Bashkir horse

Bashkir
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 98 
  • DAD-IS (2022): unknown
Other names
  • Bashkir: Башҡорт аты, romanized: Başqurt atı,
  • Russian: Bashkirskaya
Country of originRussian Federation
DistributionBashkortostan
Use
Traits
Height
  • Male:
    average: 143 cm
  • Female:
    average: 142 cm

The Bashkir or Bashkurt (Bashkir: Башҡорт аты, romanized: Başqort atı) is the horse breed of the Bashkir people. It is raised mainly within Bashkortostan, formerly known as Bashkiria, a republic within the Russian Federation which lies to the west of the southern Ural Mountains and extends to the Volga River. The principal centre of breeding is the capital, Ufa.: 333 

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