Bashkortostan
geographical name
Bash·kor·to·stan bäsh-ˈkȯr-tə-ˌstän 
-ˌstan
variants or Bashkir Republic
ˌbash-ˈkir
ˌbäsh-
autonomous republic of eastern Russia in Europe in the southern Ural Mountains; capital Ufa area 55,443 square miles (143,597 square kilometers), population 4,008,000