It is home to famous Bashkirians, as well as Russian scientists, researchers, mathematicians, economists, and poets. It is strong in organic chemistry, applied mathematics, philology, information technology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering. Many prominent applied mathematicians and physicists were among the faculty at Bashkir State University, including Academicians Nikolay Bogolyubov, Alexei Leontiev, Valentin Napalkov and Professor of Philology Gabdulkhay Kh.