Volga Federal District

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.

Khvalynsky national park
Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.

This article is about political group of regions by a Presidential Decree. For geographical region, see Volga Region.
Volga Federal District
Приволжский федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of Volga Federal District within Russia
Country Russia
Established18 May 2000
Administrative centerNizhny Novgorod
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyIgor Komarov
Area
 • Total1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2010)
 • Total29,899,699[1]
 • Rank2nd
 • Density28.8/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zonesUTC+03:00 (Moscow Time)
UTC+04:00 (Samara Time)
UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time)
Federal subjects14 contained
Economic regions3 contained
HDI (2019)0.806[2]
very high · 5th
Websitewww.pfo.ru

Demographics

Federal subjects

The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[3]

# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area in km2 Population (2010) Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division
1 Republic of Bashkortostan 143,600 4,104,336 Ufa
2 Kirov Oblast 120,800 1,503,529 Kirov
3 Mari El Republic 23,200 727,979 Yoshkar-Ola
4 Republic of Mordovia 26,200 888,766 Saransk
5 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 76,900 3,524,028 Nizhny Novgorod
6 Orenburg Oblast 124,000 2,179,551 Orenburg
7 Penza Oblast 43,200 1,452,941 Penza
8 Perm Krai 160,600 2,819,421 Perm
9 Samara Oblast 53,600 3,239,737 Samara
10 Saratov Oblast 100,200 2,668,310 Saratov
11 Republic of Tatarstan 68,000 3,779,265 Kazan
12 Udmurt Republic 42,100 1,572,316 Izhevsk
13 Ulyanovsk Oblast 37,300 1,382,811 Ulyanovsk
14 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 palace in Kazan, Tatarstan

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
  1. Sergey Kiriyenko (18 May 2000 – 14 November 2005)
  2. Aleksandr Konovalov (14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008)
  3. Grigory Rapota (12 May 2008 – 15 December 2011)[4]
  4. Mikhail Babich (15 December 2011 – 24 August 2018)
  5. Igor Panshin (acting) (24 August 2018 – 7 September 2018)
  6. Igor Komarov (7 September 2018 – present)

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. "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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota (in Russian)

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