In fact Samara, which was an industrial town and the administrative centre of Samara province, was renamed Kuybyshev in 1935. Emma wrote many years later that she lost all interest in returning to the town of her birth after it was given such an unpleasant sounding name as Kuybyshev, but it reverted to its original name of Samara in 1991, a move which doubtless was strongly approved by Lehmer.
Sa katunayan Samara, na kung saan ay isang pang-industriyang bayan at ang mga sentro ng Samara probinsya, ay muli Kuybyshev sa 1935. Emma wrote maraming mga taon mamaya na siya mawawala ang lahat ng interes sa mga bumabalik sa bayan ng kanyang kapanganakan matapos na ito ay ibinigay na tulad ng isang hindi kasiya-siya importante pangalan bilang Kuybyshev, ngunit ito reverted sa kanyang orihinal na pangalan ng Samara sa 1991, ang isang ilipat na marahil ay Matindi ang pahintulutan ng mga Lehmer.