Ufa

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Ufa (English)
Уфа (Russian)
Өфө (Bashkir)
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Location of the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia
Ufa
Location of Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.750°N 55.967°E / 54.750; 55.967Coordinates: 54°45′N 55°58′E / 54.750°N 55.967°E / 54.750; 55.967
Coat of Arms
Flag
City Day June 12
Administrative status (as of March 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Bashkortostan[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of republic significance of Ufa[1]
Capital of Republic of Bashkortostan[2]
Administrative center of city of republic significance of Ufa,[1] Ufimsky District[3]
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Urban okrug Ufa Urban Okrug[4]
Administrative center of Ufa Urban Okrug,[4] Ufimsky Municipal District[4]
Head[5] Irek Yalalov[5]
Representative body City Council[6]
Statistics
Area 753.7 km2 (291.0 sq mi)[7]
Population (2010 Census) 1,062,319 inhabitants[8]
- Rank in 2010 11th
Density 1,409/km2 (3,650/sq mi)[9]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[10]
Founded 1574[11]
City status since 1586
Postal code(s)[12] 450000—450999
Dialing code(s) +7 347
Official website
Ufa on Wikimedia Commons

Ufa (Russian: Уфа́, tr. Ufá; IPA: [ʊˈfa]; Bashkir: Өфө, Öfö; IPA: [øˈfø],  pronunciation ) is the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. Ufa is the 11th most populous city of Russia, with a 2015 population of 1,105,667.[13]

History

Gerardus Mercator's map of Europe with Pascherti (Bashkort) settlement presumably in the position of modern Ufa.[14] Map was compiled in 1554, twenty years before the official date of the foundation of Ufa.

Early history of the surrounding area of Ufa out in Paleolithic times.[15]

Presumably from the 5th to the 16th century on the site of Ufa there was a medieval city.[16] On the map of Pizzigano brothers (1367)[17] and on the Catalan Atlas (1375)[18] approximately on the Belaya River was designated a town Pascherti (Bashkort),[19] On the Gerardus Mercator's map (1554) also marked the settlement with the Pascherti name. French orientalist Henri Cordier associates the position of Pascherti with the current location of Ufa.[14]

Ibn Khaldun among the largest cities of the Golden Horde called the town Bashkort.[20]

Russian historian of the 18th century Peter Rychkov wrote that on the territory of Ufa before the arrival of the Russians there was a great city.[21]

The official of the Orenburg Governorate government Vasily Rebelensky wrote that Ufa was founded by the Bashkirs.[22]

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

By order of Ivan the Terrible on the site of modern Ufa was built a fortress in 1574,[23] and originally bore the name of the hill it stood on, Tura-Tau.[24]

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. During the 1800-1810s, Scottish Russian architect William Heste developed a general city plan for Ufa as a regional capital shaping the modern outline of its historical center.

The Belaya River Waterway (1870) and the Samara-Zlatoust Railroad (1890) connected the city to the European part of the Russian Empire and stimulated development of the city's light industry. As a result, in 1913 the population of Ufa grew to 100,000.

During World War II, following eastward Soviet retreat in 1941, a number of industrial enterprises of the western parts of the Soviet Union were evacuated to Ufa. The city also became the wartime seat of the Soviet Ukrainian government.

During 9—10 July 2015 Ufa hosted summits of the BRICS group and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[25]

Administrative and municipal status

Ufa is the capital of the republic and, within the framework of the administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative center of Ufimsky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-four rural localities, incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Ufa, an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Ufa is incorporated as Ufa Urban Okrug.[4]

Economy

National Bank of Bashkortostan

According to Forbes, in 2013, Ufa was the best city in Russia for business among cities with population over one million.[26]

Many urban enterprises engaged in oil refining, chemistry, 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.[27]

Some important enterprises in Ufa include:

Transportation

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

Ufa is linked by railways to the rest of Russia, having a railway station 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 the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, 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.[29]

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

Demographics

Monument to Salavat Yulaev. National hero is depicted on the coat of arms of Bashkortostan

Population of Ufa exceeded one million in 1980.

Year Population
1886 27,000
1956 265,000
1970 770,905
1989 1,082,052
2002 1,042,437
2010 1,062,319
2015 1,105,667[13]

As of the 2010 Census, the ethnic composition of the Capital of Republic of Bashkortostan was:

Ethnicity Percentage
Russians 48.9%
Tatars 28.3%
Bashkirs 17.1%
Ukrainian 1.2%
others 4.5%

Geography and climate

Belaya River View.

Ufa is situated in eastern Europe near its land boundary with 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 707.9 square kilometres (273.3 square miles). The length from North to South is 53.5 kilometres (33.2 miles), from West to East is 29.8 kilometres (18.5 miles) (the widest part).[30]

Climate data for Ufa
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)		 30.9
(87.6)		 36.2
(97.2)		 38.3
(100.9)		 38.6
(101.5)		 38.5
(101.3)		 33.4
(92.1)		 26.8
(80.2)		 15.4
(59.7)		 5.0
(41)		 38.6
(101.5)
Average high °C (°F) −8.2
(17.2)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 0.2
(32.4)		 10.9
(51.6)		 19.9
(67.8)		 24.6
(76.3)		 25.9
(78.6)		 23.5
(74.3)		 17.2
(63)		 8.7
(47.7)		 −1
(30)		 −6.9
(19.6)		 9.0
(48.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.4
(9.7)		 −11.8
(10.8)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 5.2
(41.4)		 13.2
(55.8)		 18.1
(64.6)		 19.7
(67.5)		 17.2
(63)		 11.3
(52.3)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 −10.7
(12.7)		 3.8
(38.8)
Average low °C (°F) −17
(1)		 −17
(1)		 −10.4
(13.3)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 6.8
(44.2)		 11.8
(53.2)		 13.7
(56.7)		 11.6
(52.9)		 6.5
(43.7)		 1.1
(34)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −15
(5)		 −1.3
(29.7)
Record low °C (°F) −48.5
(−55.3)		 −43.5
(−46.3)		 −34.4
(−29.9)		 −29.7
(−21.5)		 −9.7
(14.5)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 1.4
(34.5)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 −25.6
(−14.1)		 −35.1
(−31.2)		 −45
(−49)		 −48.5
(−55.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 48
(1.89)		 39
(1.54)		 32
(1.26)		 33
(1.3)		 46
(1.81)		 66
(2.6)		 55
(2.17)		 58
(2.28)		 51
(2.01)		 58
(2.28)		 52
(2.05)		 51
(2.01)		 589
(23.19)
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 59 96 155 216 280 288 289 252 166 82 50 40 1,973
Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[31]
Source #2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)[32]

Governance

House of Republic or Bashkir White House
Local government

The bodies of local self-government of Ufa are:

Sports

Akbuzat racecourse. Named after the winged horse in the mythology of Bashkirs, analogue of Pegasus

Club Sport Founded Current League League
Rank 		Stadium
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
Agidel Ufa Ice Hockey 2010 Women's Ice Hockey Championship 1st Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev
FC Ufa Football 2010 Russian Premier League 1st Neftyanik Stadium
Ural Ufa Volleyball 1992 Volleyball Super League 1st Dynamo Sports Palace
Ufimochka-USPTU Volleyball 1970 Women's Volleyball Super League 1st Dynamo Sports Palace

Education and science

Bashkir State University, the main campus

Educational institutions include:

Graduate universities and Law Schools:

Scientific institutions include:

Religion

Lyalya Tyolpan Mosque and Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

The major religions in the city are Russian Orthodox Church and Sunni Islam. The Bezpopovtsy strain of Russian Old Believers is also registered in Ufa.[36]

Ufa is a place of location of The Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia. In 1989 was opened Russian Islamic University. In our days one of the largest mosqoues in Europe Ar-Rahim is under construction in Ufa.

Notable people

Famous citizens of Ufa include:

Zemfira, famous singer in Russia

International relations

Ufa is twinned with:

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Resolution #391
  2. ↑ Official website of Ufa. Information about Ufa
  3. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 80 252», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 80 252, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  4. 1 2 3 4 Law #162-z
  5. 1 2 Official website of Ufa. Head of Ufa Urban Okrug Administration (Russian)
  6. ↑ Новости Совета городского округа город Уфа Республики Башкортостан
  7. ↑ Сайт "Горобзор"
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  9. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  10. ↑ "Current local time in Ufa". Time and Date. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  11. ↑ History of Ufa
  12. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  13. 1 2 Численность населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2015 года. // Проверено 6 августа 2015. Архивировано из первоисточника 6 августа 2015.
  14. 1 2 «Mercator and Hondius (loth Ed., 1630) and N. Sanson (1650) show Jorman on the south of the Kama R., Pascherti in the position of Ufa, the present head-quarter of the Bashkirs, Sagatin ( = Fachatim of the text) at the head of the Ufa River, Marmorea on the Bielaya south of Ufa». — Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China, Chʻeng-wen Publishing Company, 1967. Henri Cordier
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  17. ↑ Рудаков В. Г. К вопросу о двух столицах в Золотой Орде и местоположении города Гюлистана // Научное наследие А. П. Смирнова и современные проблемы археологии Волго-Камья. Материалы научной конференции. Труды ГИМ. Вып. 122. — М., 2000. — Рис. 1.
  18. ↑ Там же; Псянчин А. В. Башкортостан на старых картах. — Уфа, 2001. — С. 71.
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  21. ↑ Рычков П. И. История Оренбургская (1730—1750 гг.). Оренбург, 1896. С. 68,69.
  22. ↑ «Краткое описание губернского города Уфы с начала его построения до сего 1806 года». // Что ж касается башкирцев, то видно из многих описаний, как сего народа, так и о жительстве их, кои от различных возмущений, как и междоусобных воин, так и соседних своих народов, строили маленькие укрепления и городки и наконец, соединясь во множестве, распространили свои жилища и укрепления, а для сей причины и город Уфа построен.
  23. ↑ History of Ufa
  24. ↑ Beyond Moscow -Ufa. Khristina Narizhnaya, The Moscow Times, Oct. 16 2011
  25. ↑ Ufa – 2015 SCO BRICS. Official site
  26. ↑ 30 лучших городов для бизнеса — 2013 // Forbes.ru
  27. ↑ Ufa – capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  28. ↑ http://www.oaobtz.ru/
  29. ↑ Yeltsin lays cornerstone of first subway station, accessed June 6, 2013
  30. ↑ Information about Bashkortostan and Ufa
  31. ↑ "Weather and Climate – The Climate of Ufa" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Ufa Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  33. ↑ Charter of the Urban Okrug of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  34. ↑
  35. ↑
  36. ↑ "БАШКОРТОСТАН". Православная Энциклопедия. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  37. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24100/10270127/max-verstappen-and-daniil-kvyats-red-bull-swap-ted-kravitz-qa
  38. ↑ Ufa Soviet Cafeterias and IKEA Furniture The St. Petersburg Times

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