Samara (Oblast) - Samara (Oblast)

Map of Samara (Oblast)

The oblast Samara (Самарская область) is in the Russian federal district Volga. To the west of it is the oblast Saratov, to the north it borders on the oblast Ulyanovsk and the republic Tatarstan. The oblast lies in the southeast Orenburg, in the very south she touches Kazakhstan.

Regions

Map of Samara Oblast with the M5 Volga trunk road

The Volga flows through the oblast from north to south and flows through the Kuibyshev reservoir. This is formed by a dam that spans the river between the cities Tolyatti and Zhigulyovsk accumulates. Downstream the Volga forms a loop, in which lies the Samarskaya Luka National Park(Russian: Национальный парк "Самарская Лука") Samar bow with the Shiguli Mountains. At Samara when it reaches its most easterly point, it continues to flow in a westerly direction until it reaches Syzran to the southwest towards Saratov and further after Volgograd flows.

places

  • 1 SamaraSamara in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSamara in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSamara (Q894) in the Wikidata database - the earlier one Kuibyshev
  • 2 TogliattiWebsite of this institutionTogliatti in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageTogliatti in the Wikipedia encyclopediaTogliatti in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTogliatti (Q1341) in the Wikidata database - Production site of Lada-Automotive plants
  • 3 SyzranWebsite of this institutionSyzran in the travel guide Wikivoyage in a different languageSyzran in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSysran in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSysran (Q2219) in the Wikidata database
  • 4 NovokuibyshevskWebsite of this institutionNovokuibyshevsk in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNovokuibyshevsk in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNovokuibyshevsk (Q175124) in the Wikidata database
  • 5 ChapayevskWebsite of this institutionChapayevsk in the Wikipedia encyclopediaChapayevsk in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsChapayevsk (Q197677) in the Wikidata database
  • 6 ZhigulyovskWebsite of this institutionZhigulyovsk in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageZhigulyovsk in the Wikipedia encyclopediaZhigulyovsk in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsZhigulyovsk (Q136310) in the Wikidata database
  • 7 OtradnyWebsite of this institutionOtradny in the Wikipedia encyclopediaOtradny in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOtradny (Q177770) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

Kuibyshev Reservoir and Shiguli Mountains

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Web links

http://www.samregion.ru/ - Official website of Samara Oblast

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