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In 1851, Samara - the provincial capital and the capital of the Samara province, numbering 15 thousand people. Since then, the city began to flourish; She was known as the "Russian Chicago" due to giant mills, numerous small factory, barns.
Founded in 1586 as a fortress protecting the Volga trade route, it soon became a major focus of trade and later was made a regional seat. In 1935 the city was renamed after Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (1888–1935), a prominent Bolshevik.
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Legend has it that Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, later Patron Saint of Samara, visited the site of the city in 1357 and predicted that a great town would be erected there, and that the town would never be ravaged. The Volga port of Samara appears on Italian maps of the 14th century.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Samara, Russia. Prior to 20th century. 1586 - Fortress established. [1] 1685 - Cathedral built. [2] 1824 - September: Tsar Alexander I visits town. [3] 1850. Samara government established. [3] Iversky Monastery [ru] founded. [4] 1851 - Strukovsky Garden opens.
About Samara. The earliest records of the settlement at the confluence of the Samara River and the Volga River were made by the Arabian traveler Ibn Fadlan in 921. Later, in 1367 the city-pier called Samar was marked on the map, made by Italian merchants Pizigani.
The official history of Samara begins from 1586, with the construction of “Samara township” fortress on the Volga. An order to construct an outpost on the Russia’s southern borders was issued by Tsar Feodor I the Blessed.
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Samara was founded as a fortress in 1586 to protect the Volga trade route. It soon became a major focus of trade and later a provincial seat. In 1935 it was renamed Kuibyshev after a communist revolutionary.
