Volgograd Oblast

Summary

Volgograd Oblast is an oblast of Russia^[1]. It draws 1,106 Wikipedia views per month (oblast_of_russia category, ranking #20 of 46).^[2]

Key Facts

• Volgograd Oblast is located in Russia^[3].
• Volgograd Oblast is in the country of Russia^[4].
• Volgograd Oblast's head of government is recorded as Andrei Bocharov^[5].
• Volgograd Oblast is on the continent of Europe^[6].
• Volgograd Oblast's instance of is recorded as oblast of Russia^[7].
• Volgograd Oblast's instance of is recorded as electoral unit^[8].
• Volgograd Oblast's instance of is recorded as federal subject of Russia^[9].
• Volgograd Oblast's capital is recorded as Volgograd^[10].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Saratov Oblast^[11].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Voronezh Oblast^[12].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Rostov Oblast^[13].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Kalmykia^[14].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Astrakhan Oblast^[15].
• Volgograd Oblast's shares border with is recorded as West Kazakhstan Region^[16].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Alexeyevsky District, Volgograd Oblast^[17].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bykovsky District^[18].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast^[19].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Danilovsky District^[20].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dubovsky District^[21].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yelansky District^[22].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Zhirnovsky District^[23].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ilovlinsky District^[24].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kalachyovsky District^[25].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kamyshinsky District^[26].
• Volgograd Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kikvidzensky District^[27].

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Geography

Volgograd Oblast is in the country of Russia^[4]. It is located in Russia^[3]. It is on the continent of Europe^[6]. Part of include European Russia^[28], a region^[29], in Russia^[30]; Southern Federal District^[31], a federal district of Russia^[32], in Russia^[33], founded in 2000^[34]; Volga Economic Region^[35], an Economic region of Russia^[36], in Russia^[37]; and Southern Military District^[38], a military district of Russia^[39], in Russia^[40], founded in 2010^[41], headquartered in Rostov-on-Don^[42].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include oblast of Russia^[7], electoral unit^[8], and federal subject of Russia^[9].

History and Context

December 5, 1936 marks the founding of Volgograd Oblast^[43].

Why It Matters

Volgograd Oblast draws 1,106 Wikipedia views per month (oblast_of_russia category, ranking #20 of 46).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]