Samara Oblast

Samara Oblast (, Samarskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast).  It is locatit in the Volga Federal Destrict. Its admieenistrative center is the ceety o Samara. In 1936–1990, it wis kent as Kuybyshev Oblast (), efter the Soviet name o Samara (Kuybyshev).

Admeenistrative diveesions

Demographics
Population: 

Ethnic groups:
Accordin tae the 2002 Census the ethnic makeup o the region wis   •	2,708,549 Roushies (83.60%) • 127,931 Tatars (3.95%) • 101,358 Chuvash (3.13%) • 86,000 Mordvins (2.65%) • 60,727 Ukrainians (1.87%) • 21,566 Armenians (0.67%) • 15,046 Azeris (0.46%) • 14,918 Kazakhs (0.46%) • 14,082 Belarusians (0.43%) • 9,569 Germans (0.30%) • 7,885 Bashkirs (0.24%)  • 6,384 Jews (0.20%) • 5,438 Uzbeks (0.17%) • 5,244 Roma (0.16%) • 4,624 Tajiks (0.14%) • 3,889 Mari (0.12%) • 3,518 Georgians (0.11%) • 2,364 Moldovans (0.07%) • an various ither groups o less nor twa thoosan fowk each. • An additional 22,489 residents declined tae state thair naitionality or ethnocultural identity on the census questionnaire.

Births (2008): 36,439 (11.5 per 1000) http://www.samarastat.ru/digital/region1/2007/i011100r.htm 
Daiths (2008): 48,593 (15.3 per 1000)

Economy
In 1997, Samara Oblast became ane o the few regions tae receive the appruival o the Preses o Roushie tae implement external bondit loans (Presidential decree № 1212, datit 12.10.1997 “On Creating Conditions to Conduct Loans Operations on the Internal and External Capital Markets”).

Govrenment

Govrenors:
Konstantin Titov (1991—2007)
Vladimir Artyakov (syne 2007)

Sister destrict
 Győr-Moson-Sopron Coonty, Hungary.

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid o Samara Oblast 
Leet o the map resources o Samara an Samara Oblast 
PolitSamara - newspaper