Bashkortostan to abolish and merge several settlements

Bashkortostan plans to abolish and merge several settlements, according to decisions considered by a committee of the republic's State Assembly.

In Tatyshly district, the village of Nikolsk is to merge with Verkhniye Tatyshly. Council chairman Marat Sadretdinov said Nikolsk lacks gas distribution networks, which blocks its participation in the federal gasification program. It has 14 residents and 32 houses, 22 of them empty. Residents of both villages unanimously backed the merger at public hearings.

In Abzelilovo district, the Krutoy Log outpost is to be liquidated. It has had no permanent residents since staff cuts in the 2000s, and its abolition will have no social consequences or additional republic budget spending.

In Fedorovo district, the village of Sashino is to be abolished due to the absence of registered residents, while in Tuymazy district the Yaprykovo fire depot settlement faces the same fate.