Editing Bashkirs (section)

===World War II===
[[File:Bashkir elder.jpg|thumb|This Bashkir wears a medallion, which identifies him as the village chief. Photo by G. Fisher, Orenburg, 1892]]
[[File:Давлеканово. Кумысники.jpg|thumb|[[Davlekanovo]] ([[Ufa Governorate]]). [[Kumis]] cooking, the beginning of the 20th century]]
[[File:Башкиры в Оренбурге.1913.jpg|thumb|Bashkirs in [[Orenburg]], at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the victory in the [[Patriotic War of 1812]], 1913]]

During [[World War II]], Bashkir soldiers served in the [[Red Army]] to defend the [[Soviet Union]] and fought against the Germans during the [[Operation Barbarossa|German invasion of the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ibragimov|first=N. G.|date=1988|title=[Public and private aid to evacuated hospitals in the Bashkir ASSR during the years of the war]|journal=Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie|issue=3|pages=64–67|issn=0038-5239|pmid=3287647}}</ref>