title: Samarka
text: # Samarka
  
  Samarka (Russian: Самарка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Samarsky Selsoviet of Loktevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 590 as of 2016. There are 4 streets.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Samarka is located in the valley of the Zolotukha River, 14 km southeast of Gornyak (the district's administrative centre) by road. Uspenka is the nearest rural locality.
  
  ## Ethnicity
  
  The village is inhabited by Russians, Germans and others.
  
  