Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight federal districts of

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. It forms the southeastern part of

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. It is the second most populated federal district (after

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). 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

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(part), Volga-Vyatka and

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(part)

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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%) Kazan building in kremlin

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

Sergey Kiriyenko Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko (''né'' ''Izraitel''; russian: Серге́й Владиле́нович Кирие́нко; born 26 July 1962) is a Russian politician who has served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administra ...

(18 May 2000 – 14 November 2005) # Aleksandr Konovalov (14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008) #

Grigory Rapota Grigory Alekseevich Rapota (russian: Григорий Алексеевич Рапота) (born 5 February 1944) is a Russian politician who currently serves as a Senator from the executive authority of Kursk Oblast. Prior to his appointment, he ...

(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) #

(7 September 2018 – present)

References

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Demographics

Federal subjects

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

See also

References