Volga region

Volga drainage basin

Volga Region (Russian: Поволжье, Povolzhye, literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses territories adjacent to the flow of the Volga River. It is usually classified into:

• the Upper Volga Region
• the Middle Volga Region (approximately from the mouth of the Oka to the mouth of the Kama)
• the Lower Volga Region

Another notable distinction contrasts the elevated right-bank side (featuring the Volga Upland) and the left bank side or Trans-Volga Region, Transvolga (Russian: Заволжье, Zavolzhye), which consists of the elevated High Transvolga and the lowland Low Transvolga.

Idel-Ural region is also defined within Povolzhye.

In the modern Russian Federation, the Volga Region is associated with the Volga Federal District and with Volga economic region (two different entities).

See also

• Povolzhye famine
• Samara Bend
• Lower Volga Krai