Samara is a city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District.                                      Attractions
Along with its many universities (including Samara State University and Samara State Aerospace University), theaters and museums, the city is also a major intellectual and academic center in Russia.
One popular tourist location in Samara is Stalin's bunker, a World War II bunker built to house military operation in the event that Moscow were taken. This monument is located south west of Kuybyshev Square, behind a series of apartment complexes. The body of Vladimir Lenin was also evacuated to Samara when the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany and Moscow seemed on the verge of falling.