Bashkortostan

National days and holidays

• June SabantuyThe traditional summer festival of Tatars and Bashkirs, with wrestling, horse races and fun fairs; the date changes every year.
• 11 October Bashkortostan Republic DayAnniversary of Bashkortostan's 1990 declaration of sovereignty.

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Health

Bashkortostan to develop mRNA technologies

Bashkortostan will become the first region in Russia with a full production cycle for mRNA drugs. The fifth session of the scientific and technical council of the mRNA Technologies Scientific and Technical Centre was held on the campus of Bashkir State Medical University.

BaşqortostanOctober 22, 2026, 20:02

Economy

Anilinprom to invest 8.9 billion rubles in aniline plant in Bashkortostan

Russia's Ministry of Economic Development has registered a new resident of the Alga special economic zone in Bashkortostan. The resident is Anilinprom LLC, registered in the village of Naumovka in Sterlitamak district. The company will build its new plant on site No. 4 in that district.

BashinformOctober 22, 2026, 16:13

Science

Bashkortostan Head Says Number of Young Researchers Under 29 Has Risen

Bashkortostan Head Radiy Khabirov shared a new social media post about the growing number of young scientists in the republic. Over the past two years, the number of researchers aged 29 and under rose by almost 40 and now exceeds 900. Khabirov called this a very worthy result.

BaşqortostanOctober 22, 2026, 14:41

Science

Bashkortostan Scientists Win 20 Russian Science Foundation Grants

Experts supported 853 projects nationwide through the Russian Science Foundation, 20 of them in Bashkortostan, the republic's government reported. Officials called it further confirmation of the region's status as a major scientific and educational centre.

BashinformOctober 22, 2026, 07:40

Education

Three large schools with nearly 3,700 places to open in Bashkortostan by year-end

Three modern general education schools with a combined capacity of 3,675 pupil places are to be commissioned in Bashkortostan by the end of 2026. First Deputy Prime Minister Ural Kilsenbayev inspected construction at sites in Ufa's Yarkiy microdistrict and Neftekamsk's 14th microdistrict.

BashinformOctober 22, 2026, 04:43

Diplomacy

Radiy Khabirov sums up Bashkortostan delegation's Uzbekistan trip

On 21 October, Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov summed up the regional delegation's working trip to the Samarkand and Tashkent regions of Uzbekistan during a press briefing with journalists. He said one key aim of the trip was launching construction of the Bekabad Bashkortostan-Uzbekistan industrial technopark.

BaşqortostanOctober 22, 2026, 00:38

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