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Samara Oblast

4 documentsFirst seen Apr 6, 2026Last seen Apr 6, 2026

Background

Samara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, classified as an oblast, with its administrative center in the city of Samara. It lies in the Volga region and borders Tatarstan to the north, Orenburg Oblast to the east, Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan Province to the south, Saratov Oblast to the southwest, and Ulyanovsk Oblast to the west. According to the 2021 Census, its population was 3,172,925, making it one of the more populous regions in the Russian Federation.

The oblast has significance in domestic administration because it is a major regional unit governing a large population and a territory that connects central Russia with the southern Urals and the Kazakh borderlands. Its location places it within an important transport and economic corridor along the Volga basin, and its border with Kazakhstan gives it relevance for cross-border coordination and regional policy. Recent official activity recorded in the region includes gubernatorial decrees on quarantine measures in several rural localities and the conferral of an honorary title, indicating routine executive administration at the oblast level.

Historically, the territory was known as Kuybyshev Oblast from 1935 to 1991, reflecting the Soviet-era naming that preceded the restoration of the Samara designation. Geographically, the region contains several natural landscape zones, including forest, forest-steppe, and steppe areas, with pine-oak and broad-leaved forests in the north and center and steppe vegetation in the south. These environmental contrasts shape settlement, land use, and local economic activity, while the oblast’s recent mention in official decrees shows its continuing role in regional governance and public administration.

Timeline

  1. The Governor of Samara Oblast lifted quarantine restrictions in the village of Kinel-Cherkassy in the Kinel-Cherkassky municipal district.

    Decree of the Governor of Samara Oblast No. 70-u of 10 March 2026, "On the Lifting of Restrictive Measures (Quarantine) in the Village of Kinel-Cherkassy of the Kinel-Cherkassy Rural Settlement of the Kinel-Cherkassky Municipal District of Samara Oblast"

  2. The Governor of Samara Oblast imposed quarantine restrictions in the village of Starosemeyikino of the Novosemeyikino Urban Settlement in the Krasnoyarsky Municipal District.

    Decree of the Governor of Samara Oblast No. 68-u of 10 March 2026, "On the Establishment of Restrictive Measures (Quarantine) in the Village of Starosemeyikino of the Novosemeyikino Urban Settlement of the Krasnoyarsky Municipal District of Samara Oblast"

  3. The Governor of Samara Oblast lifted quarantine restrictions in the village of Krasnaya Gorka in the Kinel-Cherkassky municipal district.

    Decree of the Governor of Samara Oblast No. 69-u of 10 March 2026, "On the Lifting of Restrictive Measures (Quarantine) in the Village of Krasnaya Gorka, Krasnaya Gorka Rural Settlement, Kinel-Cherkassky Municipal District, Samara Oblast"

  4. The Governor of Samara Oblast signed a decree conferring an honorary title.

    Decree of the Governor of Samara Oblast No. 71-u of 10 March 2026, "On the Conferral of an Honorary Title"

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