In the past week, "Idel.Reality" has identified the names of another 379 natives of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 115 are from the Perm region.

      As of the morning of March 23, at least 52,000 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast). From March 16 to 22, "Idel.Realii" identified the names of 379 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of March 23, at least 52,000 people have died from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus Astrakhan Oblast). The number of identified names of the deceased over the past week by regions: Perm Krai — 115 people; Bashkortostan — 58 people; Tatarstan — 57 people; Saratov Oblast — 24 people; Samara Oblast — 21 people; Orenburg — 21 people; Mari El — 18 people; Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — 15 people; Kirov Oblast — 12 people; Udmurtia — 11 people; Chuvashia — 9 people; Ulyanovsk Oblast — 6 people; Mordovia — 5 people; Astrakhan Oblast — 4 people; Penza Oblast — 3 people. Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of identified deceased: the war has claimed the lives of at least 9,369 military personnel from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 8,089 and Perm Krai with 5,555 names. The smallest losses among the regions of the Volga have been suffered by Penza Oblast and Mordovia — 1,284 and 683, respectively. Journalists from "Mediazona," together with the "Russian Service of the BBC" and a team of volunteers, as of March 20, have identified the names of 204,626 Russians who died in the war. Bashkortostan remains the leader among all regions of Russia in terms of confirmed losses. Russia's losses over the year of war with Ukraine have exceeded the losses of the USSR and Russia in all wars after World War II combined. Moscow and Kyiv generally do not publicly disclose losses in the war in Ukraine, mainly reporting on the enemy's losses. The parties to military conflicts tend to exaggerate their successes and downplay their failures. Journalistic investigations are one of the most important independent assessments of the number of dead. The Russian Ministry of Defense last reported on losses on the day mobilization began — September 21, 2022. According to the then head of the department, Sergey Shoigu, the losses amounted to 5,937 people. "Idel.Realii" maintains its own count of deceased military personnel and volunteers from the regions of the Volga. This list includes only those whose deaths have been recognized in one way or another by the Russian side, relatives of the deceased, or educational or other public institutions. The actual figures may be significantly higher. Subscribe to our channel on Telegram.