Volgograd Oblast

Volgograd Oblast (, Volgogradskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Volgograd. Population: 2,610,161 (2010 Census).

Geography
Aurie: 
Borders lenth: 

The oblast borders wi Saratov, Rostov, Astrakhan, an Voronezh Oblasts, the Republic o Kalmykie, an wi Kazakhstan.

Main rivers
Volga
Don
Medveditsa
Khopyor
(mair nor 200 rivers oweraw)

Demographics
Population: 

Ethnic groups
(shawn are the ethnic groups wi a population o mair nor 7,500 fowk)
Ethnic group Population (in 2010)  PercentRoushies 2,309,253  90Kazakhs 46,223  1.8Ukrainians 35,607  1.4Tatars 24,557  0.9Armenians 27,846  1.1Azerbaijani 14,398  0.6Germans 10,102  0.4Chechen 9,649  0.4Belaroushies 7,868  0.4
44,541 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Govrenment
The previous govrenor o the Volgograd Oblast wis Nikolay Kirillovich Maksyuta () (syne 1996, reelectit in 2004)
The current govrenor is Anatoliy Brovko (syne 2010)

Baith the banner an the coat o airms o Volgograd Oblast include an image o The Motherland Calls, an 85 meter taw statue locatit in Volgograd.

Economics
Primary branches o economics are agricultur, fuid production, hivy industry, gas an petroleum refinin.

Volga Hydroelectric Station operates on the Volga River.

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid o Volgograd Oblast 


Category:States an territories established in 1937