In Bashkortostan the representatives of more than 100 nationalities live. Priorities of public national policy in the republic are free development of all peoples, preservation of national languages, original national culture. It provides balance in international relations, atmosphere of confidence and mutual respect. More than 60 national-cultural centers, including 8 national-cultural autonomies, exist in the republic. These are  World Kurultay of Bashkirs, Cathedral of Russians, Congress of Tatars, Kanash (convention) of Chuvashs, Assembly of Finno-Ugric peoples, Regional Mari national-cultural autonomy «Ervel Mariy» etc. They are included in the Assembly of peoples of Bashkortostan, created in 2000.

Since 1995 the House of friendship of peoples RB works in the republic  it is a public institution of culture, where all necessary conditions are created for activity of national-cultural centers. Uniting the largest national organizations, the House of friendship co-ordinates their work, directs to taking active part in social, political and cultural life of our republic. Under the aegis of the House of friendship republican folk holidays are annually conducted, such as Russian Pancake week, Days of the Slavonic written language and culture, Turk «Navruz», Mari «Semyk», Byelorussian Ivan Kupaly and etc.

Expansion of sphere of functioning of the state and other languages of peoples of Bashkortostan in mass media is important in realization of the Government program of preserving, studying and developing of national languages in RB for 2006  2010. National editions constitute the considerable segment of media space of Bashkortostan: 61 printing editions go out in Russian language, 56  in Bashkir, 32  in Tatar, three  in Mari, three  in Chuvash, one - in Udmurt, one  in Bashkir, Russian, English languages.

New direction in preserving cultural traditions and revival of national consciousness became the opening in the republic of historical-cultural centers. Today there are 14 of them. Historical-cultural centers are called to become the hearths of national culture, which preserve and develop the mother tongue, traditions, original culture, revive historical  architectural monuments. This experience of republic is unique, while there are not similar centers in any regions of Russia.

The decision of the Government of Bashkortostan, accepted in April 2006, defined the status of historical-cultural centers as branches of the House of friendship of peoples RB that gave the new impulse to their activity. It is very important, that historical-cultural centers significantly influence on national consciousness of people, reviving the already forgotten holidays and traditions, bringing together children and adults in developing traditional trades, as, it is done, for example, in the Saitbaba village. At the Bashkir historical-cultural center here groups of knitting, making felt, carving, making kuray and dombra work, there are also the local lore studies, dancing, dramatic, folklore groups, section on the national belt-wrestling kuresh. It gives new prospects for development of the region, including tourism development here.

Experience of Bashkortostan in the decision of national-cultural problems, undoubtedly, has the all-Russian value. During one of his arrivals to Ufa, the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin highly estimated the experience of our republic in this sphere, underlining that «in Bashkiria, as in a drop of water, all of our Russia is reflected with its variety of cultures, religions, languages, friendship of people… We will follow the Bashkirias example and will set a high value on that was attained by Russia for hundreds of years».

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