Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast is in the Volga federal district and the Volga-Vyatka economic region. It has an area of , making it the 30th largest federal subject of Russia. It borders Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Komi Republic in the north, Vologda Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, and Mari El in the south, and Perm Krai in the east.