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Samara is the sixth largest city in Russia, situated on the east bank of the Volga river
Samara's river-front is one of the favorite recreation places for local citizens and tourists
The city is also known as the Russia’s aeronautics manufacturing capital
At the dawn of the 21st century Samara became one of the major industrial cities of Russia with a powerful cultural heritage, multi-ethnic population, and esteemed history
Around the same time, Samara was open to foreigners to visit, live, and work there
A number of international companies and factories operate in the city today
The city hosts several leading space industry companies, including Progress, which manufactures the Soyuz rocket — the only way to reach the International Space Station
Samara’s Space Museum, named after Sergei Korolev, father of the Russian space program, is surely worth a visit
Mikhail Maltsev, Director of Samara Oblast Tourism Department
- We are standing in front of the Space Museum of Samara Oblast, where locally-made space-related items are collected
- There is a lot of factories and institutions here in Samara Oblast, which were and are working for the space research industry
- There are 18 local companies, which produce equipment for the space and aviation industry these days
- Practically all of the items exhibited in the Samara Space Museum were originally produced here, in Samara Oblast
Speaking of tourism itself, we have a lot of business tourists. Most of them are Moscow businessmen
- Some of the business tourists are coming here from abroad. There are several foreign airlines flying to Samara. Thus we have a big amount of business tourist
Georgiy Fomin, retired engineer
- In Soviet times I was the deputy of Director-general in the "Progress" engineering bureau
- The purpose of our bureau was to produce various space equipment, for observing the Earth, for working with different materials in the outer space, etc.
- I am very glad that today my experience is still helpful for modern industry. There is a great knowledge that should be passed to the next generations
- I am a happy person, because I'm still working in the space industry. Every day I spend at least six hours studying space-related events and technologies from all around the world
No trip to Samara can be considered complete without a visit to the famous Iversky Convent
The Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is one of the largest musical theaters in Russia
During the Second World War, it was in this theater that the premiere of Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony was given, half a year before the renowned concert given in besieged Leningrad
In 2000s, the Samara Opera and Ballet Theater went through a reconstruction, restoring its historic architectural appearance and interiors