Russia: Volga
Volga
This area, stretching along the greatest river of European Russia, has highly developed hydroelectric power installations, including major dams at Volgograd, Kazan, Samara (formerly Kuybyshev), and Balakovo. Farm machinery, ships, chemicals, and textiles are manufactured, and extensive oil and gas fields are worked. Agricultural products include wheat, vegetables, cotton, hemp, oilseeds, and fruit. Livestock raising and fishing are also important.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Post-Soviet Russia
- War and Revolution
- Reaction, Reform, and RevolutionExpansion
- Empire and European Eminence
- Consolidation of the Russian State
- Early Russia
- History
- Government
- Russian Far East
- Northern and Northeastern Siberia
- Eastern Siberia
- Western Siberia
- Ural Area
- North Caucasus
- Volga
- North and Northwest European Area
- Central European Area
- General
- Religion and Education
- Political Subdivisions and Major Cities
- Population and Ethnic Groups
- Major Geographic Features
- Bibliography
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