a left tributary of the Belaya River. Length — 535 km, basin area — 12.8 thous. km2. The length of D. in the territory of the RB is approx. 420 km. The basin of D. is located within the Sterlibashevsko­-Fyodorovs­kaya Upland, Belebey...

DYAKONOV, Vladislav Dmitriyevich (22.4.1928, Vologda – 13.8.2017, Ufa), Industrialist. Candidate of Engineering Science (1985). Hero of Socialist Labour (1980). Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1980), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971). Graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (1951)....

DWELLING, a traditional building adapted by man for life and various types of activities, built in accordance with the functional, constructive, and aesthetic requirements of a society. The Bashkirs differentiate between temporary and permanent D. The traditional Bashkir D. is a yurt. Bashkirs erected...

DUVANSKY RAION, located in the NE of the RB. Established on August 20, 1930. Abolished on February 1, 1963, the territory became part of Salavatsky Raion. Newly established on November 4, 1965. Territory — 3,243 km2. Adm. centre — Selo Mesyagutovo, which is located 233 km NE of Ufa and 72 km NW from...

DUNGUR, the Bashk. percussion folk mus. instrument. Narrow wooden shell covered with leather membrane on one side. There is a D. with a wide shell (usually with a handle), tightened with a membrane on both sides; some have pendants of double silver coins. The sound is mostly extracted by the blows of...

DUMBYRA, a stringed Bashk. folk mus. instrument. Wooden body of D. has a pearshaped, hemispherical or oval flat shape and bould be either hollowed out or glued. Length – approx. 800 mm, neck with 19 inset modes. Has 3 strings (nylon or metal) and a quinte quartz construction. The sound is extracted...

DUBINSKY, Leonid Shulimovich (b.3.7.1956, Mogilyov Podolsky), an Architect. Merited Architect of the RF (2010) and the RB (1993). After graduating from Sverdlovsk architectural school (1979) worked in the “Bashkirgrazhdanproekt”, and beginning1989, in ZAO Arkhproekt (Ufa). He is the author of the project...

DRUZHBA, APC. Specializes in the production of plant growing, dairy and meat livestock breeding products. Located in Aurgazinsky Raion; the central farm is in Selo Semyonkino. Founded in 1994, it consists of 4 dairy farms. The number of cattle is over 3.4 thous. heads incl. 600 cows; the daily milk...

DRUG REHABILITATION CLINIC NO. 1, the leading republican specialized healthcare institution for treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, alcohol abusers, toxic substances abusers and individuals who suffer from tobacco addiction. Located in Ufa. It was founded in 1984. The Clinic consists of the...

DRAWLING SONG (“Ozon kyuy”) is   a n  i n t e r r e g i o n a l  c o m p e t i t i o n   o f  p e r f o r m e r s   o f   B a s h k i r   d r a w l i n g  s o n g. It has been held since 1997 in Tuymazy once every 2 years in order to find and promote talented folk singers, restore and develop the performing...

DOUMBYRA, a Bashkir plucked string folk instrument. Wooden case of pear­shaped­ hemispherical or oval­plane shape (hollowed or glued). The length of the instrument is about 800 mm with a neck and 19 mortise frets. It has 3 strings (nylon or metal); the mode is fifth and fourth. The sound is extracted...

DOROGA (Daruga), a name of an administrative and territory unit of the Ural-Volga region between the late 16th — 18th centuries (according to other data, between 13—18th centuries). The division of the Bashkir territory into D. has been known since the 13th century (according to other data, between...

DOMASHNIKOV, Boris Fyodorovich (5.4.1924, Derevnya Krigozovo of Ivanovo-Voznesenskaya Gub. — 20.6.2003, Ufa), Painter. Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (1996). People’s Artist of the USSR (1982) and RSFSR (1975), Distinguished Artist of the RSFSR (1965), Merited Artist of the BASSR (1965)....

DOM PECHATI, an editorial and publishing unit. Built in 1972 by A.A.Pakhomov, an architect. Located in Ufa. The Bash­kortostan publishing house, as well as editorial offices of Republican and city newspapers and magazines, representative offices of central periodicals and other institutions and organizations...

DOKICHEV, Vladimir Anatolyevich (b.4.11.1953 in Stanitsa Suda of Vologda Obl.), Organic Chemist. Associate Member of the AS RB (2016), D.Sci. (Chemical Sciences) (1999), Full Professor (2003). After graduating from the Leningrad State University (1976) he worked in the Institute of Organic Chemistry...

DOCUMENTARY FILMS, a type of moving pictures which are created by editing clips and photographs of authentic events and persons and presenting a visual embodiment of such and their interpretation in the form of a narration. First documentary films about Bashkortostan were shot in 1909 by a documentary...

DO NOT DROP THE FIRE, PROMETHEUS! (Tashlama utta, Prometheus!), a tragedy. Written in 1975 by M.Karim. The play consists of six acts. The author bases his play on the famous mythological plot of Greek antiquity. Zeus wants to give his daughter Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, as a wife to...