The Reinvention of Bashkortostan | M. Scott Brauer

A monument to Bashkir national hero Salavat Yulayev stands above Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Rustem Zakievich Khamitov is the second and last president of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.
A man drives through the grounds of a Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The area is a major oil and gas producing region in the country.
Women prune young cucumber plants in a greenhouse at the Alekseevskii state farm outside Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The farm employs about 1,500 people.
A woman enters offices in the executive office building of the president of Bashkortostan in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Bashneft employee Ruslan Yusupov speaks on a cell phone at a Bashneft refinery outside of Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The area is a major oil and gas producing region in the country.
A man worships in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
People walk among trees in a forest park in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Patients wait for treatment and diagnosis in the All Russian Eye and Plastic Surgery Center in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Producers prepare as on-air personalities arrive for a nightly news discussion show at Telecenter, the offices and studios of Bashkir state television and radio, in Ufa Bashkortostan, Russia.
Construction workers work on a building next to a crane in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
People ride a minibus bound for the Central Market in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
A man worships in the Lyalya-Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The mosque is the center of Islam in Bashkortostan.
Refinery towers stand above trees outside Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Apartment buildings at night in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.