What is Samara, Russia?
[[File:Flag of Samara.svg|thumb|250px|The flag]] [[File:Coat of Arms of Samara (Samara oblast).png|thumb|90px|The coat of arms]] '''Samara''' ([[Russian language|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 River|Volga]] and [[Samara River]]s. 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). Also, Samara has a [[Samara Metro|metropolitan railway.]] {{Commonscat}} {{Samara Oblast}} {{authority control}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Samara Oblast]] [[Category:Capitals of oblasts of Russia]]