Samara, Russia facts for kids

Samara

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The coat of arms

Samara (Russian: Самара) is the ninth largest city in Russia. It is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. About 1,164,685 people live in the city.

It is in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. It is on the east bank of the Volga. Samara is the economic and cultural center in European Russian. They hosted the European Union–Russia summit in May 2007.

From 1935 to 1991 the city was known as Kuybyshev (Russian: Куйбышев).

Images for kids

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  Sobornaya Street and horse tram in 1905

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  Ladya apartment complex

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  The Volga River in Samara

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  Samara city plan in 1886

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  Church of St. George in Samara

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  Kurumoch International Airport

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  Monument after the painting Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin at the banks of the Volga

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  Grushinsky festival

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  The Cosmos Arena hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup games

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  Festival of Science in Samara

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  Dmitri Shostakovich, 1950

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  Golaz-AKA-6226 bus

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  Scania OmniLink bus

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  ZiU-682 trolleybus

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  AKSM-321 low-floor trolleybus

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  Tatra T3 tram

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  Tatra T3 trams

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  Samara Metro

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  Samara railway station

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  Kurumoch International Airport

See also

In Spanish: Samara para niños