Three Bashkir community activists win the all-Russian "Pride of the Nation 2026" award

Three representatives of the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Bashkirs of Russia are among the winners of the seventh "Pride of the Nation 2026" all-Russian public award. The results were announced by Liliya Gumerova, chair of the Federation Council's committee on science, education and culture, and reported by the Bashinform agency on 12 November.

Gali Khasanov, head of the Tatarstan regional Bashkir national-cultural autonomy, and Elvira Gabdusheva won in the "Best Ethnic Practices" category. Together with the Bashkir autonomy "Ural" and the Nizhnekamsk Chemical-Technological Institute they ran the projects "Befriend! Dream! Create!" and "Traditions. Patriotism. Future", which included all-Russian conferences, youth festivals, forums and creative meetings with thousands of young participants.

Amur Khabibullin, who represents the Chelyabinsk Bashkir national-cultural autonomy, was named laureate in the "Multinational Russia in the Media" category. He leads the "Uralym" media project, which combines television, radio and a newspaper and tells the story of the multi-ethnic Urals through personal stories and living traditions.