 The paper is published five times a week (except Sundays and Mondays).Its circulation of 33,000 is the largest among all Bashkir language printed publications.The newspaper was started in June 1917 in Orenburg under the name «Башҡорт иттифаҡы бюроһының мөхбире» ("Herald of the Bashkir regional bureau"); in July same year it changed its name to «Башҡорт» ("Bashkir").