Samara, known as Kuybyshev from 1935 to 1991, is the largest city and administrative center of Samara Oblast in Russia, sited at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers with a population of over 1.14 million. Serving as a secret backup capital for the Soviet government during the Second World War, Samara grew into a major center of the Soviet aerospace and defense industry, and remains an important industrial city on the Volga.
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The city covers an area of 541.4 square kilometers (209.0 sq mi), and is the ninth-largest city and tenth-largest agglomeration in Russia, and the third-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District.
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pop_latest = 1144759
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1586
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coordinates = 53°12′10″N 50°08′27″E
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is the largest city and the administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia
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is the largest city and the administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia
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