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Samara (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 050 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 50.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Volga & Samara rivers; taken by Tarars 1615 & Kalmyks 1644; center of anti-Bolshevik government in 1918; administrative center during WW II, when Moscow was under German attack; center of a large network of oil pipelines. |
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| Samara (preferred,B,V,O,English-P)
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............ | used 1586-1935, has now been reinstated |
| Samara (Russian-P)
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| סמארה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Kuibyshev (C,U,Russian)
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| Самара (C,U,Russian)
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| Kuibyschew (H,V)
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| Kujbyšev (H,V)
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............ | from 1935=1991 |
| Kuybyshev (H,V,Russian)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Samara (inhabited place) (P,B) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fortress protecting the Volga River in 1586 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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