Place:Samara, Russia

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NameSamara
Alt namesSamara Oblast
Kuibyshevsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 51
Kujbyševsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 51
Kuybyshevsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 51
Samarasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Сама́рская о́бластьsource: Wikipedia
TypeHistorical Province, Oblast
Coordinates53.0°N 50.0°E
Located inRussia
Also located inPrivolzhsky, Russia    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Samara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the oblast was 3,215,532.

The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Province) in the south, Saratov Oblast in the southwest and Ulyanovsk Oblast in the west.

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