Samara

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Samara is a major Russian city on the Volga River known as an important industrial, cultural, and transportation hub.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
city
airport Kurumoch International Airport
climate humid continental climate
continent Europe
country Russia
distanceFromMoscow approximately 1,000 km east of Moscow
economicSector aerospace industry
automotive industry
machine building
petrochemical industry
federalDistrict Volga Federal District
foundedAs fortress
foundedInCentury 16th century
governingBody Samara City Duma
hasCulturalInstitution Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Samara State Philharmonic
hasLandmark Samara Embankment
Samara Railway Station
Stalin’s Bunker
hasPublicTransport bus network
tram network
trolleybus network
hasRiverfront Volga River embankment
hasSportsTeam BC Samara
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara
hasTransport international airport
railway junction
river port
hasUniversity Samara State Technical University
Samara University
historicalName Kuybyshev NERFINISHED
isCapitalOf Samara Oblast NERFINISHED
locatedIn Samara Oblast NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC+4
locatedOn left bank of the Volga River
locatedOnRiver Volga River
locatedOnTransportCorridor Volga transport corridor
nameRestored Samara in 1991
officialLanguage Russian
partOf Middle Volga region
population over 1 million inhabitants
renamedTo Kuybyshev in Soviet era
roleInHistory important industrial center during World War II
significance major cultural center
major industrial center
major transportation hub
urbanStatus million-plus city


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