Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.
Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E
This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Volga Region.
Volga Federal District Приволжский федеральный округ |
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Federal district of Russia | |
![]() Location of Volga Federal District within Russia |
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Established | May 18, 2000 |
administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod |
Government | |
• Presidential Envoy | Mikhail Babich |
Area | |
• Total | 1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 5th |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 29,899,699[1] |
• Rank | 2nd |
Federal subjects | 14 contained |
Economic regions | 3 contained |
Website | www |
Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, Privolzhsky federalny okrug) is one of the nine federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. 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). Mikhail Babich was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on December 15, 2011.
Demographics[edit]
Federal subjects[edit]
The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[2]
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# | Flag | Federal subject | Capital/Administrative center |
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Republic of Bashkortostan | Ufa |
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Kirov Oblast | Kirov |
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Mari El Republic | Yoshkar-Ola |
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Republic of Mordovia | Saransk |
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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | Nizhny Novgorod |
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Orenburg Oblast | Orenburg |
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Penza Oblast | Penza |
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Perm Krai | Perm |
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Samara Oblast | Samara |
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Saratov Oblast | Saratov |
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Republic of Tatarstan | Kazan |
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Udmurt Republic | Izhevsk |
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Ulyanovsk Oblast | Ulyanovsk |
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Chuvash Republic | Cheboksary |
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys[edit]
- Sergey Kiriyenko (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
- Alexander Konovalov (November 14, 2005 – May 12, 2008)
- Grigory Rapota (May 12, 2008 – December 15, 2011)[3]
- Mikhail Babich (December 15, 2011 – present)
References[edit]
- ^ 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota (Russian)
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