the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan, is situated on the western side of the Ural mountain range, at the confluence of the Ufa and Belaya rivers and has 1.1 million inhabitants. The city which had only 265,000 inhabitants in 1956 has grown rapidly due to the important oil industry in the area. The city which merged with its northern neighbour Chernikovsk has a 40 km north-south and a 15 km east-west extension .
That's what almost everybody knows .-)) !

  What would you tell and show to your foreign friends if they came to visit your city?-
 

Ufa -The Capital of Bashkortostan

The city is situated on the right bank of the Belaya river. Ufa was founded as a Russian fortress in 1574 and only in 1865 it officially became a town. In that time Ufa was a typical medieval town lieing on a high hill. The main building of the town was a Smolensky church with belfry.In the course of the years Ufa has changed greatly. Present day Ufa is a large industrial, scientific and cultural center of a Sovereign State with the population over one million. There are lots of nations in our city: Russian, Bashkirs, Tatars, Ukraines, Vietnamese, and etc. So you can see different religiuos institutions here.
For example: Russian church and Moslem mosque.

 Over two hundred industrial enterprises supply the country with the oil products, mining equipment, furniture, chemical products, building material. Here is situated one of the most biggest plant of Russia where lots of different motors are built.
 Nowdays it is a beautiful and attractive city with tree-lined streets, fine monuments. There are 8 higher educational universities, 35 places of culture, 7 cinemas, 9 stadions, the Sport's Palace. Ufa has the State Opra and Balley house, The Academic Drama Theatre, The Russian Drama Theatre< the Circus< the State Puppet Theatre, the Bashkir State Felarmonic Society with the famous folk-dance compamy which toured many countries of the world.I would  show the most attractive and famouse places to my foregn friends. I would begin with Lenin street (it is the main street in our city) and show Valedi National Library whre you can find rare books. Then I would show the Medical University where future doctors are trained. After that we would stop near the State University of Arts that trains future singers, musicians, artists, actors. just in front of it there is the State Opera and Balley House.

It has become the tradition to hold there Aksakov and Chalapin festivals (classical music).

 It's impossible to image Ufa without the State Art Gallery named after Nesterov, the outstanding Russian painter who spent his early years in Ufa. Finally we can go to the most attractive and exiting place of our city where the monument to Salavat Ulaev is situated.

From this place my friends can observe the magnificent scenery of Belaya river, the bridges over it and a beautiful nature around.

 Seva

The State Nesterov Art Museum

There are not many museums in Ufa but they are very popular with the public. You can do there to see new exhibitions, to learn something new  about artists, their life and history, to enjoy their creations.

The State Nesterov Art Museum is one of the best-known picture museum in our republic. It takes its name from its founder Michael Nesterov who was the symbol of Russian spirituality and poetry in art. He was born in Ufa in 1862. Nesterov spent his childhood here. Being an outstanding painter, he was creating many of his famous pictures. These were the days filling of hard work and dialog with the parents. The painter dreamed to make an art gallery in Ufa and donated 102 pictures of different Russian artists for Ufa. This collection became the foundation of the future museum. Now you can find here the sculpture, a collection of old Russian icons, works of Shishkin, Surikov, Repin.
Nesterov was a brilliant landscape painter and at the same time an excellent portraitist . The main idea of his creation is the interaction of his hero's mentality and the spiritual nature. Nesterov believed that God come to the rescue for the poor people. The whole set of his pictures are devoted to Christ.
Practically all his works are excellent from the technical point of view - the colours, the composition. We are proud that Nesterov is our brother.

Artem