diff --git a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_kipchak.txt b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_kipchak.txt
index 32dceca7..5809d337 100644
--- a/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_kipchak.txt
+++ b/common/culture/cultures/NEOW_kipchak.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,36 @@ NEOW_kazakh = { # Placeholder to be worked on
 	clothing_gfx = { turkic_clothing_gfx mongol_clothing_gfx }
 	unit_gfx = { mongol_unit_gfx }
 	
+	ethnicities = {
+		20 = slavic_blond
+		20 = slavic_brown_hair
+		20 = slavic_dark_hair
+		15 = mediterranean_byzantine
+		25 = mediterranean
+	}
+}
+
+NEOW_bashkir = { # Placeholder to be worked on
+	color = rgb{0.23 0.18 0.81}
+	
+	ethos = ethos_stoic
+	heritage = heritage_kipchak
+	language = language_kipchak_cuman
+	martial_custom = martial_custom_male_only	
+	traditions = {
+		tradition_caucasian_wolves
+		tradition_horse_lords
+		tradition_hill_dwellers
+		tradition_pastoralists
+	}
+	
+	name_list = name_list_karachay_balkar
+	
+	coa_gfx = { turkic_group_coa_gfx steppe_coa_gfx }
+	building_gfx = { steppe_building_gfx }
+	clothing_gfx = { turkic_clothing_gfx mongol_clothing_gfx }
+	unit_gfx = { mongol_unit_gfx }
+	
 	ethnicities = {
 		20 = slavic_blond
 		20 = slavic_brown_hair