This article is about about the city in Russia. For city in Iraq, see Samarra. Samara (Russian: Сама́ра) (from 1935 to 1991—Kuybyshev (Ку́йбышев)) is the sixth-largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia, the Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: 1,157,880 (2002 Census);[1] 1,254,460 (1989 Census).[2] Map showing Samarra near Baghdad SÄmarrÄ (سامراء) is a town in Iraq ( ). It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad Din Governorate, 125 km north of Baghdad and, in 2002, had an estimated population of 201,700. ...
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Samara Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ...
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It was founded in 1586 as a defense outpost, a fortress, and later grew into a major grain-trading center for the Volga region. It was renamed after the Soviet politician Valerian Kuybyshev under Soviet rule, but returned to its historical name after the fall of Communism. Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (also Kuibyshev; Russian: Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев); Born: Omsk, 6 June, (O.S. 25 May) 1888; Died: Moscow, 25 January 1935) was a Russian revolutionist, a Red Army military commander during the Russian Civil War, and then a prominent Soviet politician. ...
Now it is a large social, economic, industrial and cultural center of European Russia. The metropolitan area of Samara-Togliatti-Syzran within Samara Region with a population of more than 3.0 million people is known for its automobile (AvtoVAZ), aluminium (Alcoa), railroad equipment, chemicals, oil and gas, machinery, and confectionery (Nestlé) industries. The city also has an aerospace industry, namely TsSKB-Progress, producing the Soyuz and Molniya launch vehicles. Due to this industry Samara was a closed city during the Cold War. The Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center (also known as TsSKB-Progress) is a Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise under the jurisdiction of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency responsible for space science and aerospace research. ...
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History The city was the secondary capital of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1943 when German troops threatened Moscow. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev (January 28, 1887-September 5, 1919, all new style) (Russian Василий Иванович Чапаев) was a significant military commander during the Russian Civil War. ...
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During this period the city was nicknamed The Second Baku because of the crisis, in which the Soviet State Defense Committee decided to transfer the main forces of oil-workers and oil enterprises of Baku to the regions of Volga, Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan and Central Asia for the enforcement of the oil extraction there. Meanwhile all the nine drilling offices, oil-expedition and oil-construction trusts and various other enterprises with their staffs were transferred to the Samara area. Highly qualified specialists and masters in oil industry were sent there along with more than 5,000 workers with half of their equipment. The Kuybyshev Square is the largest city square in Europe and the third largest in the world, largely for the accommodation of Soviet-era military parades. An enormous opera house is located on the square. Synthetic motor oil For other uses, see Oil (disambiguation). ...
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Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ...
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Education, culture and transport
 Dramatic Theatre in Samara Along with its many universities (including Samara State University and Samara State Aerospace University), theaters, and museums, the city is also a major intellectual and academic center in Russia. The city is served by highways and railways. Its airport is Samara Kurumoch Airport, with a number of international airlines, among them Lufthansa flying to and from Frankfurt, or Czech Airlines flying to and from Prague with convenient connections worldwide, which makes it an attractive tourist destination. Samara is served by Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Samara Airlines, and a number of regional carriers. The "Kurumoch" code for Samara International Airport is KUF. It also has a rapid transit system, the Samara Metro. However, this system has only 8 stations at present. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Samara, Russia ...
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Samara State University is a classical multi-faculty university and a leading educational institution of higher education in Samara Oblast, Russia. ...
Samara Kurumoch Airport (IATA: KUF, ICAO: UWWW) is an airport in Samara Oblast, Russia located 35 km north of Samara. ...
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the second largest airline in Europe (after Air France - KLM). ...
(German: , English: American English: ) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a mid-2007 population of 663,567. ...
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Samara Metro (Russian: ) is a rapid transit system which severs the city of Samara, Russia. ...
One popular tourist location in Samara is Stalin's bunker, a World War II bunker built to house military operations in the event of Moscow falling to the invading German forces. This monument is located south west of Kuybyshev Square, behind a series of apartment complexes. Vladimir Lenin's body was also evacuated to Samara when the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany, and Moscow seemed to be on the verge of falling into German hands. Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ...
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Samara boasts of a vibrant nightlife. There are several clubs that play house music, including Zvezda, Birzha, Aura, Postel, and MTL. However, due to the federal anti-drug agency's ("Gosnarkokontrol") increased activities in the city, there appears to have been a decline in the quality and vibrancy of the nightlife (citation required here).
Samara is also the name of a model of a Lada car made by the VAZ auto company in Togliatti, in Samara Oblast. For other uses, see Lada (disambiguation). ...
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Tolyatti (ТольÑÌтти) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. ...
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Sport Samara is the home to the FC Krylya Sovetov Samara, a football club in the Russian Premier League. Samara was also the home to the best world women basketball club VBM-SGAU. Before the 2007 season, the VBM-SGAU was sold to CSKA who moved the team to Moscow where it became the CSKA[3]. Krylya Sovetov (Russian: ) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. ...
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Honours The asteroid 26922 Samara was named in honour of the city and river on 1 June 2007.† For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). ...
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The Samara flag Colours of the Samara flag The Samara Flag (1911, Jaroslav VěšÃn) The Samara flag (Bulgarian: , Samarsko zname, Russian: , Samarskoye znamya) is one of the most important military symbols of the Bulgarian Army. ...
| Weather averages for Samara | | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | | Record high °C (°F) | 4.2 (40) | 6.8 (44) | 15.8 (60) | 31.1 (88) | 34.4 (94) | 39.6 (103) | 39.0 (102) | 37.7 (100) | 34.2 (94) | 26.0 (79) | 14.0 (57) | 7.3 (45) | 39.6 (103) | | Average high °C (°F) | -9.3 (15) | -8.1 (17) | -1.7 (29) | 11.0 (52) | 20.3 (69) | 24.6 (76) | 26.0 (79) | 24.5 (76) | 18.2 (65) | 8.4 (47) | -0.7 (31) | -6.3 (21) | 9.0 (48) | | Average low °C (°F) | -15.9 (3) | -15.4 (4) | -8.8 (16) | 1.9 (35) | 9.2 (49) | 13.8 (57) | 15.7 (60) | 14.0 (57) | 8.6 (47) | 1.4 (35) | -5.7 (22) | -12.1 (10) | 0.6 (33) | | Record low °C (°F) | -43.0 (-45) | -36.9 (-34) | -31.4 (-25) | -20.9 (-6) | -4.9 (23) | -0.4 (31) | 2.0 (36) | 2.3 (36) | -3.4 (26) | -27.3 (-17) | -28.1 (-19) | -41.3 (-42) | -43.0 (-45) | | Precipitation mm (inch) | 46 (1.8) | 35 (1.4) | 33 (1.3) | 39 (1.5) | 32 (1.3) | 58 (2.3) | 64 (2.5) | 52 (2) | 45 (1.8) | 52 (2) | 54 (2.1) | 51 (2) | 561 (22.1) | | Source: Pogoda.ru.net[4] 8.09.2007 |
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References - ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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Coat of arms of Kinel Kinel (Russian: ) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the Kinel River near its confluence with the Samara River, 41 km east of Samara. ...
Neftegorsk (Russian: ) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located 103 km south-east of Samara at . ...
Novokuybyshevsk, also spelt Novokujbyševsk or Novokuibyshevsk, is a city in Samara, Russia. ...
Coat of arms of Otradny Otradny (Russian: ) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River (Samaras tributary), 91 km east of Samara. ...
Syzran (СыÌзрань) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia. ...
Vasily Tatishchev monument in Toliatti Tolyatti (ТольÑÌтти) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. ...
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