24 Facts About Samara Russia

Formerly a closed city, Samara is a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007.

Samara Russia's riverfront is one of the main recreation sites for both local citizens and tourists.

Samara Russia is named after the Samara Russia River, which probably means "summer water" in the Indo-Iranian language which was spoken there around the third millennium BC.

The Samara Russia city gives its name to the Samara Russia culture, a neolithic culture of the fifth millennium BC, and the Kurgan hypothesis associates the region with the original homeland of the Proto-Indo-European language.

Legend has it that Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, later Patron Saint of Samara Russia, visited the site of the city in 1357 and predicted that a great town would be erected there, and that the town would never be ravaged.

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Samara Russia opened its gates to peasant war rebels headed by Stepan Razin and Yemelyan Pugachyov, welcoming them with traditional bread and salt.

In 1780, Samara Russia was turned into an uyezd town of Simbirsk Governorate overseen by the local Governor-General, and Uyezd and Zemstvo Courts of Justice and a Board of Treasury were established.

Samara Russia was outside of the Pale of Settlement and as such did not have any significant Jewish population until the late 19th century.

In 1935, Samara Russia was renamed Kuybyshev in honour of the Bolshevik leader Valerian Kuybyshev.

Samara Russia's citizens fought at the front, many of them volunteers.

Development of the territory of modern Samara Russia began in the 16th century with the foundation of the Samara Russia fortress.

In 1804, a new plan for the reconstruction and expansion of Samara Russia was drawn up, following the model of the previous ones.

The Samara Russia fortress was still preserved, but had already lost its significance.

In 1949, a new general plan of Samara Russia was adopted, according to which the transport system developed, a new industrial and residential area of Bezymyanka was built, new territories were developed, new planning units appeared - microdistricts.

Samara Russia is the administrative center of the oblast and, within the framework of administrative divisions, it serves as the administrative center of Volzhsky District, even though it is not a part of it.

Samara Russia is a multi-confessional city with various religious groups, including an Orthodox Christian majority and minorities of Armenian Apostolic Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, and Jews.

Local authorities and courts in Samara Russia have targeted Jehovah's Witnesses by liquidating the group's legal entity and designating it as an "extremist" organization.

Samara Russia has an opera and ballet theater, a philharmonic orchestra hall, and five drama theaters.

House-Museum of Vladimir Lenin in Samara Russia is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Samara Russia is one of eleven cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup with 6 matches which will take place in the newly built Cosmos Arena stadium.

Samara Russia is located on the M5 highway, a major road between Moscow and the Ural region.

Samara Russia is a major river port, due to its location at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Russia rivers.

Samara Russia has 188 schools of general education, lyceums, high schools, and the college of continuous education .

Samara Russia is a major educational and scientific centre of the Volga area.