Ufa [SEP] inception
the Russians.
The official of the Orenburg Governorate government Vasily Rebelensky wrote that Ufa was founded by the Bashkirs.
By order of Ivan the Terrible a fortress was built on the site of modern Ufa in 1574, and originally bore the name of the hill it stood on, "Tura-Tau". 1574 is now considered to be the official date of Ufa's foundation. Town status was granted to it in 1586.
Before becoming the seat of a separate Ufa Governorate in 1781, the city, along
, May 1945.
- 185th Rifle Division—established at Belgorod 9.39, fought at Ryabinki 12.41 and in Belorussia in 1944. With 47th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front May 1945.
- 186th Rifle Division—established at Ufa in 1928. Fought at Leningrad, in Karelia, at Gomel, and in Belorussia and Poland. (The 1st Polar Rifle Division (2 Rifle Regiments+Artillery Regiment) was formed on Sep. 12'41. One regiment was called Communist and another was formed from amnestied prisoners who had been convicted for a