Samara - City in Samara Oblast, Russia

"Samara, known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev, is the ninth-largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Some statistics indicate that it is the eighth or ninth-largest city by population, rather than sixth. It is in the southeastern part of Western Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers, on the east bank of the Volga which acts as the city's western boundary; across the river are the Zhiguli Mountains, after which the local beer (Zhigulyovskoye) is named. The northern boundary is formed by the Sokolyi Hills and by the steppes in the south and east. The city covers 46,597 hectares, with a population of 1,164,685 (2010 Census); the metropolitan area of Samara, Tolyatti, and Syzran has a population of over 3 million. It is about 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Kazan, 410 kilometres (250 mi) from Ufa, 340 kilometres (210 mi) from Saratov, and 235 kilometres (146 mi) from Oral, Kazakhstan. - Wikipedia"