Salawat Yulayev

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A monument remembering Salawat Yulayev in Ufa
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A monument remembering Salawat Yulayev in Ufa

Salawat Yulayev (Bashkir: Салауат Юлаев; Russian: Салават Юлаев; c. 175426 September 1800) is a Bashkir national hero who participated at Pugachev's rebellion. He is also famous as a poet.

Many things in modern-day Bashkortostan are named after Yulayev including a town, a hockey team and the republic's State Prize.