The Bugabash Mother of God-Odigitria Women's Monastery is located near the village of Bugabashevo in the Bakalinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The village was founded by Chuvash people who migrated from the Kazan Province in the second half of the 19th century. In the Chuvash language, "Buga-pus" means "head" or "top" of the Buga River, which flows near the village.

The founder of the women's community in Bugabashevo was a pious villager named Tit Petrovich Tabakov. While still in the Kazan Province, he visited the Seven Lakes Desert, located 18 versts from Kazan, where the miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God is kept. After spending several days in fasting and prayer, Tit Tabakov decided to take something as a keepsake. He found a stone the size of a thick book, resembling a loaf of bread, and took it with him. On the way home, tired of carrying the stone, he threw it away and went blind. His companions returned the stone to him, and his sight was restored. Time passed, Tit got married and had children. One spring, the villagers went on a pilgrimage to Nikolai-Berezovka, and Tit decided to bless the stone at the Holy Spring. When he took the stone out of the water, the image of the Mother of God "Odigitria" appeared on it, with the faces of Saints Basil the Great and Nicholas the Wonderworker on either side. Tit Tabakov took the stone to Ufa to Bishop Anthony, who invited a stonecutter to create a three-dimensional image based on the drawing. The newly revealed icon became famous for miracles, and many blind and visually impaired individuals received healing.

Inspired by the miracle, Tit Tabakov decided to establish a women's monastic community in the village. After much effort, he obtained permission to open the monastery. In 1902, with the support of Priest Ignatius Okhotin, a church in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was built and consecrated, and the monastery was named the Mother of God-Odigitria Monastery. The first abbess was the nun Euphemia from the Yelabuga Monastery. The monastery organized icon-painting and weaving workshops, fruit orchards, and a beehive. The number of sisters reached 20.

In August 1929, the monastery was closed by the Soviet authorities, and brothers Arkhip and Yegor Tabakov, sons of Tit Petrovich, were arrested. After the monastery's closure, the miraculous icon was kept for a long time by a villager named Taisia Filippova. In 2005, Archbishop Nikon blessed the temporary relocation of the icon to the Ufa Cathedral, where a golden robe was made for it. Bishop Nikon also began the revival of the monastery.

On December 27, 2007, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved the opening of a women's monastery in honor of the Smolensk Bugabash Icon of the Mother of God. The abbess became nun Moisei Rakitina. Thanks to her efforts and the help of parishioners, active restoration of the monastery began, wooden churches in honor of Saints Seraphim of Sarov and Sergius of Radonezh were built, as well as other monastic buildings.

Every year on August 10, celebrations are held at the Mother of God-Bugabash Monastery in honor of the miraculous icon left by the Mother of God as a gift to this holy place.