 In 1919 it merged with another Bashkir-language paper called «Башҡортостан» (founded in 1918) and changed its name to «Башҡортостан хәбәрҙәре» ("The Bulletin of Bashkortostan").For the first time after the merger, the editors' office was located in Sterlitamak, moving to Ufa in 1922.In its early days, the newspaper was bilingual (Bashkir-Tatar).