Salawat Yulayev (Bashkir: Салауат Юлаев; Russian: Салават Юлаев; 16 June 1754, Tekeevo, Shaitan-Kudeevskaya volost, Ufimskaya provintsiya, Orenburg guberniya, Russia — 26 September 1800, Paldiski) is a Bashkir national hero who participated at Pugachev's rebellion.Salawat Yulayev was born in the village of Tekeyevo of Shaytan-Kudeevsky volost of Ufa province of Orenburg Governorate(now Salavatsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan). Tekeyevo no longer exists, because it was burned in 1775. Yulayev 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.
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