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BAYMAKSKY RAION
BAYMAKSKY RAION, located in the SE of the RB. Established on August 20th, 1930, under the name of BaymakTanalyk(ov)sky Raion. Since September 20th, 1933 has its current name. In 1956, part of Matrayevsky Raion territory amalgamated with B.r. Territory — 5,431 km2. Adm. centre — Baymak, which is located...
BAYT
BAYT (from Arab. “beyt” – couplet), is a Bashkir (beyet) and Tatar (beet) epic, lyro-epic and lyrical genre of folk and ethnic poetry; Chuvashes call it (peyt, peyet) and consider as a kind of a ballad. It can be oral or written and combines features of folklore and literature. B. plots are tragic,...
BAYT OF THE FRENCH WAR
“BAYT OF THE FRENCH WAR”, “ B a y t o f t h e F r e n c h w a r o f 1 8 1 2”, Bashkir bayt. First registered in 1967 by N.D. Shunkarov in the Verkhniy Muynak village of Zianchurinskiy District of BASSR from Gubaydulla Khamidullin, published (“Bashkir ethnic art. Bayts”; 1978). The work is ironical...
BAYT OF THE RUSSIAN‑GERMAN WAR
“BAYT OF THE RUSSIAN‑GERMAN WAR”, “Ba y t o f t h e G e r m a n w a r”, Bashkir bayt. The poetic text was first written down in 1940 (the author of the writing and the informant are unknown) and published in “Bashkort khayk izhady”. Bayt’s chant has not been preserved. The origin is connected with...
BAZARGUL YUNAYEV
, Deputy of the 1767—69 Ulozhennaya Committee of the Bashkirs of Isetskaya Province. Participant of the Peasant War of 1773—75, Pugachev’s Field Marshal General. He submitted to the Commission a Draft of the Decree on the free exercise of Islam, preservation of the Patrimonial Law of the Bashkirs, reduction...
BEAR'S HOLIDAY
BEAR'S HOLIDAY, is a calendar ritual. Its origin is connected with ancient pagan beliefs (see Cults, Totemism). The image of a bear is common for many peoples of the world. Udmurts perform the B.d. dirung Maslenitsa period. Somebody was dressed up in an inside-out fur coat (as an image of a bear) and...
BEE BREEDING AND APITHERAPY CENTRE
BEE BREEDING AND APITHERAPY CENTRE, Bashkir state‑financed research institution. Located in Ufa. Established in 1998. The Centre is focused on the preservation, selection and reproduction of the Bashkir bee, and the investigation of bee sting therapy methods. It has identified areas with optimal conditions...
BEEKEEPING
BEEKEEPING, breeding of bees producing honey, bees wax and other bee-keeping products, also for pollination of entomophilous cultural plants; a branch of livestock breeding, an ancient business of the Bashkirs. In 1997, businesses with all types of ownership had 188.4 thous. bee colonies in total and...
BEE-KEEPING PRODUCTS
BEE-KEEPING PRODUCTS. Since ancient times, humans have used B.-k.p.: royal jelly, honey, beebread, dead bees, bee glue, bee wax, bee poison, pollen, etc, which feature antimicrobial and therapeutic effects.
Royal jelly, secretion of maxillary and pharyngeal glands of nurse bees. Bees place 0.2—0.5...
BELARUSIAN ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER
BELARUSIAN ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Ufa in 1996. Under the auspices of the BECC, Belarusian Historical Cultural Center is organized in Baltika village, Iglinskiy District, Bashkortostan, the Belarusian language is studied at school. Participated in the...
BELARUSIAN FOLKLORE
с of the Bashkortostan republic has variety of genres: fairy tales, legends, lore, historical short stories, bylichkas, songs, aphoristic genres. Belarusian fairytales (household, magic, f. about animals) and songs appeared in the territory of Bash kortostan mostly as a result of the immigration of...
BELARUSIAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
BELARUSIAN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER o f t h e R B, a public organization, branch of the House of Peoples’ Friendship. It was established in 2006 in the village Baltika in Iglinsky district of the RB in order to safeguard and develop the traditions, rituals, and customs of Belarusians, and study...
BELAYA
BELAYA, Agidel, left tributary of the Kama River, the largest river of the RB. Length — 1,430 km, basin area — 142 thous. km2. Sterlitamak in spring period accounts for 79% of annual runoff, the city of Ufa — 65%. According to the nature of physical and geographical conditions, the basin is divided...
BELAYA REKA, a publishing house
BELAYA REKA, a publishing house, GUP. Carries out release and sale of books, magazines, photo albums, catalogues, booklets, template forms and other products. Established in 1995 as the Information and Publishing Centre of the State Tax Inspec torate of the RB. Since 2002 – the B.R. publishing house...
BELEBEEVSKY RAION
BELEBEEVSKY RAION, located on the SW of the RB. Established on August 20, 1930. Between 1963–65, due to the amalgamation of raions, B.r. included the territory of Ermekeyevsky and Bizhbulyaksky raions. Territory — 1,859 km2. Adm. centre — Belebey, located 180 km SW of Ufa and 10 km S of Aksakovo Railway...
BELEBEY UPLAND
BELEBEY UPLAND in the territory of the RB extends from the lower reaches of the Basa River in the NW to the Dyoma River on the SE, in the W — the Ik River (tributary of the Kama River). Abs. alt. in the south — 200 m, in SE — 420 m. The relief is erosive. The bowels are rich in oil (Tuymazinskoye, Usen-Ivanovskoye,...
BELIEF
BELIEF, 1) is a faith in supernatural phenomena; a constituent of mythology; 2) is a prediction (foresight) based on a mystical connection of events in a person’s life with certain phenomena (see Sign). B. reflect the type of household activities of people, their worldview, psychology, traditions and...
BELOKATAYSKY
BELOKATAYSKY, a zoological wildlife reserve of area 8.2 thous. ha in the territory of Belokataysky Raion. It was organized to restore the populations of game animals (1963). Old age pine trees grow here. The wildlife reserve is inhabited by true otter, spotted eagle, great gray owl, European mink, freshwater...
BELOKATAYSKY RAION
BELOKATAYSKY RAION, located in the NE of the RB. Established on August 20, 1930 under the name of StaroBelo kataysky Raion, since Sept. 20, 1933 the current name. Between 1963—65, B.r. included the territory of Mechetlinsky Raion. Territory — 3,037 km2. Adm. centre — Selo Novobelokatay, which is located...
BELOOZYORSKY
BELOOZYORSKY, a zoological wildlife reserve of area 8.0 thous. ha in the territory of Gafuriysky Raion. It was organized to preserve the unique natural complex in the floodplain of the Belaya River and Beloye Lake, as well as to restore the population of river beaver (1986). Beloye Lake is located in...
