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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volga-Kama region | 3 |
| Volga–Kama region | 2 |
| Ural River region | 1 |
| Volga-Ural oil and gas province | 1 |
| Volgo-Uralia | 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
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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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Volga-Kama region
this entity surface form:
Volga–Kama region
this entity surface form:
Volga-Ural oil and gas province
this entity surface form:
Volga–Kama region
subject surface form:
Tatars
this entity surface form:
Ural River region
this entity surface form:
Volga-Kama region
this entity surface form:
Volga-Kama region
this entity surface form:
Volgo-Uralia