As of the morning of 16 September, at least 19,186 people from the Volga Federal District regions have died.
During the period from 9-15 September, Idel.Realii managed to establish the names of 378 soldiers from 15 regions of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine. Thus, as of the morning of 9 September, at least 19,186 people from these Russian regions had died.
The largest number of fatalities lived in Tatarstan – 74, followed by Perm Krai with 55 and Bashkortostan with 49 fatalities. Orenburg Region lost 33, Saratov Region – 30, and Udmurtia – 29 military personnel. The list was expanded by 28 residents of Nizhny Novgorod Region, 24 – Samara Region, 16 – Kirov Region. The war claimed the lives of 14 military personnel from Chuvashia, 11 – from the Ulyanovsk Region and eight – from Penza Region; five people from Mari El and one each from Mordovia and Astrakhan Region also died.
Bashkortostan continues to lead in the number of fatalities — the war has claimed the lives of at least 2,866 soldiers from the republic. Next on the list is Tatarstan with 2,554 and Perm Krai with 2,191 names. The lowest losses among the Volga regions to date have been suffered by Penza Oblast (447) and Mordovia (298).
When calculating the number of deaths per 100 thousand of the male population aged 18 to 63 years, other regions are the “leaders”: as of 12 August, this indicator is the highest in the Kirov Region (287), Mari El (269.5) and Perm Krai (265.4); the lowest of the rest is also in Mordovia (115.4) and Penza Region (111).
Mediazona journalists, together with colleagues from the BBC Russian Service and a team of volunteers, have identified the names of 69,059 Russians killed in the war as of 13 September 2024. According to Mediazona and the BBC, Bashkortostan is the leader in the number of deaths among all Russian regions – 2,705 soldiers. Tatarstan is in fourth place (2,259), and Perm Krai is in fifth (2,054).
Journalists note that this list does not reflect the real level of losses, but is based solely on public reports of deaths. Joint research with Meduza also uses data from the Registry of Inheritance Cases (RND) and Rosstat statistics. According to the latest estimates by journalists on inheritance cases, as of 5 July, the number of dead could be around 120 thousand people (with a random error range of 106,000 – 140,000 ).
- Russia’s losses in the year-long war with Ukraine exceeded the losses of the USSR and Russia in all wars since World War II combined. Moscow and Kyiv, as a rule, do not publicly disclose their losses in the war in Ukraine, talking mainly about the enemy’s losses. Parties to military conflicts tend to exaggerate their successes and downplay their failures. Journalists’ research is one of the most important independent estimates of the number of casualties.
- The Russian Defense Ministry last reported on losses on the day mobilization began — 21 September 2022. According to the head of the department at that time, Sergei Shoigu, losses amounted to 5,937 people.
- “Idel.Realii” keeps its own count https://smarturl.click/v8pR of the dead soldiers and volunteers. This list includes only those whose death was acknowledged in one way or another by the Russian side, relatives of the dead, or educational or other public institutions. The real figures may be significantly higher.
