People group profile · PG024416
The Bashkir of the Russian Federation
The Bashkir of the Russian Federation, numbering about 1,700,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Turkic-speaking people indigenous to Russia's southern Ural region. Centered in Bashkortostan, they share a common language, homeland, and cultural heritage shaped by pastoral traditions, agriculture, and Sunni Islam.
They are an indigenous people in the Ural-Siberian people cluster of the Turkic Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Bashkir.
Fast facts
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,700,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Ural-Siberian
- Primary language
- Bashkir (bak)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bashkir are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bashkir
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
89% adherents
Primary language
Bashkir · Turkic family
72% speak Bashkir
Gospel resources in Bashkir
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Institute for Bible Translation · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bashkir
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Bashkir in other countries
The same people (ROP3 101100) is reported in 4 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bashkir | Uzbekistan | 64,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Bashkir | Kazakhstan | 31,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Bashkir | Turkmenistan | 8,700 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Bashkir | Kyrgyzstan | 375 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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