Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E
Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, Privolzhsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the south-eastern part of European Russia. It is second most populated federal district (after Central). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census,[1] living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000 sq mi). Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 September 2018.The historical center of the district is known as the Idel-Ural region.
Volga Federal District
Приволжский федеральный округ | |
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.svg) Location of Volga Federal District within Russia | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Established | 18 May 2000 |
| Administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Government | |
| • Presidential Envoy | Igor Komarov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,899,699[1] |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 28.8/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zones | UTC+03:00 (Moscow Time) |
| UTC+04:00 (Samara Time) | |
| UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) | |
| Federal subjects | 14 contained |
| Economic regions | 3 contained |
| HDI (2019) | 0.806[2] very high · 5th |
| Website | www |
DemographicsEdit
Federal subjectsEdit
The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[3]
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| # | Flag | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2010) | Capital/Administrative center |
| 1 | 
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Republic of Bashkortostan | 143,600 | 4,104,336 | Ufa |
| 2 | 
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Kirov Oblast | 120,800 | 1,503,529 | Kirov |
| 3 | 
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Mari El Republic | 23,200 | 727,979 | Yoshkar-Ola |
| 4 | 
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Republic of Mordovia | 26,200 | 888,766 | Saransk |
| 5 | 
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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 76,900 | 3,524,028 | Nizhny Novgorod |
| 6 | 
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Orenburg Oblast | 124,000 | 2,179,551 | Orenburg |
| 7 | 
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Penza Oblast | 43,200 | 1,452,941 | Penza |
| 8 | 
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Perm Krai | 160,600 | 2,819,421 | Perm |
| 9 | 
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Samara Oblast | 53,600 | 3,239,737 | Samara |
| 10 | 
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Saratov Oblast | 100,200 | 2,668,310 | Saratov |
| 11 | 
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Republic of Tatarstan | 68,000 | 3,779,265 | Kazan |
| 12 | 
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Udmurt Republic | 42,100 | 1,572,316 | Izhevsk |
| 13 | 
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Ulyanovsk Oblast | 37,300 | 1,382,811 | Ulyanovsk |
| 14 | 
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Chuvash Republic | 18,300 | 1,313,754 | Cheboksary |
Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 29,899,699 people.
Russians - 19,811,351 (66.26%)
Tatars - 3,999,568 (13.38%)
Bashkirs - 1,282,794 (4.29%)
Chuvash - 1,272,790 (4.26%)
Mordva - 617,050 (2.06%)
Udmurts - 497,214 (1.66%)
Mari - 473 015 (1.58%)
Ukrainians - 272 385 (0.91%)
Kazakhs - 221,047 (0.74%)
Armenians - 108,774 (0.36%)
Komi-Perm - 82 979 (0.28%)
Azerbaijanis - 80 727 (0.27%)
Belarusians - 62,560 (0.21%)
Uzbeks - 50 523 (0.17%)
Germans - 48,211 (0.16%)
Tajiks - 33 463 (0.11%)
Roma - 28,270 (0.09%)
Jews - 20 968 (0.07%)
Moldovans - 15,548 (0.05%)
Georgians - 13 534 (0.05%)
Koreans - 12,215 (0.04%)
Chechens - 11,828 (0.04%)
Lezgins - 10 636 (0.04%)
Individuals who did not indicate nationality - 771,435 (2.92%)
Presidential plenipotentiary envoysEdit
- Sergey Kiriyenko (18 May 2000 – 14 November 2005)
- Aleksandr Konovalov (14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008)
- Grigory Rapota (12 May 2008 – 15 December 2011)[4]
- Mikhail Babich (15 December 2011 – 24 August 2018)
- Igor Panshin (acting) (24 August 2018 – 7 September 2018)
- Igor Komarov (7 September 2018 – present)
See alsoEdit
- List of largest cities in Volga Federal District (in Russian)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Volga Federal District" (in Russian). Nizhny Novgorod: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District. Retrieved March 2015.
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