Samara Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Samara (English) Самара (Russian)
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	Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Samara Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	city of oblast significance of Samara
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Samara Urban Okrug
Mayor	Elena Lapushkina
Representative body	Samara City Council
Statistics
Area	541.382 km² (209.029 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	1,164,685 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	6th
Population (2013 est.)	1,171,598 inhabitants
Density	2,151/km² (5,571/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK (UTC+04:00)
Founded	1586
City status since	1688
Postal code(s)	443XXX
Dialing code(s)	+7 846
Official website: http://city.samara.ru

Samara (known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev), is the ninth largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Some statistics indicate that it is the eighth or ninth-largest city by population, rather than sixth. It is in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers, on the east bank of the Volga which acts as the city's western boundary; across the river are the Zhiguli Mountains, after which the local beer (Zhigulyovskoye) is named. The northern boundary is formed by the Sokolyi Hills and by the steppes in the south and east. The city covers 46,597 hectares (115,140 acres), with a population of 1,164,685 (2010 Census); the metropolitan area of Samara, Tolyatti and Syzran has a population of over 3 million. It is about 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Kazan, 410 kilometres (250 mi) from Ufa, 340 kilometres (210 mi) from Saratov and 235 kilometres (146 mi) from Oral, Kazakhstan.

Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in European 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 intrinsically linked to the Volga River, which has not only served as the main commercial thoroughfare of Russia throughout several centuries, but also has great visual appeal. Samara's riverfront is considered one of the favourite recreation places both for local citizens and tourists. After the Soviet novelist Vasily Aksyonov visited Samara, he remarked: "I am not sure where in the West one can find such a long and beautiful embankment."

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Sobornaya Street and horse tram in 1905
Ladya apartment complex
The Volga River in Samara
Samara city plan in 1886
Church of St. George in Samara
Kurumoch International Airport
Monument after the painting Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin at the banks of the Volga
Grushinsky festival
The Cosmos Arena hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup games
Festival of Science in Samara
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1950
Golaz-AKA-6226 bus
Scania OmniLink bus
ZiU-682 trolleybus
AKSM-321 low-floor trolleybus
Tatra T3 tram
Tatra T3 trams
Samara Metro
Samara railway station
Kurumoch International Airport

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