Samara is a city in the middle of the Volga basin. It is located in the east of the European territory of the country. The city covers an area of 541.4 km 2. The population is 1 million 163 thousand 399 people. Postal Code - 443000
Samara is the administrative center of the Samara region. The length of the city along the river bed is 50 km, and its width is 20 km.
The history of this Volga center begins in 1357. Then on the site of the present Samara there was a settlement with the name "Marina Samar". It was founded when one of the famous Moscow religious leaders of the time moved through these lands, holding the way to the Golden Horde.
In the Soviet period, this city was called Kuibyshev.
Geography and climate
The city of Samara is located in the depths of the mainland, so the climate is sharply continental. In general, it is quite arid. Maximum precipitation falls in June, July and September. The average annual temperature is +5.2 degrees. The environmental situation in Samara is unfavorable. The air here is, on average, 43% more polluted than the whole country. The most gassed is the Kirovsky district. And the cleanest one is Krasnoglinsky. In addition to transport, the cause of pollution is 105 industrial enterprises.
Administrative division of Samara
The city is divided into 9 districts: Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Soviet, October, Krasnoglinsky, Leninsky, Industrial, Railway, Samara. In turn, each of them is cut into microdistricts, the size of which varies greatly.
Leninsky district of Samara
Located in the center of the city. It was formed in 1918. Leninsky district became the second district of Samara. The current name was assigned to him in 1933. It is considered the core of the administrative, cultural and business life of the city. The territory of the Leninsky district is 5.4 km2, and the number of inhabitants is 62 and a half thousand people. The population dynamics is negative. So, in 1959, 108 thousand people lived here, and in 1970 - 88 thousand. The population of the district is declining every year.
Leninsky district is one of the prestigious areas of the city. It is divided into five microdistricts: Michurinsky, Strukovsky, Central, them. Alabina and Volzhanin.
In the Leninsky district of Samara is the largest square on the continent of Eurasia - Kuibyshevskaya. The area is replete with cultural institutions: museums, theaters. A women's monastery is functioning.
Traffic jams
The main disadvantage of the district is traffic congestion. The narrow streets built in the past in combination with modern traffic make this area the center of traffic jams and congestion. The situation is aggravated by public transport: there is simply not enough space for everyone. However, traffic jams still resolve faster than in Moscow (an average of one and a half hours instead of four).
The property
The peculiarity of the district is a large number of fires associated with a high proportion of wooden structures that are easily ignited. Here, high housing prices - about 57 thousand rubles. per m2. The number of new buildings is moderate - about 30 residential buildings. There are houses of the 80s.
Basically, this is a rather dilapidated housing, although it has often undergone repairs. Many houses were built in the late XIX - early XX centuries.
sights
The Leninsky district of Samara has several places of interest to visit: Strukovsky Garden, Glory Square, Samara Square, the Church of St. George the Victorious, the Gorky Theater and the Volga River Embankment.
The Strukovsky Garden is of the greatest importance for the rest of the townspeople. It was located on the territory of the private garden of G. N. Strukov, which was confiscated from him in 1848 for fraud. Later, the summer cottage of the merchant Senyagin was attached to it, as a result of which the garden acquired modern borders.
