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OZNA, OAO (Oktyabrsky). Produces oil, gas and boiler equipment, including the facilities for measuring well production flow, reservoir pressure maintenance systems, oil treatment and pumping. Founded in 1953 as Oktyabrsky Repair Mechanical Plant, since 1983 after association with Nefteavtomatika Plant...

OUTSOURCING, procurement of external resources; transfer of normally non-core (secondary) processes and functions, imple- mented at the enterprise, to a third party specializing in them. The most common services are accounting, legal, household (cleaning of premises, security, building maintenance,...

ORTHODOXY, one of the main divisions of Christianity. Orthodoxy developed as an Eastern branch of Christianity after AD 395, when the Roman Empire split into Eastern and Western parts. Orthodoxy took shape as a creed after the division of the Christian Church into Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox,...

ORPHANAGES, educational institutions for orphans and children deprived of parental care. They specialize in providing emergency assistance to children, who find themselves in a hardship. In 2001, in the RB, there were 11 O., in 2006 — 35 O. (the maximum number in the RF), including 9 O. — in cities,...

ORNAMENTATION is relatively short melodical combination of sounds to decorate the melody, make it more expressive, show the skills of a musician. O. includes melismas, tirades, passages, coloraturas, glosses, fiurituras, figurations. O. can be written in notes or marked by the signs of melismatics (forschlags,...

ORNAMENTAL STONES, rocks, minerals and mineral aggregates, having decorative, aesthetic and technological properties that determine their utilization in the manufacture of decorative and artistic items and jewelry. Some O.s. are also used as exclusive cladding stones, and vice versa (e.g. marmorized...

ORNAMENT, traditional pattern built on the alternation and combination of geometrical or figurative (plant, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic) elements. O. was widely used by Bashkirs in the decoration of yurts and other dwellings, Bashkir costume, traditional adornments, household implements, sacred objects,...

ORLOV, Viktor Semyonovich [2.4.1929, Derevnya Aleksandrovka of Ufimsky Canton of the BASSR (now Karmaskalinsky Raion of the RB) – 22.9.2002, Ufa], Journalist. Merited Cultural Sector Professional of the RSFSR (1988) and BASSR (1979). Laureate of the Award named after Sh.Khudayberdin (1990). Awarded...

ORE MINERAL DEPOSITS, areas on the surface or under Earth’s crust, having ore deposits, suitable for industrial development in terms of their size, quality and conditions of occurrence. They are represented by ferrous ores (iron, chrome, manganese), non‑ferrous ores (copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, etc),...

ORAL LITERATURE is one of the main kinds of verbal art (together with folklore and literature), improvised art of professional authors, which was accompanied with musical instrument in the majority of cases. Works of O.l. express the individual worldview, aesthetic ideals, style of particular authors....

OPTIMEDSERVICE, ZAO. It provides specialized medical care for patients with eye diseases, develops and manufactures medical equipment and materials for eye surgery, devices for contact vision correction. Located in Ufa. Founded in 1993. O. consists of research and production departments, 30 Optic‑Express...

OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE, Bashkir state-owned. Opened on December 14th, 1938 in Ufa. The 1st Artistic Managing Dir. and Chief Conductor – P.M.Slavinsky, Dir. and Chief Stage Dir. – B.G.Imashev, ballet master – N.G.Zaytsev, Chief Artist – N.V.Sitnikov, choir master – N.A.Bolotov. Laureate of the RF Government...

OPERA, a form of musical theatrical art; a musical drama piece based on the synthesis of word, music and stage action. The first Bashkir O. were preceded by the musical comedies and perfor‑mances of troupes Nur, Saiyar, Shirket of the 1910–20s, which included folk and ethnographic images based on rituals,...

ON THE NIGHT OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE (Ay Totolgan Tonde), a tragedy. Written in 1963 by M.Karim. The play consists of three acts. In the tragedy, the issue of internal human freedom trying to manifest itself is presented and the idea of spiritual liberation and protest against the canons of the patriarchal­clan...

OLIMPIYA, a cave, a natural monument (1985). Located on the right bank of the Khazhinovskaya Shida River (tributary of the Seleuk River), 5 km SE of Derevnya Khazinovo of Ishimbaysky Raion. It is an inclined horizontal cave with wells. Length – 1,380 m, depth – 122 m, aver. width – 8.1 m, aver. height...

OKTYABRSKY, a city in the RB. Located on the Ik River (tributary of the Kama River), 185 km to the W of Ufa. Territory – 98.8 km2. Population – 113.8 thous. people (2018). The economy is comprised of mechanical engineering and fuel industry. There are: NGDU Tuymazaneft, PAO ANK Bashneft; enterprises:...

OKHLEBININSKAYA CAVE, a natural monument (1965). Located on the right slope of the Belaya River at the Aktash Stow, 3 km E of Derevnya Okhlebinino of Iglinsky Raion. Length – 146 m, depth – 18 m, aver. width – 37 m, aver. height – 4.8 m (max. up to 9 m), area – 5,410 m2, volume – 21,100 m3. The entrance...

OIL­REFINING INDUSTRY, a branch of fuel industry, associated with oil refining. Produces petroleum products (aromatic hydrocarbons, bitumen, boiler fuel, mineral oils, motor fuel, oil coke, olefins, drying oils, paraffins, tar, solvents, etc). Petroleum products are raw materials for the petrochemical...

OIL PRODUCTION INDUSTRY, a branch of fuel industry. Performs exploration, prospecting, development and operation of oil and gas fields, purification of the extracted oil from water, sulfur, paraffins, etc. Oil is produced in the territory of the RB and the RF. The largest industry enterprises: divisions...

OIL CROPS, the plants cultivated to produce fatty oils. O.c. include plants of various families: Asteraceae (sunflower, safflower); Fabaceae (soy); Brassicaceae (mustard, rapeseed, camelina, etc.); Euphorbiaceae (castorbean); Lamiaceae (perilla), etc. Fatty oil is also obtained from germs of corn, wheat...