Introducing Ufa
Ufa is capital of the self-consciously autonomous Bashkortostan Republic. Although the Muslim, Turkic Bashkir people now make up barely one-third of Bashkortostan's population of four million, you will hear their lispy language spoken widely in rural areas and on many city radio programmes, along with their curious style of singing. Written Bashkir requires nine extra Cyrillic letters that are absent from standard Russian. 'Hello' in Bashkir is hau-ma; 'thank you very much' is zur rakhmat.
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Last updated: Sep 29, 2008
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RE: Visa & Border crossing
by danielsprague 08 February 2011
Be aware that in Kazakhstan, heading east from the border at Taskala (Saratov - Oral checkpoint), it is utterly boring, all the way until…
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RE: Belarus Visa in Russia / Ukraine
by danielsprague 10 December 2010
Yes, I suspect they do too. But I'm pretty certain the provincial consular offices don't, and Ufa certainly won't. Will try in Kiev or…
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RE: Belarus Visa in Russia / Ukraine
by danielsprague 10 December 2010
Just to update - I went to the Ufa consulate and they told me that they do not issue visas at all, to anyone. Only the Moscow embassy…
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