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Samara (oblast)

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Samara

Oblast (region) in the west-central Russian Federation; area 53,600 sq km/20,695 sq mi; population (1996) 3,312,000 (81% urban). The capital is Samara. Industries include engineering, metalworking, oil extraction and processing, wood and food processing, manufacture of building materials, and hydroelectric power generation. Wheat and sunflowers are grown, and cattle and sheep are raised.

The region is situated mainly on the flat left bank of the middle Volga, in the black earth soil (chernozem) zone, with steppe and wooded steppe vegetation. There are large deposits of oil, natural gas, oil shale, phosphor, and sulphur. Cities include Togliatti, Syzran, and Novokuibyshevsk.

The area now encompassed by Samara oblast was annexed by Muscovy in 1552 as part of the Kazan Khanate.



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