The Bashkir State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble, named after talented choreagraper Faizi Gaskarov, is not only the trademark of the national culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan, but of Russia as a whole. The beauty of Bashkir land, which is spread throughout the Southern Urals where Europe and Asia meet, serves as a source of inspiration and nourishment for Bashkir art. Folk dances have stories to tell. You simply need to know how to read them. The whole history and journey of the Bashkir people, their experiences, traditions, customs, morals, character and relationship with the rest of the world are all described and woven into their dances. The dances also show mankind's eternal aspiration for beauty and the desire to make the world a better place. In 1939 Faizi Gaskarov created the first professional folk dance group in Bashkiria, which still perfoms to this day, amazing and impressing its audiences.