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{{Distinguish|Privolzhsky District|Volzhsky District}} {{Coord missing|Russia}} '''Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District''' ({{lang-ru|Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг}}, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight [[federal districts of Russia|federal districts]] of [[Russia]]. It forms the southeastern part of [[European Russia]]. Its population was 29,900,400 (70.8% urban) according to the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]], living on an area of {{convert|1038000|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. [[Grigory Rapota]] was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on May 12, 2008. ===Federal subject=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! colspan="4" | [[File:Volga Federal District (numbered).svg|400px|Volga Federal District]] |- ! # ! Flag ! Federal subject ! Capital/Administrative center |- ! 1 | [[File:Flag of Bashkortostan.svg|50px|border]] | [[Republic of Bashkortostan]] | [[Ufa]] |- ! 2 | [[File:Flag of Kirov Region.svg|50px|border]] | [[Kirov Oblast]] | [[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]] |- ! 3 | [[File:Flag of Mari El.svg|50px|border]] | [[Mari El|Mari El Republic]] | [[Yoshkar-Ola]] |- ! 4 | [[File:Flag of Mordovia.svg|50px|border]] | [[Mordovia|Republic of Mordovia]] | [[Saransk]] |- ! 5 | [[File:Flag of Nizhny Novgorod Region.svg|50px|border]] | [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]] | '''[[Nizhny Novgorod]]''' |- ! 6 | [[File:Flag of Orenburg Oblast.png|50px|border]] | [[Orenburg Oblast]] | [[Orenburg]] |- ! 7 | [[File:Flag of Penza Oblast.png|50px|border]] | [[Penza Oblast]] | [[Penza]] |- ! 8 | [[File:Perm Oblast Flag.gif|50px|border]] | [[Perm Krai]] | [[Perm]] |- ! 9 | [[File:Flag of Samara Oblast.svg|50px|border]] | [[Samara Oblast]] | [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] |- ! 10 | [[File:Flag of Saratov Oblast.png|50px|border]] | [[Saratov Oblast]] | [[Saratov]] |- ! 11 | [[File:Flag of Tatarstan.svg|50px|border]] | [[Tatarstan|Republic of Tatarstan]] | [[Kazan]] |- ! 12 | [[File:Flag of Udmurtia.svg|50px|border]] | [[Udmurtia|Udmurt Republic]] | [[Izhevsk]] |- ! 13 | [[File:Flag of Ulyanovsk Oblast.png|50px|border]] | [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]] | [[Ulyanovsk]] |- ! 14 | [[File:Flag of Chuvashia.svg|50px|border]] | [[Chuvash Republic]] | [[Cheboksary]] |} ==Presidential plenipotentiary envoys== #[[Sergey Kiriyenko]] (May 18, 2000 – November 14, 2005) #[[Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov|Alexander Konovalov]] (November 14, 2005 – May 12, 2008) #[[Grigory Rapota]] (May 12, 2008 – present)