Volga-Ural region

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The Volga-Ural region is a historical and cultural area of Russia centered around the Volga and Ural rivers, known for its diverse ethnic composition, including significant Tatar and Bashkir populations, and its role as a crossroads between Europe and Asia.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Volga-Kama region 3
Volga–Kama region 2
Ural River region 1

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
borderedBy Kama River NERFINISHED
Ural Mountains NERFINISHED
Volga River NERFINISHED
contains Bashkortostan NERFINISHED
Chuvash Republic NERFINISHED
Kirov Oblast NERFINISHED
Mari El NERFINISHED
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED
Orenburg Oblast NERFINISHED
Orenburg steppe NERFINISHED
Penza Oblast NERFINISHED
Perm Krai NERFINISHED
Republic of Kalmykia NERFINISHED
Republic of Mordovia NERFINISHED
Samara Oblast NERFINISHED
Saratov Oblast NERFINISHED
Tatarstan NERFINISHED
Udmurt Republic NERFINISHED
Ulyanovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
country Russia
culturalRole center of Bashkir culture
center of Finno-Ugric cultures in Russia
center of Tatar culture
economicRole major industrial center of Russia
major transport corridor between European Russia and Siberia
hasCity Cheboksary NERFINISHED
Izhevsk NERFINISHED
Kazan NERFINISHED
Nizhny Novgorod NERFINISHED
Orenburg NERFINISHED
Perm NERFINISHED
Samara NERFINISHED
Saratov NERFINISHED
Ufa NERFINISHED
Ulyanovsk NERFINISHED
Yoshkar-Ola NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Bashkirs NERFINISHED
Chuvash NERFINISHED
Kazakhs NERFINISHED
Mari NERFINISHED
Mordvins NERFINISHED
Nogais NERFINISHED
Russians NERFINISHED
Tatars NERFINISHED
Udmurts NERFINISHED
hasReligion Islam
Paganism
Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Tengrism NERFINISHED
historicalEvent Pugachev Rebellion NERFINISHED
Russian conquest of Astrakhan in 1556 NERFINISHED
Russian conquest of Kazan in 1552 NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgars Islamization in 10th century
historicalRole center of Volga trade routes
crossroads between Europe and Asia
frontier between Russian principalities and steppe nomads
knownFor agricultural production
automotive industry
ethnic diversity
multilingual population
oil and gas production
petrochemical industry
languageFamilyPresence Finno-Ugric languages NERFINISHED
Slavic languages
Turkic languages NERFINISHED
languageUsed Bashkir
Chuvash NERFINISHED
Mari NERFINISHED
Russian
Tatar NERFINISHED
Udmurt NERFINISHED
locatedIn Asian Russia NERFINISHED
European Russia
locatedOnRiver Ural River NERFINISHED
Volga River NERFINISHED
partOf Ural economic region NERFINISHED
Volga basin NERFINISHED
wasPartOf Golden Horde NERFINISHED
Khanate of Astrakhan NERFINISHED
Khanate of Kazan NERFINISHED
Khanate of Sibir NERFINISHED

Referenced by (18)

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Tatar literature region Volga-Ural region
tatar tele region Volga-Ural region
Mari El historicalRegion Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga-Kama region
Tatar ASSR historicalRegion Volga-Ural region
Proto-Uralic language possibleHomeland Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga–Kama region
Udmurtia geographicRegion Volga-Ural region
Bashneft operatesInRegion Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga-Ural oil and gas province
Annunciation Cathedral of Kazan locatedOn Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga–Kama region
Tatar associatedWithRegion Volga-Ural region
subject surface form: Tatars
Finno-Ugric peoples hasHistoricalRegion Volga-Ural region
Junior zhuz traditionalTerritory Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Ural River region
Republic of Mordovia historicalRegion Volga-Ural region
Bulgar of the Volga regionType Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga-Kama region
Chuvash people historicalRegion Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volga-Kama region
Mordvinic languages historicalRegion Volga-Ural region
Yasawiyya Sufi tradition spreadTo Volga-Ural region
East European Craton hasCoreRegion Volga-Ural region
this entity surface form: Volgo-Uralia