Volgo-Vytaka
Population: 8,480,000. Biggest city: Nizhni Novgorod (1,453,000)
Flying time from Moscow to Nizhni Novgorod (the biggest city): under
1 hour.
Time difference from Moscow: +1 hour.
Urban population: 70 % Rural population: 30%.
Area: 265,400 square km (about the same as UK)
Density: 32 persons / sq. km.
Climate zones: deciduous mixed and coniferous forests.
Socio-economic indicators (1999 Duma Vote)
The impact of the privatization campaign in Nizhni Novgorod, the largest city in the region, results in the proportion of workers in ex-state enterprises being almost half again the national average, and the proportion in state employment nearly a third below the national average. Those feeling secure in their job and receiving their wages in full are close to the national average.
Productivity
in the region is far below the reported national average, and wage levels
are similarly below average.
Altogether, people in the region are more likely than the average Russian
to consider their current household economic situation as not bad, to consider
the current state of the national economy as not bad, and to consider that
their life is bearable.
Administrative divisions:
Nizhni Novgorod
Oblast (Pop. 3,707,900) Capital: Nizhni Novgorod (1,453,000) |
Mordovian Republic (Pop. 950,000) Capital: Saransk (349,000) |
Kirov Oblast (Pop.
1,622,900) Capital: Kirov (also known as Vyatka) (491,000) |
Mariy-El Republic (Pop. 764,300) Capital: Yoshkar-Ola (276,000) |
Chuvash Republic (Pop. 1,359,000) Capital: Cheboksary (460,000) |