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20 unusual facts about Samara


Andrew Alford

Born in Samara, Russia, Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, now used for VHF omnidirectional range and instrument landing systems.

Anton Buslov

Participated in the development of the official website of the transport operator Samara.

Has reached out the repeal of a law which was restricted to took a photography in the subways of Samara, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.

Armenians in Crimea

From 1778-1779, more than 22,000 Armenians resettled in the Azov province and on the coast of the Dnieper and Samara, leading to gradual economic decline.

Baltika Breweries

Today, Baltika is the largest Fast-moving consumer goods producer in Russia and has production facilities in 10 Russian cities (Saint Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Tula, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Khabarovsk).

Dragan Labović

During summer 2012, head coach Dušan Ivković included Labović on the preliminary list of players for the EuroBasket 2013 qualifying, but the 25-year-old power forward who spent the previous season with BC Krasnye Krylia from Samara didn't make the final cut.

Foton-M

It is produced by TsSKB-Progress in Samara.

Mordehai Dubin

He lived under arrest and exile in Siberia, first in Samara, and later in Tula, where he died in 1956 in a labor camp and is buried.

Nestor von Henko

On the occasion of the 165th anniversary of his birth and 100th anniversary of his death, 2004 was declared "year of Henko" in the Samara region , marked by an interregional scientific conference, edition of scientific material, establishment of memorial squares, excursions on "Henko forests".

In the arid steppes of the Samara, Volgograd and Voronezh governorate, some 13 thousands hectares of protective forest belts II-7 had been planted by 1902.

Ralph Winston Fox

In the summer following graduation, Fox returned to Soviet Russia, this time as a worker with the Friends Relief Mission in Samara.

Resurs-DK No.1

The Resurs-DK spacecraft was built by the Russian space company TsSKB Progress in Samara, Russia.

Resurs-P No.1

The Resurs-P spacecraft was built by the Russian space company TsSKB Progress in Samara, Russia.

Sámara

The quality of the beaches in Sámara and neighboring Carrillo made the area a high priority region of tourism industry development for the Costa Rican government shortly after the opening of Liberia's Daniel Oduber International Airport.

The paving of the final 35 km of the drive, "Road 150" from Nicoya to Sámara on through to Carrillo was completed in early 2006.

Soyuz-2-1v

It is built by TsSKB Progress, at Samara in the Russian Federation.

Sverker Åström

From 1940 to 1943 he served at the Swedish mission to the Soviet Union, first in Moscow and then in Kuybyshev.

Tambov Oblast

Tambov Oblast was finally created from oblasts of Voronezh and Kuybyshev in 27 September 1937.

Viktor Chernov

Following the Bolsheviks' seizure of power, he became a member of an anti-Bolshevik government in Samara, before fleeing to Europe and then the United States.

Young Engineers' Satellite 2

The centres were: Samara State Aerospace University, Russia (mission analysis, GPS); University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (re-entry capsule); Hochschule Niederrhein in Krefeld, Germany (tether); University of Patras, Greece (mechanical and thermal).


1984 in motoring

Though the older car is to continue, the new Samara is a superb engineering achievement after 15 years with virtually no technical changes at Togliatti.

Aleksandr Nikulin

Aleksandr Pavlovich Nikulin (born 1979), Russian footballer who played in the Russian Premier League for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and last played for FC Gazovik Orenburg

Antonov An-140

Apart from the main production line in Kharkiv by KSAMC, the aircraft is being manufactured in Samara by Aviakor, and assembled under license by HESA in Shahin Shahr, Iran (as the IrAn-140 or Iran-140), from Complete knock-down kits manufactured in Ukraine.

Avrora

Avrora metro station, a future station of the Samara Metro, Samara, Russia; preliminary scheduled to open in 2015

Buka Entertainment

Buka Entertainment (Russian: Бука) is a Russian software development and distribution company founded in 1993 in Moscow with an additional six branch offices across Russia, located in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Samara and Nizhniy Novgorod.

Dmitri Ivanov

Dmitri Alekseyevich Ivanov (b. 1970), Russian footballer with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd, FC Uralan Elista, FC Rostov and FC Rubin Kazan

Dmitry Golubev

Dmitri Vadimovich Golubev (b. 1992), Russian footballer with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara

Evgeny Sheyko

2001–10 – Guest Conductor of opera and ballet festivals in Russian cities: Perm, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Cheboksary, Saratov

Heimito von Doderer

Stranded in Samara, Doderer and his comrades again turned to the East, and found refuge in a Red Cross camp near Krasnoyarsk, cared for by Elsa Brändström.

Igor Uporov

The Ural Siberian Bar Association gathers experienced Advocates to provide Legal Representation to clients in various courts and government entities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Penza, Orenburg, Kurgan, Khanty-Mansisk, Izhevsk, Tolyatti, and Omsk.

Köräş

It was organised in Kazan about 15 times, but also in other cities, such as Salavat, Orenburg, Oktyabrsky, Tuymazy, Chelyabinsk, Cheboksary, Almetievsk, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Naberezhnye Chelny.

Kurash

It was organised in Kazan about 15 times, but also in other cities, such as Salavat, Orenburg, Oktyabrsky, Tuymazy, Chelyabinsk, Cheboksary, Almetievsk, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Naberezhnye Chelny.

Orenburg Cossacks

For the purpose of defending the city and colonizing the region, The Russian government relocated the Cossacks from Ufa, Iset, Samara and other places and created the Orenburg non-regular corps in 1748.

Revolyutsionny

Revolyutsionnaya metro station, a station of the Samara Metro, Samara Russia; preliminarily scheduled to open in 2015

Rock Palace

Artists: Frosted Glass (SPb), Xe-None (Siberia), Cattle Extermination (SPb), Devilish Distance (death metal, Samara), Moray Eel (Moscow), Perimeter (SPb), Stardown (SPb), Vergeltung (Moscow), Master (Moscow), O.X. (Pushkin), Dismember (Sweden), Fall of the Leave (Finland), Grave (Sweden), Trol Gnet Ell (SPb), Swallow the Sun (Finland) .

Samara culture

The Samara culture is considered the eneolithic culture of the region, along with the subsequent Khvalynsk culture and the still later early Yamna culture.

Samara flag

The Samara flag, initially kept in Radomir from where its last bearer Pavel Korchev descended, was housed in the royal palace in Sofia (now the National Art Gallery) between 1881 and 1946, when it was transferred to the National Museum of Military History (NMMH).

Sergei Wojciechowski

He commanded defensive battles in the Volga region: not only did he stop the advance of the Red forces, but he threw them back across the Ik River, securing a firmer footing on the white Samara front.

Steponas Kairys

Following graduation he worked for several years in railroad construction in the Samara and Kursk regions of Russia.

Valerian Kuybyshev

The city of Samara (the administrative city of the Samara Oblast, Russia), the town of Bolgar (in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia), and the town of Haghartsin, Armenia were all renamed Kuybyshev during the period between 1935 and 1991.

Vladimir Zenzinov

Thereafter Zenzinov joined the rump Constituent Assembly government in Samara in 1918.

Zerich

The Company has a wide range of agency outlets countrywide (more than 30 towns of Russia including major financial centers: St.Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhni Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kazan, Tyumen, Yaroslavl etc.).