Bashkirs
Initial research edition
- Language
- Bashkir
Rosstat national census coverage, including Crimea and Sevastopol, internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory. 2021 census count reproduced in original RAS-authored research. It is not an independent headcount, a language-user total or a current population estimate.
Bashkir communities are centred on Bashkortostan and also live across the southern Urals and neighbouring regions.[11]
Bashkir belongs to the Turkic Kipchak group and is closely related to Tatar. The scholarly profile distinguishes eastern, northwestern and southern varieties.[11]
Scholarly accounts describe Sunni Islam and locally rooted ritual traditions among Bashkirs. No current whole-people percentage is established here.[22]
No comparable people-wide religious percentage is established here. Regional survey results are available separately, where covered.
The map locates selected administrative contexts, not ethnic borders or complete settlement areas.
The map locates selected administrative contexts, not ethnic borders or complete settlement areas.