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VolgaTelecom

Logo: WolgaTelekom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Russian telecommunications company

VolgaTelecom was a Russian telecommunications company formed in 2002 as a result of a reorganization of the Svyaz'invest Company in Moscow which consolidated 72 regional service providers into seven large interregional companies. Headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod, the company was one of the largest operators, providing mobile and internet communications in the Volga Federal District. As of the end of 2006, it provided services to 5.123 million users.2 It employed about 33,000 people.1 It is part of Svyazinvest.1 It ceased to exist in 2011.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersNizhny Novgorod1
  • Websitewww.vt.ru
  • Legal formjoint-stock company, open joint-stock company1

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VolgaTelecom was a Russian telecommunications company formed in 2002 as a result of a reorganization of the Svyaz'invest Company in Moscow which consolidated 72 regional service providers into seven large interregional companies.2

Corporate structure

VolgaTelecom is part of a group headed by Svyazinvest. 11 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

VolgaTelecom was formed on the basis of the merger of Nizhegorodsvyazinform (Russian: Нижегородсвязьинформ) with the following entities

Kirovelektrosvyaz

Elektrosvyaz of Orenburg Oblast

Svyazinform of Penza Oblast

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Svyazinform of Samara Oblast

Saratovelektrosvyaz

Elektrosvyaz of Ulyanovsk Oblast

Martelkom (Mari El)

Svyazinform of the Republic of Mordovia

Udmurttelecom Telecommunications Networks of Udmurtia

Svyazinform of the Chuvash Republic

Svyazinform of Samara Oblast

Khantymansyskokrtelekom (Russian: Хантымансийскокртелеком)

From Wikipedia’s article on VolgaTelecom, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Rostelecom1

Timeline

  1. 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2002Founded Founded1

Sources

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