Samara
The history
Samara was founded in 1586 by Knyaz Zasekin on the left side of Volga river.It is one of the oldest cities of Volga area and one of the oldest cities of Russia.It is inhabited by 1.2 million people.It`s square is 541 km2.
The most popular sightseeings
The monument of Glory
Strukovsky Garden
The Samara Embankment
Transport of Samara
The system of transport Samara Metro was opened in 1993.Nowadays it has 11 station.The city is able to provide you with developed system of buses,trolleybuses and trams.Furthemore,there is opportunity to get around the city by electric trains. |
Eating out
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Beluga
Pasternak
Interesting events
VolgaFest is an annual festival of Samara from 2011.Without any doubts,there you can find what you really like,e.g. drawing,knitting,yoga and etc. You will never forget this unbelievable emotions.
Grushinsky Festival is one of the most famous festivals in Russia.Grushinsky Festival is dedicated to music.Visitors of this festival fall in love with this music with the first sound.
Volga River boat trip offers you to enjoy beautiful views of Samara nature from another point of view.Don`t miss the opportunity to take photos in front of these little wonders of nature!
The space capital of Russia
61 year ago there was the the first human flight into space.Yury Gagarin discovered the space on the "Vostok-1'' rocket.But only 5% of people know that this rocket was partly constructed in Samara.
Samara Cosmos Museum is open to tell you the history of Samara`s impact on space discovering. Close to the building you can see prototype of the original spaceship,which is about 150 m high.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aff7L670jfI
