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Volga Region

The Volga region, known as the Povolzhye, is a historical region in that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern .
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is a sovereign republic in the Upper Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering to the west and north, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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, officially the Republic of , is a republic of , situated in . Its capital is the city of . As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755.

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is a region in the Middle Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Middle Volga, bordering to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in the Lower Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Lower Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, and to the north, to the northeast, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Lower Volga, descending from steppe along the Volga to the northwestern Caspian Sea. It borders to the north, to the west, and to the east.

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is a region in the Middle Volga, which borders to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in the Upper Volga, bordering to the west, to the north, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in the Middle Volga, bordering to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

Volga Region

Latitude of center
56.3333° or 56° 19′ 60″ north
Longitude of center
44° east
Wiki­data ID
Q1634214
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Volga Region” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պովոլժիե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Volqaboyu”
  • Bashkir: “Волга буйы”
  • Basque: “Volgako eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Паволжа”
  • Bulgarian: “Поволжие”
  • Bulgarian: “Поволожие”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Volga”
  • Chechen: “ИйдалтӀие”
  • Chinese: “伏尔加地区”
  • Chinese: “伏尔加河地区”
  • Chinese: “伏尔加河流域”
  • Chinese: “伏尔加流域”
  • Chinese: “伏爾加地區”
  • Chinese: “伏爾加河流域”
  • Chinese: “窩瓦地區”
  • Chinese: “窩瓦河地區”
  • Chinese: “窩瓦河流域”
  • Chuvash: “Атăлçи тăрăхĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Атăлçи”
  • Czech: “Povolží”
  • Danish: “Volga-regionen”
  • Dutch: “Povolzje”
  • Dutch: “Wolga”
  • Dutch: “Wolgaregio”
  • Esperanto: “Volgio”
  • Finnish: “Volgan alue”
  • French: “région de la Volga”
  • French: “Région de la Volga”
  • French: “Volga”
  • German: “Powolschje”
  • German: “Wolga”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή του Βόλγα”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הוולגה”
  • Indonesian: “Kawasan Volga”
  • Ingush: “Идалйисте”
  • Italian: “Distretto del Volga”
  • Italian: “Regione del Volga”
  • Japanese: “ヴォルガ地方”
  • Japanese: “ポヴォールジエ”
  • Japanese: “ポヴォルジェ”
  • Japanese: “沿ヴォルガ”
  • Kirghiz: “Волга бою”
  • Kirghiz: “Эдил бою”
  • Latvian: “Pievolga”
  • Lithuanian: “Pavolgys”
  • Macedonian: “Поволжје”
  • Ossetian: “Поволжье”
  • Persian: “منطقه ولگا”
  • Polish: “Powołże”
  • Portuguese: “Região do Volga”
  • Portuguese: “Volga”
  • Romanian: “Povolgia”
  • Russian: “Поволжье”
  • Serbian: “Поволгожје”
  • Slovak: “Povolžie”
  • Slovenian: “Povolžje”
  • Spanish: “Povolzhie”
  • Spanish: “Region del Volga”
  • Spanish: “Región del Volga”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Волга”
  • Tatar: “Идел буе”
  • Ukrainian: “Надволжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Поволжжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Поволжя”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Powolžje”
  • Venetian: “Destreto del Volga”

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