Kuybyshev or Kuibyshev may refer to:

People

Valerian Kuybyshev Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (; – 25 January 1935) was a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer, and prominent Soviet politician. Biography Early years Born in Omsk in Siberia on , Kuybyshev studied at the , a Cadet Corps in O ...

(1888–1935), Russian revolutionary *

Nikolay Kuibyshev Nikolay Vladimirovich Kuibyshev (; 1 August 1938) was a Red Army military leader and Komkor. The son of an Imperial Russian Army officer, Kuibyshev joined the army and fought in World War I. Kuibyshev joined the Red Army in 1918 and became comman ...

(''Kuybyshev'') (1893–1938), Russian Red Army Komkor; brother of Valerian

Places

Several places in the Soviet Union were named after the Bolshevik revolutionary Valerian Kuybyshev.

Armenia

Kuybyshev, Armenia Urasar () is a town in Armenia's Lori Province Lori (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia (country), Georgia. Vanadzor ...

, a town in the Lori Province, now named Urasar * Kuybyshev, in 1940–1992, name of

Haghartsin Haghartsin () is a medieval monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It was built between the 10th and 13th centuries. It is composed of three churches: St. Gregory's (the oldest one), St. Stephen's, and St. A ...

, a town in Tavush Province

Azerbaijan

* Kuybışev, former name of

Aran, Aghjabadi Aran (known as Kuybishev until 1999) is a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,655. History The village used to be named Kuybışev (English transliteration: Kuybishev) in honor of Valerian Kuy ...

, a village in the Aghjabadi Rayon * Kuybyshev, former name of Ölcələr, a village in Imishli Rayon

Russia

* Kuybyshev, one of the largest cities in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...

in the old Soviet Union, restored to its former name of

Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...

in 1991 and currently the 8th largest city in Russia. * Kuybyshev Oblast, name of

Samara Oblast Samara Oblast (, ) 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. As of the Rus ...

in 1936–1990 *

Kuybyshev Reservoir Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir () is a reservoir of the middle Volga and lower Kama in Chuvashia, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is sometimes called as Samara Reservoir an ...

(or ''Kuybyshev Sea''), a reservoir in Russia; the largest in Europe * Kuybyshev, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia * Kuybyshev Urban Settlement, a municipal formation into which the town of Kuybyshev in Kuybyshevsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast is incorporated

Tajikistan

* Kuybyshev, alternative name of Kuybyshevsk, a location in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan

Other uses

Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship ''Valerian Kuybyshev'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It got name after the first ship of class ''Valerian Kuybyshev''. Four-deck cruise ships manufactured in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, 1976–1983. River cruise ships of the ...

, a class of Russian river passenger ships ** ''Valerian Kuybyshev'' (ship) (1975), a Soviet/Russian river cruise ship of that class, cruising in the Volga–Neva basin *

Kuybyshev Railway The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Ку́йбышевская желе́зная доро́га) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways, operates in several regions of Russia, such as Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza Oblast, Pen ...

, a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Samara, Russia * ''Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station'', former name of

Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a large dam and hydroelectric station on the Volga River, located near Zhigulyovsk and Tolyatti ...