Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight
federal districts of
Russia
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. 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 .
Igor Komarov
Igor Anatolyevich Komarov (born May 25, 1964) is a Russian industrialist, financier and manager. He served as Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District from 18 September 2018 (acting f ...
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:
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
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Sergey Kiriyenko (18 May 2000 – 14 November 2005)
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Aleksandr Konovalov (14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008)
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Grigory Rapota (12 May 2008 – 15 December 2011)
Lenta.ru: Biography of Grigory Rapota
# Mikhail Babich (15 December 2011 – 24 August 2018)
# Igor Panshin (acting) (24 August 2018 – 7 September 2018)
#Igor Komarov
Igor Anatolyevich Komarov (born May 25, 1964) is a Russian industrialist, financier and manager. He served as Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District from 18 September 2018 (acting f ...
(7 September 2018 – present)
See also
* List of largest cities in Volga Federal District (in Russian)
References
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Volga basin
Federal districts of Russia
States and territories established in 2000
2000 establishments in Russia