Bizhbulyak

Bizhbulyak lies in the country of the upper Kyngyr-Meneuz. Its name comes from a Turkic expression interpreted as five shares or plots of land. A surviving agreement of 1767 records that Bashkirs of the Ilkul-Min district granted land called Bizhbulyak to twenty households of newly baptized settlers from the village of Yermolayevo, in return for payment. The agreement included arable land, hay meadows and the use of woodland, setting out the terms on which the newcomers could establish their homes.