Toratau. The Unique Mountain of Russia. Republic of Bashkortostan.

Toratau (Bashkir for “fortress mountain“) is one of three shihans (single hills), located in 120km from the city of Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan of Russia. Once Toratau located in the Republic of Bashkortostan of Russia, on the land of bashkir people, the name Toratau consisted of two bashkir words “tora” what means “fortress” and “tau” what means “mountain”. So, “fortress mountain“. In the medieval times there was the fortress of Bashkir Khan who control the area. Toratau is part of