Volga Federal District

Not to be confused with Privolzhsky District or Volzhsky District.

Volga Federal District Приволжский федеральный округ
—  Federal District of Russia  —
Location of the Volga Federal District (within Russia)
Country	Russia
Established	May 18, 2000
Administrative Centre	Nizhny Novgorod
Government
• Presidential Envoy	Mikhail Babich
Area
• Total	1,038,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi)
Area rank	5th
Population (2002)
• Total	29,900,400
• Rank	2nd
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Federal subjects	14 contained
Economic regions	3 contained
Website	www.pfo.ru

Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, Privolzhsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. Its population was 29,900,400 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers (401,000 sq mi). Grigory Rapota was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on May 12, 2008.

Demographics

Federal subject

#	Flag	Federal subject	Capital/Administrative center
1		Republic of Bashkortostan	Ufa
2		Kirov Oblast	Kirov
3		Mari El Republic	Yoshkar-Ola
4		Republic of Mordovia	Saransk
5		Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Nizhny Novgorod
6		Orenburg Oblast	Orenburg
7		Penza Oblast	Penza
8		Perm Krai	Perm
9		Samara Oblast	Samara
10		Saratov Oblast	Saratov
11		Republic of Tatarstan	Kazan
12		Udmurt Republic	Izhevsk
13		Ulyanovsk Oblast	Ulyanovsk
14		Chuvash Republic	Cheboksary

Presidential plenipotentiary envoys

1. Sergey Kiriyenko (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005)
2. Alexander Konovalov (November 14, 2005 – May 12, 2008)
3. Grigory Rapota (May 12, 2008 – December 15, 2011)
4. Mikhail Babich (Decemver 15, 2011 – present)