Wikigrannies

She asked her readers to join activists Rustam Nuryev and Zufar Salikhov, who were actively developing Wikipedia in their native Bashkir language.

[5] The initiators were inspired by the experience of Buranovskiye Babushki (Buranovo Grannies), also from Udmurtia, that took 2nd place in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and had international success.

They also received support from Farhad Fatkullin, 2018 Wikimedian of the Year from neighboring Tatarstan, who maintains wiki-supporting programs in different Russian regions.

Bashkir Wiki-Grannies presented themselves and their work at a number of Wikimedia events in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ukraine, Berlin, Cape Town, Stockholm, Belgrade.

[4][16][17][18][19] In 2019 at the Wikimania conference in Stockholm, they were specially recognized by Wikimedia Foundation executive director Katherine Maher in her speech.