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Volga Federal District

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Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.

56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E / 56.333; 44.000

This article is about the political group of regions by a presidential decree. For the geographical region, see Volga Region.
Volga Federal District
Приволжский федеральный округ
Federal district of Russia
Location of Volga Federal District within Russia
Location of Volga Federal District within Russia
Country Russia
Established13 May 2000[1]
Administrative centerNizhny Novgorod
Government
 • Presidential EnvoyIgor Komarov
Area
 • Total
1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
29,899,699[2]
 • Rank2nd
 • Density28.8/km2 (75/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • Total₽ 19.664 trillion
US$ 281 billion (2022)
 • Per capita₽ 683,355
US$ 9,777 (2022)
Time zonesUTC+03:00 (Moscow Time)
UTC+04:00 (Samara Time)
UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time)
Federal subjects14 contained
Economic regions3 contained
HDI (2022)0.778[4]
high · 4th
Websitewww.pfo.ru
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Volga Federal District in Russia

The Volga Federal District (Russian: Приволжский федеральный округ, IPA: [prʲɪˈvolʂskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk]) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. It is the second most populated federal district (after Central). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census,[2] 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

Demographics

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Population pyramid of the Volga Federal District at the 2021 Russian Census

Federal subjects

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The district comprises the Volga (part), Volga-Vyatka and Urals (part) economic regions and fourteen federal subjects:[5]

 
# Flag Coat of Arms Federal subject Area in km2 Population (2021) GDP[6] Capital/Administrative center Map of Administrative Division
1     Republic of Bashkortostan 143,600 4,091,423 ₽2,000 billion Ufa  
2     Kirov Oblast 120,800 1,153,680 ₽481 billion Kirov  
3     Mari El Republic 23,200 677,097 ₽222 billion Yoshkar-Ola  
4     Republic of Mordovia 26,200 783,552 ₽298 billion Saransk  
5     Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 76,900 3,119,115 ₽1,888 billion Nizhny Novgorod  
6     Orenburg Oblast 124,000 1,862,767 ₽1,394 billion Orenburg  
7     Penza Oblast 43,200 1,266,348 ₽537 billion Penza  
8     Perm Krai 160,600 2,532,405 ₽1,741 billion Perm  
9     Samara Oblast 53,600 3,172,925 ₽2,123 billion Samara  
10     Saratov Oblast 100,200 2,442,575 ₽1,006 billion Saratov  
11     Republic of Tatarstan 68,000 4,004,809 ₽3,455 billion Kazan  
12     Udmurt Republic 42,100 1,452,914 ₽842 billion Izhevsk  
13     Ulyanovsk Oblast 37,300 1,196,745 ₽499 billion Ulyanovsk  
14     Chuvash Republic 18,300 1,186,909 ₽393 billion Cheboksary  

Ethnic composition, according to the 2010 census: Total - 29,899,699 people.

 
Presidential palace in Kazan, Tatarstan

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 envoys

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№ Name (envoy) Photo Term of office Appointed by
Start of term End of term Length of service
1 Sergey Kiriyenko   18 May 2000 14 November 2005 5 years, 180 days (2,006 days) Vladimir Putin
2 Aleksandr Konovalov   14 November 2005 12 May 2008 2 years, 180 days (910 days)
3 Grigory Rapota[7]   12 May 2008 15 December 2011 3 years, 217 days (1,312 days) Dmitry Medvedev
4 Mikhail Babich   15 December 2011 24 August 2018 6 years, 252 days (2,444 days)
- Igor Panshin
(acting) 		  24 August 2018 7 September 2018 14 days Vladimir Putin
5 Igor Komarov   7 September 2018 present 6 years, 91 days (2,283 days)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Putin, V. (13 May 2000). "Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District] (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2024 – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2022 гг., rosstat.gov.ru
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Volga Federal District" (in Russian). Nizhny Novgorod: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
  7. ^ Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota (in Russian)
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