Federal district of Russia
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 .
Federal district of Russia
Volga Federal District in
Russia TheVolga Federal District (Russian:Приволжский федеральный округ ,IPA: [prʲɪˈvolʂskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk] ) is one of the eightfederal districts ofRussia . It forms the southeastern part ofEuropean Russia . It is the second most populated federal district (afterCentral ). Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the2010 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 Population pyramid of the Volga Federal District at the 2021 Russian Census The district comprises theVolga (part),Volga-Vyatka andUrals (part)economic regions and fourteenfederal 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 [ edit ]
Non-constitutional official divisions by various institutions