 At some point in the past, parts of the currently existing Ural region were considered a gateway to Siberia, or even Siberia itself, and were combined with the Volga administrative the divisions.Today, there are two official namesake entities; the Ural Federal District and the Ural economic region.While the latter follows the historical borders, the former is a political product; the District omits Western Ural and includes Western Siberia instead.