Samara Oblast

Subject of the Russian Federation Samara Oblast Самарская область flag coat of arms Federal district Volga surface 53,565  km² population 3,215,532 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Population density 60 inhabitants / km² Administrative center Samara Official language Russian Ethnic composition Russians (85.6%) Tatars (4.1%) Chuvashes (2.7%) Mordvins (2.1%) Ukrainians (1.4%) Armenians (0.7%) Kazakhs (0.49%) Azerbaijanis (0.44%) Uzbeks (0.35%) Belarusians (0.29%) (as of 2010) governor Nikolai Merkushkin Founded December 5, 1936 Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone prefixes (+7) 846xx, 848xx Postcodes 443000-446999 License Plate 63, 163 OKATO 36 ISO 3166-2 RU-SAM Website www.adm.samara.ru

Coordinates: 53 ° 12 '  N , 50 ° 12'  E

The Samara Oblast ( Russian Самарская область / transcription Samarskaja oblast ) is an oblast in Russia .

geography

Kuibyshev Reservoir and Shiguli Mountains

The oblast lies in the east of the Eastern European Plain on both sides of the Volga , which is expanded like a lake by the Kuibyshev reservoir . In the north it borders on the Republic of Tatarstan , in the east on Orenburg Oblast , in the south on Kazakhstan and Saratov Oblast and in the west on Ulyanovsk Oblast .

history

The history of the region began in 1586 with the establishment of the Samara Fortress, which soon developed into a thriving commercial and economic city. From 1708 the area belonged to the newly founded Kazan Governorate . But in 1717 it changed to the new Astrakhan governorate . In 1851 the region became an independent governorate, the Samara governorate . In 1918 part of the area was separated. This became the Volga German Republic . The oblast was formed in 1936 under the name "Oblast Kuibyshev" and in 1990 renamed "Oblast Samara".

population

In the last censuses in 2002 and 2010, there were a population of 3,239,737 and 3,215,532 residents respectively. The number of inhabitants thus fell by 24,209 people (−0.75%) in these eight years. In 2010, 2,579,589 people lived in cities. This corresponds to 80.22% of the population (in Russia 73%). By January 1, 2014, the population continued to decrease to 3,211,187 people. The distribution of the different ethnic groups was as follows:

Landscape in the northeast of Samara Oblast (Novyje Sosny)

Population of the oblast by ethnic group

nationality	VZ 1989	percent	VZ 2002	percent	VZ 2010	percent
Russians	2,720,171	83.37	2,708,549	83.60	2,645,124	82.26
Tatars	115.280	3.53	127.931	3.95	126.124	3.92
Tschuwaschen	117.914	3.61	101,358	3.13	84.105	2.62
Mordwinen	116,475	3.57	86,000	2.65	65,447	2.04
Ukrainians	81,720	2.50	60,727	1.87	42,169	1.31
Armenians	4.162	0.13	21,566	0.67	22,981	0.71
Kazakhs	14,233	0.44	14,918	0.46	15,602	0.49
Azerbaijanis	6.320	0.19	15,046	0.46	14.093	0.44
Uzbeks	3.831	0.12	5,438	0.17	11,242	0.35
Belarusians	19,914	0.61	14,082	0.43	9.231	0.29
Bashkirs	7,495	0.23	7,885	0.24	7,290	0.23
German	10,581	0.32	9,569	0.30	6,780	0.21
Jews	13,572	0.42	6.384	0.20	4,418	0.14
Residents	3,262,906	100.00	3,239,737	100.00	3,215,532	100.00

Note: the proportions refer to the total number of inhabitants. Including the group of people who did not provide any information about their ethnic affiliation (2002 22,489 and 2010 123,691 people)

The majority of the population of the area is clearly Russian. The Tatars, Chuvashes, Mordvins and Ukrainians are the most important ethnic minorities in Samara Oblast. The number of Chuvashes - as well as the number of Mordvins, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russian Germans and Jews - is falling sharply, however. By contrast, tens of thousands of people have immigrated from the Transcaucasus and Central Asia since the end of the Soviet Union. In addition to the nationalities listed above, there are also many Tajiks (1989: 1,598; 2010: 7,195 people), Georgians (1989: 1,973; 2010: 2,648), Kyrgyz (1989: 561; 2010: 2,105), Lesgians (1989: 674; 2010: 1,190 ) and Yazidis (1989: none; 2010: 849).

economy

Samara Oblast is one of the strongest industrial regions in Russia. The region offers a diverse and well-developed industry. Oil discoveries have contributed to the wealth of the region. Oil refining, the chemical industry and aircraft and car production ( AvtoVAZ ) are among the most important branches of the economy, but they also pose a threat to the environment. The energy production is secured by the Kuibyshev reservoir . 200,000 people are employed in the automotive industry in Samara Oblast, and 80 percent of all Russian automobiles are produced here.

The average earnings of a resident in Samara Oblast in 2011 was around 18,650 rubles per month, which corresponds to about 465 euros . This means that Samara Oblast is in the lower midfield in relation to all of Russia.

The unemployment rate in October 2012 was 0.56 percent.

traffic

In terms of transport, the oblast is opened up by the Volga. The rail and road connections to many Russian regions such as west to Moscow , south and east to Siberia are excellent.

Administrative division and largest cities

→ Main article : Administrative division of Samara Oblast

The Samara Oblast is divided into 27 Rajons and 10 urban districts . The administrative center of the oblast is the megacity of Samara . The other three major cities in the oblast are Togliatti and Syzran and Novokuibyshevsk, which follow by a long way . There are a total of 11 cities and 14 urban-type settlements in the oblast .

The Lutheran Church of St. George in Samara

Biggest cities

Surname	Russian	Residents (October 14, 2010)
Samara	Самара	1,164,685
Togliatti	Тольятти	719.632
Syzran	Сызрань	178,750
Novokuibyshevsk	Новокуйбышевск	108,438
Chapayevsk	Чапаевск	72,692
Zhigulyovsk	Жигулёвск	55,565

See also : List of cities in Samara Oblast

Web links

Commons : Samara Oblast  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Samarskaya Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie po subʺektam Rossijskoj Federacii na 1 janvarja 2010 goda (administrative-territorial division according to subjects of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2010). ( Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
3. ↑ Nacional'nyj sostav naselenija po sub "ektam Rossijskoj Federacii. (XLS) In: Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Rosstat, accessed on June 30, 2016 (Russian, ethnic composition of the population according to federal subjects , results of the 2010 census). 
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.