Ufa

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Ufa (English) Уфа (Russian) Өфө (Bashkir) Өфе  (Tatar)
—  Inhabited locality  —
View of Ufa over the frozen Belaya River
Location of the Republic of Bashkortostan on the map of Russia
Location of Ufa on the map of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.75°N 55.967°E / 54.75; 55.967Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.75°N 55.967°E / 54.75; 55.967
Coat of arms	Flag
Holiday	June 12[citation needed]
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Bashkortostan
In administrative jurisdiction of	Bashkortostan[citation needed]
Administrative center of	Bashkortostan, administrative center of Ufimsky District[citation needed]
Municipal status (as of February 2008)
Municipal Status	Urban okrug
Head[citation needed]	Pavel Kachkayev[citation needed]
Representative body	Council[citation needed]
Statistics
Area	710.16 km2 (274.2 sq mi)[citation needed]
Population (2002 Census)	1,042,437 inhabitants[1]
- Rank	11th
- Density	1,468 /km2 (3,800/sq mi)[2]
Population (2008)	1,021,500 inhabitants[citation needed]
Time zone	YEKT/YEKST (UTC+5/+6)
Founded	1574[citation needed]
Postal code(s)	450000—450140[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 347[citation needed]
Official website	http://www.ufacity.info/en/

Ufa (Russian: Уфа́; Bashkir: Өфө, Öfö; Tatar Cyrillic: Өфе, Latin: Öfe; Chuvash: Ӗпхӳ, Ephü) is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Ufa is one of the largest cities of Russia, and the administrative, political, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. The population is 1,021,500 (2008 est.); 1,042,437 (2002 Census). In terms of ethnic composition it is dominated by Russian (54.2% of the population), but in recent years showing increased number of Tatars and Bashkir due to their intensive migration from rural areas. The city is also home to other minorities – Azeris, Armenians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Vietnamese, Koreans, Latvians, Maris, Mordvinians, Germans, Udmurt, Jews, Ukrainians, Chuvash. An inhabitant of the city is called an "ufimets". Ufa is famous for its oil, gas, minerals, and Bashkir honey. Bashkir honey is one of the best varieties of honey in Russia and is one of "the visit cards" of Bashkortostan. The distance from Moscow by train is 1567 km. Estimated travel time by car is 32 hours (1357 km from Moscow). Estimated travel time by flight is 2 hours (from Moscow).

Geography

Ufa is situated in eastern Europe near its land boundary with Asia, at the confluence of the Belaya and the Ufa rivers, on low hills to the west of southern Urals.

History

The city began as a fortress built on the orders of Ivan IV in 1574, and originally bore the name of the hill it stood on, Tura-Tau. The city began to be called Ufa, meaning "small" in Turkic, by locals and the name stuck. In 1802, Ufa became the principal city of Bashkiria.

In 1918, Ufa was the residence of the Provisional All-Russian Government.

Education

Educational institutions include:

• Bashkir State University,
• Bashkir State Teachers Training University named after M.Akmulla,
• Ufa State Aviation Technical University,
• Ufa State Petroleum Technological University,
• Ufa Architectural University,
• Ufa Agricultural University,

and others.

Famous Natives

Famous natives of Ufa include :

• Sergey Aksakov, writer;
• Vladimir Spivakov, musician;
• Salawat Yulayev, rebel;
• Mirsaid Sultangaliev, muslim bolshevik,
• Mikhail Nesterov, artist;
• Rudolf Nureyev, dancer;
• Vera Timanova, pianist;
• Andrei Zyuzin, Alexander Semak and Igor Kravchuk, NHL ice hockey players;
• Zemfira, musician;
• Valerian Albanov, navigator of ill-fated Arctic ship St. Anna;
• Yuri Shevchuk, musician, and his rock band DDT were Ufa residents for some time.
• Mukhamedzyanov Vitaliy, director of video studio "The Fly" ("Muha" "Муха"), clipmaker, artist, producer.
• Ernest Muldashev,DMS, professor, Director of the Russian Eye and Plastic Surgery Center (Ufa, Russia), higher category surgeon, honorable consultant of the Louisville University (USA), member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, certificated ophthalmologist of Mexico, member of the International Academy of Science, three times Champion of the USSR in sport tourism

Economy

There are some important enterprises in Ufa:

• UMPO (Ufa Engine Industrial Association) (Russian: ОАО «Уфимское моторостроительное производственное объединение»): founded in 1925 whose main products are jet engines^[3]
• Bashneft (Russian: ОАО «АНК «Башнефть»»): oil and gas company^[4]
• UFNC (Ufaneftekhim) (Russian: ОАО «Уфанефтехим»): oil and petrochemical company^[5]

Ufa is famous for its oil, gas, minerals, Bashkir honey, kumis. Bashkir honey is one of the best varieties of honey in Russia and is one of "the visit cards" of Bashkortostan.

Transport

Ufa is linked by railways to the rest of Russia, having a railway station on a historic branch of Transsib. 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.

Ufa International Airport has international flights to Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, as well as domestic flights to many Russian cities and towns.

Sport

Ufa's football club is FC Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa play in the Russian Second Division. The city ice hockey club Salavat Yulaev Ufa play in the Kontinental Hockey league (KHL) and were five-time champions of the Russian Major League. The Ural Volleyball club are also based in Ufa.

Photogallery

Photograph of Ufa taken by Prokudin-Gorskii between 1905 and 1915.

Modern view of Ufa.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ufa is twinned with:

• Ankara, Turkey.
• Halle, Germany.
• Las Pinas, Philippines.
• Orenburg, Russia.
• Paldiski, Estonia.

See also

• Ufa Metro
• Ufa train disaster
• Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937
• Salavat Yulaev Ufa hockey team

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ufa

• City of Ufa official website (English)
• Everything you need to know about friendly Ufa, by David Coppard (English) Mirrored version (Russian) (English)
• Ufa on the map of Russia (Russian)
• Ufa city views (English)

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