Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been in ...
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Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast ( rus, Ку́йбышевская о́бласть, r=Kuybyshevskaya Oblast, p=ˈkujbɨʂɨfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ). As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population of the oblast was 3,215,532. The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Province) in the south, Saratov Oblast in the southwest and Ulyanovsk Oblast in the west. History The Samara region contains a remarkable succession of archaeological cultures from 7000 BC to 4000 BC. These sites have revealed Europe's earliest pottery (Elshanka culture), the world's oldest horse burial and signs of horse worship (the Syezzheye cemeter ...
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Volzhsky District, Samara Oblast
Volzhsky District (russian: Во́лжский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Samara Oblast and municipalLaw #189-GD district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Samara (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 83,377 ( 2010 Census); Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volzhsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The city of Samara serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ..., despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to th ...
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Samara Culture
The Samara culture was an Eneolithic (Copper Age) culture that flourished around the turn of the 5th millennium BCE, at the Samara Bend of the Volga River (modern Russia). The Samara culture is regarded as related to contemporaneous or subsequent prehistoric cultures of the Pontic–Caspian steppe, such as the Khvalynsk, Repin and Yamna (or Yamnaya) cultures. The Proto-Indo-European homeland is often linked to one or more of these cultures. Place and time The Samara culture was an Eneolithic culture of the early 5th millennium BCE at the Samara bend region of the middle Volga, at the northern edge of the steppe zone. It was discovered during archaeological excavations in 1973 near the village of Syezzheye (Съезжее) near Bogatoye. Related sites are Varfolomeyevka on the Russian-Kazakh border (5500 BCE), which has parallels in Dzhangar (Kalmykia), and Mykol'ske, on the Dnieper. The later stages of the Samara culture are contemporaneous with its successor culture in th ...
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Samara Bend
The Samara Bend (''Samarskaya Luka''; ) is a large hairpin bend of the middle Volga River to the east where it meets the Samara River. It is situated in the Samara region of Russia. As the Volga enters its middle course it reaches the Zhiguli Mountains. The Samara Bend is formed as the river circles these hills. The Samara Bend National Park, one of the first in the USSR, was established in 1984. Some pockets of the park's territory are among the northernmost points of the Great European Steppe. The Samara Bend is noted for a remarkable succession of archaeological cultures from 7000 BC to 4000 BC. These sites have revealed Europe's earliest pottery (Elshanka culture), the world's oldest horse burial and signs of horse worship (the Syezzheye cemetery of Samara culture), and the earliest kurgans associated with Proto-Indo-Europeans (e.g., Krivoluchye assigned to Khvalynsk cultureMarija Gimbutas. ''The Prehistory of Eastern Europe''. Part 1 (1956). P. 55.). See also * Samara ...
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Yelena Lapushkina
Yelena Vlamdimirovna Lapushkina (Russian: Елена Владимировна Лапушкина; born in 17 July 1968), is a Russian statesman and politician, who is currently the head of the city district of Samara since 26 December 2017.From 2013 to 2017, she was the head of the administration of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city of Samara. Biography Yelena Lapushkina was born on 17 July 1968 in the city of Kuibyshev (present-day Samara). She graduated from the Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute. At the institute, she met the future governor of the Samara Oblast, Dmitry Azarov. From 1991 to 1992, she was an engineer-technologist of the electroplating shop of the Kuibyshev machine-building production association Metalist. From 1992 to 2000, she was the Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs of the Administration of the Zheleznodorozhny District. From 2000 to 2007, she was the Head of the Department of Organizational Work of the Zheleznodorozhny District. From 200 ...
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Samara River
The Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the larger river at the city of Samara. Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .«Река Бездна»
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Samara (Volga)
The Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the larger river at the city of Samara. Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .«Река Бездна»
Russian State Water Registry.

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Samara Railway Station
Samara-Passazhirskaya (russian: Самара-Пассажирская) is a major railway station of the Kuybyshev Railway in Samara, Russia. Main information The new station was built in 2001 and is the tallest station building in Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ... with height including the spire 101 meters. History The current station in Samara is the second in the history of the city. The first railway station in Samara was built in 1876, and it operated for 120 years. The total area of the old station was 3380 m², capacity. In the summer of 1996, on the eve of Railway Workers' Day, the first brick was laid in the foundation of a new railway station. Construction work was carried out without interrupting the movement of passenger and commuter train stati ...
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List Of Cities And Towns In Russia By Population
This is a list of types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities and towns in Russia with a population of over 50,000 as of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 census. The figures are for the population within the limits of the city/town proper, not the urban area or metropolitan area. The list includes Sevastopol and settlements within the Republic of Crimea which are Political status of Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and were not subject to the 2010 census. The city of Zelenograd (a part of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow) and the municipal cities/towns of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg are also excluded, as they are not enumerated in the 2021 census as stand-alone localities. Note that the sixteen largest cities have a total population of 35,509,177, or roughly 24.1% of the country's total population. Cities and towns Cities in bold symbolize the capital city of its respective Federal subjects of Russia ...
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Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of «Река Волга»
, Russian State Water Registry which is more than twice the size of Ukraine. It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge (hydrology), discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the Rivers in Russia, national river of Russia. The hypothetical old Russian state, the Rus' Khaganate, arose along the Volga . Historically, the river served as an important meeting place of various Eurasian civilizations. The river flows in Russia through forests, Fo ...
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Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of «Река Волга»
, Russian State Water Registry which is more than twice the size of Ukraine. It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge (hydrology), discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the Rivers in Russia, national river of Russia. The hypothetical old Russian state, the Rus' Khaganate, arose along the Volga . Historically, the river served as an important meeting place of various Eurasian civilizations. The river flows in Russia through forests, Fo ...
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Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk (russian: Новоку́йбышевск) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern bank of the Volga River, away from it. Population: History During the Russian Civil War, the area where the city now stands was a place of ferocious battles with the White Russians. In 1946, shortly after World War II, the Soviets constructed an oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, which resulted in the establishment of a large village of approximately 14,000 people. The location soon turned out to be so advantageous that the government decided to develop the village into a major industrial center. In September 1951, the first working refineries started operating, on February 22, 1952, following the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Novo-Kuybyshev was granted town status and renamed Novokuybyshevsk. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seven rural localities, incor ...
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