Kuibyshev

Japanese: クイビシェフ
Kuibyshev
(Kujbyšjev) The Soviet-era name of Samara, a city of heavy chemical industry in the middle Volga River basin in the Russian Federation. In 1937, it was renamed Samara after the Soviet revolutionary Kuibyshev, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it reverted to its former name. It was built as the Samara Fortress in 1586, and most of the Soviet government offices were evacuated there during World War II.

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Japanese:
(Kujbyšjev) ロシア連邦、ボルガ川中流域の重化学工業都市サマラのソ連時代の名称。ソ連の革命家クイビシェフにちなみ一九三七年サマラを改称したが、ソ連崩壊後再び旧称に戻った。一五八六年サマラ要塞として建設され、第二次世界大戦中にはソ連政府機関の大半が疎開した。

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