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A bridge over the Volga River outside Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk Oblast(Russian: Улья́новская о́бласть, ool-YAHN-uhf-skuh-yuh OH-bluhst' )lie inMiddle VolgaAn area, westPenza, Northwest NeighborMordoviaNorthChuvash, Northeast NeighborTatarstanEast NeighborSamara, And the south neighborSaratov Region。
city
- Ulyanovsk — The capital of Ulyanovsk Oblast, where famous Russian political figures Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Alexander Kerensky were born in the 20th century.
- Dimitrovgrad — A medium-sized industrial city located at the confluence of the Meleks River and the Grand Cheremshan River.
Other destinations
learn
More than half of the residents of Ulyanovsk Oblast live in the two industrial cities of Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad; the rest of Ulyanovsk Oblast is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry.
arrival
ThroughMoscowThe daily night train (16 hours) or by plane (1.5 hours) to Ulyanovsk is quite easy.