Ufa

Capital of Bashkortostan, Russia

For other uses, see Ufa (disambiguation).

City in Bashkortostan, Russia

Ufa

Уфа

City[1]

Other transcription(s)
• Bashkir| Өфө

From the top to bottom-right, Aerial view of Central Ufa, Lala Tulpan, Monument to Salavat Yulaev, New Belsky Bridge, Ufa Cathedral

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Coordinates: 54°43′34″N 55°56′51″E﻿ / ﻿54.72611°N 55.94750°E﻿ / 54.72611; 55.94750
Country| Russia
Federal subject| Bashkortostan[1]
Founded| 1574[2]
City status since| 1586[3]
Government

• Body| City Council[4]
• Head[4]| Ratmir Mavliev
Area

[5]

• Total| 707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi)
Elevation

| 150 m (490 ft)
Population

(2010 Census)[6]

• Total| 1,062,319
• Estimate

(2018)[7]

| 1,120,547 (+5.5%)
• Rank| 11th in 2010
• Density| 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)

Administrative status

• Subordinated to| city of republic significance of Ufa[1]
• Capital of| Republic of Bashkortostan[8]
• Capital of| city of republic significance of Ufa,[1] Ufimsky District[9]

Municipal status

• Urban okrug| Ufa Urban Okrug[10]
• Capital of| Ufa Urban Okrug,[10] Ufimsky Municipal District[10]
Time zone| UTC+5 (MSK+2 [11])
Postal code(s)[12]|

450000–450010, 450013–450015, 450017–450019, 450022, 450024, 450026–450030, 450032–450035, 450037–450040, 450043–450045, 450047, 450049–450059, 450061–450065, 450068, 450069, 450071, 450073–450081, 450083, 450091–450093, 450095–450101, 450103–450106, 450880, 450890, 450911–450948, 450951–450966, 450971–450979, 450981–450986, 450989–450999, 901139, 901229, 992200

Dialing code(s)| +7 347
OKTMO ID| 80701000001
Website| ufacity.info

Ufa (/ˈuːfə/ OO-fə; Russian: Уфа [ʊˈfa]; Bashkir: Өфө, romanized: Öfö, IPA: [ʏ̞ˈfʏ̞] ⓘ) is the largest city in and the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million residents,[14] up to 1.4 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia, and the fourth-most populous city in the Volga Federal District.

The city was founded in 1574, when a fortress was built on the site by the order of Ivan the Terrible. Ufa was made capital of Ufa Governorate in 1865 when the governorate split from Orenburg Governorate. Ufa's population expanded during the early 20th century.

Today, Ufa's economy consists primarily of the oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering industries; the petroleum company Bashneft and several of its subsidiaries are headquartered in Ufa. Ufa is an ethnically diverse city, home to a substantial number of ethnic Bashkirs and Tatars, with an ethnic Russian majority population. Several educational institutions are located in Ufa, including Bashkir State University, Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, and Ural State Law University. The city hosted separate summits of the BRICS group as well as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2015.

## Etymology

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The name Ufa comes from the Ufa River on which the city lies, but the origin of the river's name is disputed. The Russian linguist Aleksandr Matveyev proposes that the name is of Iranian origin, from "ap", meaning water.[15]

In a paper published in 2014, researchers Karimov and Khabibov from Bashkir State Pedagogical University present and argue for a hypothesis according to which before the construction of the foundational Russian fortress in 1574, which has since grown to become the current city of Ufa, there had already been an ancient settlement called Ufa on a hilltop near the mouth of the Ufa River. According to them, this settlement was founded by Turkic-speaking tribes to perform rituals and sacrifices to the sky god Tengri, and they called this place Upe or Ufe because, they argue, in ancient Turkic languages a place of ritual sacrifice used to be called an "opo" or an "ope." They further hypothesize that the inhabitants of the settlement themselves also came to be called the Upe or Ufe tribe and subsequently, the river along which they flourished and expanded their settlement towards its source also came to be called Ufa. Karimov and Khabibov claim that the Russian fortress builders were probably aware of this ancient name and consequently named their new settlement Ufa.[16]

## History

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Gerardus Mercator's map of Europe with Pascherti (Bashkort) settlement presumably in the position of modern Ufa.[17] The map was compiled in 1554, twenty years before the official date of the foundation of Ufa.

Early history of the surrounding area of Ufa dates back to Paleolithic times.[18] Presumably, from the 5th to 16th centuries there was a medieval city on the site of Ufa.[19] On the Pizzigano brothers' map (1367)[20] and on the Catalan Atlas (1375)[21] a town approximately on the Belaya River was designated Pascherti (Bashkort),[22] and Gerardus Mercator's map (1554) also marked the settlement with the name Pascherti. French orientalist Henri Cordier associates the position of Pascherti with the current location of Ufa.[17]

Ibn Khaldun called the town, among the largest cities of the Golden Horde, Bashkort.[23]

Russian historian of the 18th century Peter Rychkov wrote that there was a great city on the territory of Ufa before the arrival of the Russians.[24]

The official of the Orenburg Governorate government Vasily Rebelensky wrote that Ufa was founded by the Bashkirs.[25]

Early color photograph of Ufa taken in 1910 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

By order of Ivan the Terrible a fortress was built on the site of modern Ufa in 1574,[26] and originally bore the name of the hill it stood on, Tura-Tau.[27] 1574 is now considered to be the official date of Ufa's foundation.[2] Town status was granted to it in 1586.[3]

Before becoming the seat of a separate Ufa Governorate in 1781, the city, along with the rest of the Bashkir lands, was under the jurisdiction of the Orenburg governors. And even though the 1796 reform reunited Orenburg and Ufa again, in 1802, the city of Ufa became a new center of the entire Orenburg Governorate that included large territories of modern-day Republic of Bashkortostan, Orenburg Oblast, and Chelyabinsk Oblast.

The Belaya River Waterway (1870) and the Samara-Zlatoust Railroad (1890) connected the city to the European part of the Russian Empire and stimulated the development of the city's light industry.[citation needed] During World War II, following eastward Soviet retreat in 1941, the Abwehr operated in Ufa, 1941–1943,[28] some German infiltration, occurred 1914–1943 in espionage, many industrial enterprises of the western parts of the Soviet Union were evacuated to Ufa. On June 4th 1989 the Ufa train disaster would occur about 75 kilometers away from the city when a pipeline leak made a cloud of gas near the tracks and when 2 trains approached the sparks from the breaks of one train ignited the gas causing a massive explosion which killed 575 people.

During 9–10 July 2015, Ufa hosted summits of the BRICS group and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[29]

## Administrative and municipal status

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Ufa is the capital of the republic[8] and, within the framework of the administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative center of Ufimsky District,[9] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative center, it is, together with twenty-four rural localities, incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Ufa, an administrative unit with status equal to that of the districts, and is likewise home to a unit of Russia's Central Military District; the 12th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade.[1] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Ufa is incorporated as Ufa Urban Okrug.[10]

### Administrative districts

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Ufa administrative districts:

01 Dyomsky

02 Kalininsky

03 Kirovsky

04 Leninsky

05 Oktyabrsky

06 Ordzhonikidzevsky

07 Sovetsky

Ufa is divided into seven administrative districts.

No.  | District  | Population as of January 1, 2020[30]

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1  | Dyomsky  | 80,714
2  | Kalininsky  | 207,750
3  | Kirovsky  | 162,958
4  | Leninsky  | 89,062
5  | Oktyabrsky  | 246,476
6  | Ordzhonikidzevsky  | 164,682
7  | Sovetsky  | 177,145

## Economy

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According to Forbes, in 2013, Ufa was the best city in Russia for business among cities with a population of over one million.[31]

Many urban enterprises engaged in oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering reside in Ufa. Additionally, the economy of Ufa is composed of many fuel, energy, and engineering complexes.

Ufa is home to about 200 large and medium industrial enterprises.[32]

Some important enterprises in Ufa include:

* Ufa Engine-Building Production Association: subsidiary of UEC Saturn (gas turbine engines) [33][34]
* Ufimsky petrochemical Plant (subsidiary of Bashneft)
* Novo-Ufimsky refinery plant (subsidiary of Bashneft)
* Ufimsky refinery plant (subsidiary of Bashneft)
* Bashkir Trolleybus Manufacturing Plant JSC: trolley manufacturer[35]

National Bank of Bashkortostan

## Transportation

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Ufa Station is linked to the rest of Russia, being on a historic branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Ufa is the only city connected to Moscow by more than one federal highway. The M7 motorway links the city to Kazan and Moscow and the M5 motorway links Ufa to Moscow and to the Asian part of Russia.

The Ufa International Airport has international flights to Turkey, Tajikistan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Cyprus as well as domestic flights to many Russian cities and towns, including Moscow.

The Ufa Metro is a planned and oft-delayed subway system, discussed since the late 1980s. On May 30, 1996, there was a ceremony marking the beginning of preparatory construction work, attended by then-President Boris Yeltsin.[36]

Public transportation in Ufa includes trams (since 1937) and trolleybuses (since 1962), as well as bus and marshrutka (routed cabs) lines.[citation needed]

* Ufa International Airport. The inscription "ӨФӨ" is "Ufa" in the Bashkir language.

* BTZ-52763 trolleybus

* VDL-NefAZ bus

* 71-623 low-entry tram

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1897 | 49,275| —
1926 | 97,737| +98.4%
1939 | 250,011| +155.8%
1959 | 546,878| +118.7%
1970 | 770,905| +41.0%
1979 | 969,289| +25.7%
1989 | 1,082,052| +11.6%
2002 | 1,042,437| −3.7%
2010 | 1,062,319| +1.9%
2021 | 1,144,809| +7.8%
Source: Census data

The population of Ufa exceeded one million in 1980.[citation needed] It ranks 10th among Russian cities by population, and the 26th among cities in Europe by city proper. As of January 1, 2009, the city accounted for 25.4% of all residents of the republic or 42.2% of the urban population.

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition of Ufa was:[37]

Ethnicity  | Number | Percentage

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Russians | 557,492 | 48.9%
Tatars | 308,381 | 27.0%
Bashkirs | 233,128 | 20.4%
Others  | 41,618 | 3.6%

Religion in Ufa (2024)

Islam (52.5%)

Orthodox (32.5%)

Other Christian (3%)

Other (2%)

non-religious individuals (10%)

## Geography

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Ufa is situated in Eastern Europe near its land boundary with Northern Asia, at the confluence of the Belaya (Agidel) and Ufa Rivers, on low hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Urals. The area of the city is 707.93 km2 (273.33 sq mi).[5] It stretches from north to south for 53.5 km (33.2 mi) and from west to east for 29.8 km (18.5 mi).[5]

### Climate

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Ufa has a warm summer continental climate (Köppen: Dfb). Ufa's climate is characterized by harsh winters, but in some cases, summers can be quite long and hot.[38] The coldest temperature ever recorded in Ufa was −48.5 °C (−55.3 °F) on January 1, 1979. The highest temperature ever recorded was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F) on July 10, 2023.[39][40]

Climate data for Ufa (1991–2020, extremes 1853–present)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 5.8
(42.4)  | 9.2
(48.6)  | 16.2
(61.2)  | 31.1
(88.0)  | 36.2
(97.2)  | 38.3
(100.9)  | 39.4
(102.9)  | 38.5
(101.3)  | 33.4
(92.1)  | 26.8
(80.2)  | 15.4
(59.7)  | 5.0
(41.0)  | 39.4
(102.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | −8.1
(17.4)  | −6.6
(20.1)  | 0.6
(33.1)  | 11.4
(52.5)  | 20.5
(68.9)  | 24.3
(75.7)  | 26.0
(78.8)  | 24.0
(75.2)  | 17.6
(63.7)  | 9.1
(48.4)  | −0.5
(31.1)  | −6.8
(19.8)  | 9.3
(48.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | −12.2
(10.0)  | −11.6
(11.1)  | −4.4
(24.1)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | 13.7
(56.7)  | 17.9
(64.2)  | 19.8
(67.6)  | 17.6
(63.7)  | 11.6
(52.9)  | 4.9
(40.8)  | −3.5
(25.7)  | −10.4
(13.3)  | 4.1
(39.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −16.8
(1.8)  | −16.7
(1.9)  | −9.5
(14.9)  | 0.2
(32.4)  | 7.0
(44.6)  | 11.4
(52.5)  | 13.5
(56.3)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 6.6
(43.9)  | 1.3
(34.3)  | −6.6
(20.1)  | −14.5
(5.9)  | −1.0
(30.2)
Record low °C (°F)  | −48.5
(−55.3)  | −43.5
(−46.3)  | −34.4
(−29.9)  | −27.8
(−18.0)  | −9.7
(14.5)  | −1.2
(29.8)  | 1.4
(34.5)  | −0.1
(31.8)  | −6.8
(19.8)  | −25.6
(−14.1)  | −35.1
(−31.2)  | −45.0
(−49.0)  | −48.5
(−55.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 46
(1.8)  | 39
(1.5)  | 38
(1.5)  | 31
(1.2)  | 51
(2.0)  | 63
(2.5)  | 51
(2.0)  | 55
(2.2)  | 48
(1.9)  | 57
(2.2)  | 47
(1.9)  | 51
(2.0)  | 577
(22.7)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches)  | 31
(12)  | 42
(17)  | 40
(16)  | 6
(2.4)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 5
(2.0)  | 17
(6.7)  | 42
(17)
Average rainy days  | 3  | 3  | 6  | 12  | 16  | 16  | 15  | 16  | 18  | 18  | 11  | 4  | 138
Average snowy days  | 25  | 21  | 16  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 20  | 24  | 122
Average relative humidity (%)  | 83  | 80  | 77  | 69  | 61  | 68  | 71  | 74  | 76  | 79  | 83  | 83  | 75
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 54.4  | 96.1  | 159.0  | 219.9  | 278.9  | 300.6  | 314.4  | 250.7  | 160.2  | 88.1  | 54.5  | 42.8  | 2,019.6
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[41]
Source 2: NOAA[42]

## Government

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House of Republic or Bashkir White House

The bodies of local self-government of Ufa are:

* Council: A representative body consisting of 35 deputies for four years.
* Chairman of the Board: the head of the urban okrug. Term of four years.
* Urban Okrug Administration. The structure of the administration approved by the council on the proposal of the Head of the Administration.
* Head of the Administration manages the administration on the principles of unity of command. He is appointed under a contract entered into by the results of the competition. The term of office of the Head of the Administration is limited to the period of office of the Council of the convocation.[43]

## Sport

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Akbuzat racecourse. Named after the winged horse in the mythology of Bashkirs, analogue of Pegasus The Ufa Arena Club | Sport | Founded | League | League
Rank | Stadium

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Salavat Yulaev Ufa | Ice Hockey | 1961  | Kontinental Hockey League | 1st  | Ufa Arena
Tolpar Ufa | Ice Hockey | 2009  | Minor Hockey League | Jr. 1st  | Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev
HC Agidel Ufa | Ice Hockey | 2010  | Russian Women's Hockey League | 1st  | Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev
FC Ufa | Football | 2009  | Russian First League | 1st  | Neftyanik Stadium
Ural Ufa | Volleyball | 1992  | Volleyball Super League | 1st  | Dynamo Sports Palace
Samrau-UGNTU | Volleyball | 1970  | Women's Volleyball Super League  | 2nd  | Dynamo Sports Palace
Ugntu-VNZM | Handball | 1960  | Russian Handball Super League | 1st  | Sports Complex UGNTU
Ufa-Alisa | Handball | 1989  | Russian Women's Handball Super League | 1st  | FOK Sports School 32
Ufimets | Basketball | 2012  |  | 3rd  | BGAU

The Stroitel Stadium is a sports stadium located north of the centre of the city, off the Aleksandra Nevskogo Ulitsa street in Neftekhimikov (Petrochemists') Park.[44] The stadium is primarily an Ice speedway venue.[45]

Bashkiria Ufa were one of the most successful speedway clubs in the country. They won the Soviet Union Championship eleven times from 1962 to 1988 but disbanded in 1998.[46] They raced at the Trud Stadium (Ufa), which was demolished in 2005, making way for the Ufa Arena.

## Education and science

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Bashkir State University, the main campus

Educational institutions include:

* Bashkir State University
* Ufa State Aviation Technical University
* Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
* Bashkir State Medical University
* Bashkir State Agrarian University

Graduate universities and law schools:

* Ural State Law Academy Ufa's campus

Scientific institutions include:

* Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan[47]
* Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science (USC RAS)[48]

In Ufa, there is the Ufa branch of the Financial University and the Ufa branch of the Russian State Economic University. Plekhanov, where there are practically no check digits for admissions to the budget. They are housed in good-quality buildings, but they do not benefit from them to society, more and more often, rumors are circulating about them that they are designed for siphoning money – since there are practically no budget places for economic specialties in Ufa. In the economic specialties of the magistracy, the plan for admission to Ufa universities is no more than 30 budget places.

## Ecological problems

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Periodically, a suffocating, unpleasant chemical odor can be smelled in the Ufa region.[49][50][51] The media reports about the smell come out with an impressive regularity. Not all these reports are groundless, and the culprits are getting out of responsibility due to the fact that there is no Continuous Emission Control System (CEMS) in the city.

There are no street vacuum cleaners, road vacuum sweepers, or industrial (street) vacuum cleaners on the streets.[citation needed] Unfortunately, there is a complete lack of sanitation services in the city.[citation needed]

According to the letter of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) No. 20-18 / 218 of 11.07.18: "In the framework of solving problems at the federal level in the implementation of the state monitoring of atmospheric air, the territorial office of Roshydromet – FGBU Bashkir UGMS monitors pollution of atmospheric air in Ufa at nine stationary posts of the state observation network located in different parts of the city to estimate the level of air pollution generated by the total release and stationary and mobile sources of pollutants. Suspended substances (dust) are measured at all nine posts of the state observation network. The results of observations of the pollutants content are presented on the official website of the Bashkir State Hydrometeorological Service in the section "Monitoring of environmental pollution"[52] daily and monthly. In 2017, the maximum single concentration of suspended solids reached 4.6 MPC m. in March 2017, at the address: Oktyabrya Ave., 141, located near the motorway with heavy traffic, and in April 2017 at the post: Dostoyevsky St., 102/1, located in the area of the industrial enterprise. During 2017 almost all posts of the state observation network recorded exceedances of a single concentration of suspended substances. At the same time, in order to implement regional state environmental oversight aimed at preventing, detecting, and suppressing violations by public authorities, local authorities, and legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and citizens of requirements in the field of atmospheric air protection, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Republic Bashkortostan operates the State Bank of the Republic of Belarus "Office of State Analytical Control," to whose tasks, including GSI "organization of periodic environmental monitoring mobile laboratories in the areas where the population lives in the republic and in the zones of protective measures in the system of the general program of integrated environmental and sanitary-hygienic monitoring." Going to the site[53] found that all 9 posts of the state observational network of Roshydromet are located at a considerable distance from the area of Inors and Sipaylovo, from residential areas. Control of MPC and air quality in residential areas is not carried out.

## Religion

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The major religions in the city are Sunni Islam and Russian Orthodoxy. The Bezpopovtsy strain of Russian Old Believers is also registered in Ufa.[54]

Ufa is the location of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims in Russia. In 1989, the Russian Islamic University was opened. One of the largest mosques in Europe, Ar-Rahim [ru], is under construction in Ufa.

Since 2019, Ainur Birgalin has been working as the Mufti of Bashkortostan.[55]

* Lyalya Tyolpan Mosque

* Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos

## Notable people

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Main article: List of people from Ufa

## International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Ufa is twinned with:[56]

* Ankara, Turkey
* Astana, Kazakhstan
* Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
* Halle, Germany
* Hefei, China
* Minsk, Belarus
* Nanchang, China
* Qiqihar, China
* Shenyang, China

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### General and cited sources

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* Правительство Республики Башкортостан. Постановление №391 от 29 декабря 2006 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Постановления №61 от 26 февраля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан». Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Собрания – Курултая, Президента и Правительства Республики Башкортостан", №5 (251), ст. 239, 12 марта 2007 г. (Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Resolution #391 of December 29, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Resolution #61 of February 26, 2013 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Entities and Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. ).
* Закон №166-з от 26 декабря 2014 г. «О статусе города Уфы — столицы Республики Башкортостан». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования (6 января 2015 г.). Опубликован: официальный Интернет-портал правовой информации Республики Башкортостан http://www.npa.bashkortostan.ru, 27 декабря 2014 г. (Law #166-z of December 26, 2014 On the Status of the City of Ufa—the Capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the day of the official publication (January 6, 2015).).
* Государственное Собрание —Курултай Республики Башкортостан. Закон №162-з от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О границах, статусе и административных центрах муниципальных образований в Республике Башкортостан», в ред. Закона №572-з от 17 июля 2012 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 2 Закона Республики Башкортостан "О границах, статусе и административных центрах муниципальных образований в Республике Башкортостан"». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 33\. Опубликован: "Республика Башкортостан", №52 (25785), 22 марта 2005 г. (State Assembly of Bashkortostan—El Kurultai. Law #162-z of December 17, 2004 On the Borders, Status, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Law #572-z of July 17, 2012 On Amending Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Bashkortostan "On the Borders, Status, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Bashkortostan". Effective as of the date established in accordance with the provisions of Article 33.).
* Совет городского округа города Уфа Республики Башкортостан. Решение №3/6 от 15 декабря 2005 г. «Об Уставе городского округа город Уфа Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Решения №41/2 от 28 января 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Устав городского округа город Уфа Республики Башкортостан». Вступил в силу 29 декабря 2005 г. Опубликован: "Вечерняя Уфа", №248 (10396), 28 декабря 2005 г. (Council of the Municipal Formation of the City of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Decision #3/6 of December 15, 2005 On the Charter of the Urban Okrug of the City of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as amended by the Decision #41/2 of January 28, 2015 On Amending the Charter of the Urban Okrug of the City of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Effective as of December 29, 2005.).

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ufa.

* Official website of Ufa
* "Ufa (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 557.
* (In Russian) Official website of Ufa
* (In Russian) Official website of the Council of Ufa Urban Okrug
* (In Russian) Best neighborhoods to live in Ufa, rating

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Sights in Ufa

Monuments|

* Monument to Miftahetdin Akmulla
* Monument to Feodor Chaliapin
* Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky
* Monument to Majit Gafuri
* Monument to the heroes of the October Revolution and the Civil War
* Monument to Zagir Ismagilov
* Monument to Alexander Matrosov
* Monument to Alexander Matrosov and Minigal Gubaidullin
* Russia-Bashkir Friendship Monument
* Monument to Salavat Yulaev

Buildings|

* Bashkir Academic Drama Theater Mazhit Gafuri
* Congress Hall
* Gosagroprom Building
* Governor's House
* Kosterin's House
* Lala Tulpan
* Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets
* Nativity Cathedral
* Nobility Assembly
* Old Mosque
* Ponosova's House
* Republic House
* Rodina Cinema
* Ufa Station

Museums|

* Aksakov Museum
* Bashkir Nesterov Art Museum
* Ufa Lenin Museum

Parks|

* Gafuri Park of Culture and Leisure
* Lenin Gardens
* South Ural Botanical Garden-Institute
* Category:Gardens and Parks of Ufa [ru]

Neighbourhoods|

* Inors
* Sipailovo
* Zaton

Sport venues|

* Akbuzat Race Track
* Dynamo Stadium
* Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev
* Ufa Arena

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Administrative divisions of Bashkortostan

Capital: Ufa • Rural localities

Administrative districts|

* Abzelilovsky
* Alsheyevsky
* Arkhangelsky
* Askinsky
* Aurgazinsky
* Bakalinsky
* Baltachevsky
* Baymaksky
* Belebeyevsky
* Belokataysky
* Beloretsky
* Birsky
* Bizhbulyaksky
* Blagovarsky
* Blagoveshchensky
* Burayevsky
* Burzyansky
* Buzdyaksky
* Chekmagushevsky
* Chishminsky
* Davlekanovsky
* Duvansky
* Dyurtyulinsky
* Fyodorovsky
* Gafuriysky
* Iglinsky
* Ilishevsky
* Ishimbaysky
* Kaltasinsky
* Karaidelsky
* Karmaskalinsky
* Khaybullinsky
* Kiginsky
* Krasnokamsky
* Kugarchinsky
* Kushnarenkovsky
* Kuyurgazinsky
* Mechetlinsky
* Meleuzovsky
* Mishkinsky
* Miyakinsky
* Nurimanovsky
* Salavatsky
* Sharansky
* Sterlibashevsky
* Sterlitamaksky
* Tatyshlinsky
* Tuymazinsky
* Uchalinsky
* Ufimsky
* Yanaulsky
* Yermekeyevsky
* Zianchurinsky
* Zilairsky

Cities and towns
(all levels)|

* Agidel
* Baymak
* Belebey
* Beloretsk
* Birsk
* Blagoveshchensk
* Davlekanovo
* Dyurtyuli
* Ishimbay
* Kumertau
* Meleuz
* Mezhgorye
* Neftekamsk
* Oktyabrsky
* Salavat
* Sibay
* Sterlitamak
* Tuymazy
* Uchaly
* Ufa
* Yanaul

Urban-type settlements|

* Chishmy
* Priyutovo

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Rural localities in Ufa urban okrug

* Arkaul
* Atayevka
* Fyodorovka
* Iskino
* Ivanovsky
* Karpovo
* Knyazevo
* Korolyovo
* Lokotki
* Mokrousovo
* Nagayevo
* Nikolsky
* Novyye Cherkassy
* Polyana
* Posyolok Kamyshlinskogo melkombinata
* Posyolok Uchastka Nagayevskogo lesnichestva
* Samokhvalovka
* Staryye Turbasly
* Urshak
* Vetoshnikovo
* Votikeyevo
* Yelkibayevo
* Zhilino
* Zinino

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Capitals of the republics of Russia

* Abakan
* Cheboksary
* Cherkessk
* Elista
* Gorno-Altaysk
* Grozny
* Izhevsk
* Kazan
* Kyzyl
* Magas
* Makhachkala
* Maykop
* Nalchik
* Petrozavodsk
* Saransk
* Simferopol1
* Syktyvkar
* Ufa
* Ulan-Ude
* Vladikavkaz
* Yakutsk
* Yoshkar-Ola

1Claimed by Ukraine and internationally recognized as part of Ukraine

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Capitals of European states and territories

Capitals of dependent territories and states whose sovereignty is disputed shown in italics.

Sovereign states|

* Amsterdam, Netherlands1
* Andorra la Vella, Andorra
* Ankara, Turkey2
* Astana, Kazakhstan2
* Athens, Greece
* Baku, Azerbaijan2
* Belgrade, Serbia
* Berlin, Germany
* Bern, Switzerland
* Bratislava, Slovakia
* Brussels, Belgium3
* Bucharest, Romania
* Budapest, Hungary
* Chișinău, Moldova
* Copenhagen, Denmark
* Dublin, Ireland
* Helsinki, Finland
* Kyiv, Ukraine
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Ljubljana, Slovenia
* London, United Kingdom
* Luxembourg, Luxembourg
* Madrid, Spain
* Minsk, Belarus
* Monaco5
* Moscow, Russia
* Nicosia, Cyprus2
* Oslo, Norway
* Paris, France
* Podgorica, Montenegro
* Prague, Czech Republic
* Reykjavík, Iceland
* Riga, Latvia
* Rome, Italy
* San Marino, San Marino
* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Skopje, North Macedonia
* Sofia, Bulgaria
* Stockholm, Sweden
* Tallinn, Estonia
* Tbilisi, Georgia2
* Tirana, Albania
* Vaduz, Liechtenstein
* Valletta, Malta
* Vatican City4
* Vienna, Austria
* Vilnius, Lithuania
* Warsaw, Poland
* Yerevan, Armenia2
* Zagreb, Croatia

States with
limited recognition|

* North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus2
* Pristina, Kosovo
* Sukhumi, Abkhazia2
* Tiraspol, Transnistria
* Tskhinvali, South Ossetia3

Dependencies|

| United Kingdom|

| Constituent countries|

* London, England
* Edinburgh, Scotland
* Cardiff, Wales
* Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Crown Dependencies and
Overseas Territories|

* Douglas, Isle of Man
* Episkopi Cantonment, Akrotiri and Dhekelia
* Gibraltar, Gibraltar
* St Helier, Jersey
* Saint Peter Port, Guernsey

Other|

* Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway)
* Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (Denmark)

Federal states|

| Austria|

* Bregenz, Vorarlberg
* Eisenstadt, Burgenland
* Graz, Styria
* Innsbruck, Tyrol
* Klagenfurt, Carinthia
* Linz, Upper Austria
* Salzburg, Salzburg
* Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria
* Vienna, Vienna

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Belgium|

| Communities|

* Brussels, Flemish Community and French Community
* Eupen, German-speaking Community

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Regions|

* Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region and Flanders
* Namur, Wallonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina|

* Banja Luka (de facto), Republika Srpska
* Brčko, Brčko District
* Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Germany|

* Berlin, Berlin
* Bremen, Bremen
* Dresden, Saxony
* Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
* Erfurt, Thuringia
* Hamburg, Hamburg
* Hanover, Lower Saxony
* Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
* Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
* Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
* Munich, Bavaria
* Potsdam, Brandenburg
* Saarbrücken, Saarland
* Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
* Wiesbaden, Hesse

Russia|

| Republics|

* Cheboksary, Chuvashia
* Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia
* Elista, Kalmykia
* Grozny, Chechnya
* Izhevsk, Udmurtia
* Kazan, Tatarstan
* Magas, Ingushetia
* Makhachkala, Dagestan
* Maykop, Adygea
* Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
* Petrozavodsk, Karelia
* Saransk, Mordovia
* Simferopol, Crimea (disputed)
* Syktyvkar, Komi
* Ufa, Bashkortostan
* Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
* Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El

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Autonomous okrugs|

* Naryan-Mar, Nenets

Krais|

* Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
* Perm, Perm Krai
* Stavropol, Stavropol Krai

Oblasts|

* Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast
* Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast
* Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast
* Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast
* Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast
* Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast
* Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast
* Kirov, Kirov Oblast
* Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast
* Krasnogorsk and Moscow, Moscow Oblast (de facto)
* Kursk, Kursk Oblast
* Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast
* Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast
* Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
* Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast
* Oryol, Oryol Oblast
* Penza, Penza Oblast
* Pskov, Pskov Oblast
* Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast
* Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast
* Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast
* Samara, Samara Oblast
* Saratov, Saratov Oblast
* Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast
* Tambov, Tambov Oblast
* Tula, Tula Oblast
* Tver, Tver Oblast
* Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast
* Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast
* Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast
* Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast
* Vologda, Vologda Oblast
* Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast
* Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast

Federal cities|

* Moscow
* Saint Petersburg
* Sevastopol (disputed)

Switzerland|

* Aarau, Aargau
* Altdorf, Uri
* Appenzell, Appenzell Innerrhoden
* Basel, Basel-Stadt
* Bellinzona, Ticino
* Chur, Grisons
* Delémont, Jura
* Frauenfeld, Thurgau
* Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg
* Geneva, Canton of Geneva
* Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
* Lausanne, Vaud
* Liestal, Basel-Landschaft
* Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne
* Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel
* Sarnen, Obwalden
* Schaffhausen, Canton of Schaffhausen
* Schwyz, Canton of Schwyz
* Sion, Valais
* Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn
* Stans, Nidwalden
* St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen
* Glarus, Canton of Glarus
* Zug, Canton of Zug
* Zurich, Canton of Zürich

Autonomous
entities|

| Italy|

| Autonomous regions|

* Cagliari, Sardinia
* Palermo, Sicily
* Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
* Aosta, Aosta Valley
* Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia

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Portugal|

| Autonomous regions|

* Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo, & Horta, Azores
* Funchal, Madeira

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Spain|

* Barcelona, Catalonia
* Las Palmas & Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
* Logroño, La Rioja
* Madrid, Community of Madrid
* Mérida, Extremadura
* Murcia, Region of Murcia
* Oviedo, Asturias
* Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands
* Pamplona, Navarre
* Santander, Cantabria
* Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
* Seville, Andalusia
* Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha (de facto)
* Valencia, Valencian Community
* Valladolid, Castile and León (de facto)
* Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country (de facto)
* Zaragoza, Aragon

Other|

* Ajaccio, Corsica Collectivité (France)
* Batumi, Adjara (Georgia)
* Comrat, Gagauzia (Moldova)
* Karyes, Mount Athos (Greece)
* Mariehamn, Åland Islands (Finland)
* Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)
* Novi Sad, Vojvodina (Serbia)
* Simferopol, Crimea (Ukraine)

* 1 Also the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
* 2 Continental placement may vary depending on geographic convention being followed
* 3 Also the seat of the European Union, see Institutional seats of the European Union and Brussels and the European Union
* 4 A city-state

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Ancient Rus'|

* Ladoga (862–864)
* Novgorod (864–882)
* Kyiv (882–1160s)
* Vladimir (1160s–1320s)
* Moscow (1320s–1547)

Tsardom of Russia|

* Moscow (1547–1712)
* St. Petersburg (1712–1721)

Russian Empire|

* St. Petersburg (1721–1728; 1730–1917)
* Moscow (de facto 1728–1730)

Russian Republic|

* Petrograd (1917)

Soviet Russia|

* Petrograd (1917–1918)
* Moscow (1918–1922)

Soviet Union|

* Moscow (1922–1941)
* Kuybyshev (1941–1943)
* Moscow (1943–1991)

Russian Federation|

* Moscow (1991–present)

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