State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble Faizi Gaskarov
The ensemble was formed in 1936-38. The first dancers were graduates of the ballet school and amateur dancers. In 1938, the ensemble was part of the Bashkir State Philharmonic. On March 11, 1939, Faizi Gaskarov, a student of Igor Moiseev, became the artistic director of the ensemble. In 1940 the group was formed as an independent ensemble. In the same year there were the first tours of Bashkortostan. Later there were tours to the USS, Turkey and other countries. In 1988, the ensemble was named after Fayzi Gaskarov.