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Founded:
Governor: Nikolay Kirillovich Maksuta (re-elected December 24, 2000)
Federation Council Representatives: Vadim Vitalevich Artyukhov (legislative, term expires December 2008); Dmitry Yuryevich Skarga (executive, term expires December 2009)
Duma deputies: Alexander Alexandrovich Ageev (Volzhsky district) (United Russia); Vasliy Ivanovich Galushkin (Krasnoarmeisky district)(United Russia);
Vladimir Dmitryevich Goryunov (Central district) (United Russia); Vladimir Nikolayevich Plotnikov (Mikhailovsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 2,702,500 (2002 census)
Capital: Volgograd (population 1,012,8), 1,073 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Volzhsky (310,700), Kamyshin (128,100)
Federal district: Southern
Economic region: Volga
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Volgograd is located in the southeastern part of European Russia. It shares a border with many regions including Voronezh, Saratov, Astrakhan, and Rostov, the Republic of Kalmykia, and Kazakhstan. The Volga River divides the region into the high Right Bank and the low Left Bank. The Volga and the Don are the region's main rivers.
Urban population: 75%, Rural population: 25%
Ethnic make-up: more than 100 nationalities including Russians (89%), Ukrainians (3%), Kazakhs (1.6%) and Tatars (1%)
Economy: Volgograd Region is an industrial center of southern Russia. The region's main industrial sectors are engineering and metalworking; equipment; oil and gas production; oil refining; chemicals and petrochemicals; and ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy. The building material, textile, woodworking, and food industries are also well developed in the region.
Official website: http://www.volganet.ru
Contact Information
Governor
Nikolay Kirillovich Maksuta
9 Prospekt imena V.I. Lenina
Volgograd 400098
Tel.: +7 (8442) 30 70 00
Fax: +7 (8442) 30 73 24
Email: glava@volganet.ru
Press service contact
Elena Yakovlevna Ostapenko
Tel.: +7 (8442) 30 71 22
Fax: +7 (8442) 30 72 80
Chairman of Duma
Roman Grigorievich Grebennikov
Tel.: +7 (8442) 36 54 25
Fax: +7 (8442) 36 44 03
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Tatyana Yevgenyevna Trubitsina
27-29/1 Ploshad Smolenskaya-Sennaya, building 6
Moscow 119121
Tel.: +7 (095) 241 53 95
Fax: +7 (095) 241 52 02
last updated August 26, 2005
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