Volga Federal District Explained

Volga Federal District
Native Name:Приволжский федеральный округ
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Federal district of Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Established
Established Date:13 May 2000[1]
Seat Type:Administrative center
Seat:Nizhny Novgorod
Leader Title:Presidential Envoy
Leader Name:Igor Komarov
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1038000
Area Rank:5th
Population Total:29899699
Total Type:Total
Population As Of:2010
Population Rank:2nd
Population Density Km2:28.8
Blank Name Sec1:Federal subjects
Blank Info Sec1:14 contained
Blank1 Name Sec1:Economic regions
Blank1 Info Sec1:3 contained
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1: 19.664 trillion
US$ 281 billion (2022)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:₽ 683,355
US$ 9,777 (2022)
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2:0.804[2]
· 5th
Timezone Link:Time in Russia
Timezone1:Moscow Time
Utc Offset1:+03:00
Timezone2:Samara Time
Utc Offset2:+04:00
Timezone3:Yekaterinburg Time
Utc Offset3:+05:00
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Volga Federal District (Russian: Приволжский федеральный округ|p=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, living on an area of 1038000km2. Igor Komarov was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on 18 September 2018.

Demographics

Federal subjects

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

FlagCoat of ArmsFederal subjectArea in km2Population (2021)GDP[4] Capital/Administrative centerMap of Administrative Division
1Republic of Bashkortostan143,6004,091,423₽2,000 billionUfa
2Kirov Oblast120,8001,153,680₽481 billionKirov
3Mari El Republic23,200677,097₽222 billionYoshkar-Ola
4Republic of Mordovia26,200783,552₽298 billionSaransk
5Nizhny Novgorod Oblast76,9003,119,115₽1,888 billionNizhny Novgorod
6Orenburg Oblast124,0001,862,767₽1,394 billionOrenburg
7Penza Oblast43,2001,266,348₽537 billionPenza
8Perm Krai160,6002,532,405₽1,741 billionPerm
9Samara Oblast53,6003,172,925₽2,123 billionSamara
10Saratov Oblast100,2002,442,575₽1,006 billionSaratov
11Republic of Tatarstan68,0004,004,809₽3,455 billionKazan
12Udmurt Republic42,1001,452,914₽842 billionIzhevsk
13Ulyanovsk Oblast37,3001,196,745₽499 billionUlyanovsk
14Chuvash Republic18,3001,186,909₽393 billionCheboksary

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 envoys

Name (envoy)PhotoTerm of officeAppointed by
Start of termEnd of termLength of service
1Sergey Kiriyenko18 May 200014 November 2005 (days)Vladimir Putin
2Aleksandr Konovalov14 November 200512 May 2008 (days)
3Grigory Rapota[5] 12 May 200815 December 2011 (days)Dmitry Medvedev
4Mikhail Babich15 December 201124 August 2018 (days)
-Igor Panshin
(acting)
24 August 20187 September 2018 daysVladimir Putin
5Igor Komarov7 September 2018present (days)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . V. . Putin . 13 May 2000 . ru . Wikisource . 27 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2021-07-20.
  3. Web site: Volga Federal District . ru . March 24, 2015 . Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District . Nizhny Novgorod .
  4. Web site: Валовой региональный продукт. rosstat.gov.ru.
  5. http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14188802/ Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota