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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_RegionThe Volga Region (Russian: Поволжье, Povolzhye, literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russia. The Volga Region is culturally separated into three sections: … See more
The Volga Region is almost entirely within the East European Plain, with a notable distinction contrasting the elevated western side featuring the Volga Upland, and the eastern side known as Transvolga (Russian: … See more
According to different sources, the region was mainly inhabited by Slavic, Turkic and Viking people. Povolzhye played an important part of the emergence of the Rus' Khaganate. … See more
The region is home to a large portion of Russia's population, with the major cities of Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary See more
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The Volga is the longest river in Europe, and its catchment area is almost entirely inside Russia, though the longest river in Russia is the Ob–Irtysh river system. It belongs to the closed basin of the Caspian Sea, being the longest river to flow into a closed basin. Rising in the Valdai Hills 225 meters (738 ft) above sea level northwest of Moscow and about 320 kilometers (200 mi) southeast of Saint Pete…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Country: Russian Federation
- Basin size: 1,360,000 km² (530,000 sq mi), 1,404,107.6 km² (542,129.0 sq mi)
- Mouth: Caspian Sea
- Length: 3,531 km (2,194 mi)
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https://www.volgagermans.org/resources/maps/volga-regionJan 01, 2022 · Volga Region. Map of the Saratov District. Geographic Atlas of the Russian Empire (1823). French/Russian by Piadycheff. Note: Not all extant Volga German colonies are shown. Courtesy of Steve Schreiber. 1882 Map of …
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16 rows · Volga Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the …
- Administrative center: Nizhny Novgorod
- Area: 1,038,000 km² (401,000 sq mi)
- Country: Russia
- Established: 18 May 2000
See all 16 rows on en.wikipedia.org# FEDERAL SUBJECT AREA IN KM 2 POPULATION (2010) 1 Republic of Bashkortostan 143,600 4,104,336 2 Kirov Oblast 120,800 1,503,529 3 Mari El Republic 23,200 727,979 4 Republic of Mordovia 26,200 888,766
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- The Volga Germans were a group of peasants from Germany who were enticed to settle the often inhospitable and dangerous region of south-central Russia. The incentives for the Volga Germans to initially settle the region were quite clear: they would be helped financially and were told they would be given a fair amount of autonomy. The reality, thoug...
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Jun 06, 2021 · The Volga became a crucial point of conflict in the twentieth century, and was central to the establishment and survival of the Soviet state. The river, and several key Volga towns, played a ...
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The Volga Germans are a unique ethnic group that settled in the lower Volga River region from 1764 to 1767 under a Russian colonization program promoted by Catherine the Great’s …
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The Volga Germans, Russian: поволжские немцы, romanized: povolzhskiye nemtsy are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and …
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1 day ago · The Kalmyks dream of 'the Volga Eurasian Union'. by Vladimir Rozanskij. Territorial tensions between the Russian Republic of Kalmykia and the Astrakhan region. More than 4 …
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The Russian famine of 1921–1922, also known as the Povolzhye famine, was: a severe famine in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which began early in the spring of 1921 and …
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