60,000 Dead: War Devastates Volga Region

As the war methodically ravages the Volga region, Maxim Nikitin, originally from Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan), who lived in Kazan before the war...

Consensus

• The number of confirmed deaths of military personnel from Volga region has exceeded 60,000.
• The database tracking confirmed names of deceased military personnel from the Volga region was maintained by 'Idel.Реалии' since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Bashkortostan and Tatarstan have the highest absolute number of casualties in the Volga Federal District.
• In terms of mortality rate per 10,000 working-age men, Kirov Oblast and Perm Krai show the highest levels.
• Maxim Nikitin, from Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, died on August 24, 2023, on the front line.
• Nikitin was buried on September 4, 2023.
• In February 2024, an award ceremony was held in Zelenodolsk Music Theatre where Nikitin's family received the Order of Courage.
• Nikitin's wife, Natalia, lost her brother, Viktor Martynov, a 41-year-old mobilized man from Osinniki, a settlement with fewer than 200 residents in Kamско-Ustinsky District, Tatarstan.
• Viktor Martynov died on the front line several months after Nikitin's death.

Coverage (3 sources)

• 60 thousand dead. How the war methodically ravages the Volga region — Север.Реалии
• 60 thousand dead. How the war methodically ravages the Volga region — Сибирь.Реалии
• 60 thousand dead. How the war methodically ravages the Volga region — Idel.Реалии

Key entities

• Volga Region
• Maxim Nikitin
• Tatarstan
• Kazan
• Zelenodolsk
• Zelenodolsk Musical Theatre