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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).

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  • So0417 1904-08

    Sobornaya Street and horse tram in 1905

  • Ladya Samara winter

    Ladya apartment complex

  • Samara church george

    Church of St. George in Samara

  • Kurumoch International Airport 1

    Kurumoch International Airport

  • Grusha fest-6

    Grushinsky festival

  • Samara Arena

    The Cosmos Arena hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup games

  • Festival of Science in Samara

    Festival of Science in Samara

  • Samara bus GOLAZ (15343224502)

    Golaz-AKA-6226 bus

  • Samara trolleybus 3210 (15156761079)

    ZiU-682 trolleybus

  • Samara trolleybus BKM-321 new in depot tb 20090502 706 (15156928798)

    AKSM-321 low-floor trolleybus

  • Tatrat3rf

    Tatra T3 tram

  • Tatra T3 tram under 1123 number on 20 route in Samara

    Tatra T3 trams

  • Rossiyskaya (Российская) (7056155089)

    Samara Metro

  • SamaraVokzal

    Samara railway station

  • Kurumoch International Airport New Terminal 1

    Kurumoch International Airport

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