Editing Samara (section)

==Culture==

Samara has an opera and ballet theater, a philharmonic orchestra hall, and five drama theaters. There is a museum of natural history and local history studies, a city art museum, and a number of movie theaters. As a dedication to the city's contribution to the development of aerospace industry, there is a space museum (called Cosmic Samara)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvQ7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cosmic+Samara+%22 | title=Ekho planety | date=August 26, 2023 }}</ref> and an exhibition of aerospace history in [[Samara State Aerospace University]]. In the 2000s, a large number of [[contemporary art]] galleries have also been built.

[[:ru:Самарский областной историко-краеведческий музей имени П. В. Алабина|Samara Regional Museum of Local History named after Pyotr Vladimirovich Alabin]] is one of the oldest museums of the Volga region, founded on November 13, 1886. The museum offers 2,500 square meters of exposition and exhibition areas, a 270-seat cinema/lecture hall, and a library with a reading hall. Museum's funds contain around 230,000 items, including abundant archaeological and scientific collections (paleontological, mineralogical, zoological, botanical), and folklore and ethnographical collections. Visitors are offered a wide choice of expositions: paleoecological – "Natural communities of Samara region", archaeological – "Priceless heritage of the times gone by", ethnographic – "Circle of life, reflected in traditions and rituals of the Volga region indigenous peoples", historical – "The Crossroads of Samara history", and other exhibition projects.

=== Alabin Museum ===
The main branch of the Alabin Museum is the House-Museum of Vladimir Lenin in Samara is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. It is located on the site of a former city merchant's mansion, dating to the last quarter of the 19th century. The Ulyanov family rented a second floor apartment of the house of Samara merchant Ilya Rytikov in 1893. During this time Vladimir Ulyanov graduated from [[St. Petersburg University]] law school and started employment at the Samara Regional Court. The museum opened in 1940. The museum's second floor houses a permanent memorial/household exhibition "Ulyanov family’s apartment in Samara, 1890–1893", recreating the living conditions and household atmosphere of the Ulyanov family. The ground floor contains a specialised display area, including a fragment of an artistic reconstruction of Ilya Rytikov's merchant shop.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Название страницы |url=http://www.site.com/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Название сайта |language=ru}}</ref>

Samara has a strong rock 'n' roll scene with indie bands and great festivals like Protoka, Metafest, and Volgafest.

Another branch of the museum is the Exposition Museum of Art Nouveau opened in 2012. It was the mansion of Alexandra Kurlina, a merchant's wife and philanthropist. The original façade and interior survive to this day, representing the works of European and Russian [[Art Nouveau|art nouveau]] masters. The museum is an exhibition space, which hosts major Russian museums’ projects (The Pushkin Museum, Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve, Moscow Multimedia Art Museum), and organises exhibitions of its own collections.<ref name=":0" />

The final branch is the House-Museum of Mikhail Frunze which opened in 1934 but its building was constructed in 1891. On February 23, 2004, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the museum, a new, third exposition was opened, in which new materials, previously classified as top secret, were exhibited. The exposition details information on the [[Russian Civil War]], the confrontation on the Eastern Front between the armies of [[Mikhail Frunze]] and [[Alexander Kolchak]], about "[[Russian Red Army|The Reds]]", "[[Russian White Army|The Whites]]" and "[[Green armies|The Greens]]", and about the anti-Soviet uprising behind the lines of the Eastern Front.<ref name=":0" />

===Public events===

International festivals, scientific congresses and other social events are held on the territory of Samara. Among them are:

[[File:Grusha fest-6.jpg|thumb|[[Grushinsky festival]]]]
* [[Grushinsky festival]] ({{langx|ru|Грушинский фестиваль}}) is an annual Russian [[Bard (Soviet Union)|bard song]] festival that was established in 1968. It takes place near the city of [[Samara, Russia|Samara]], on the Mastryukovo lakes. The festival takes its name from Valeri Grushin, a singer-songwriter who died during a backcountry camping trip trying to save his drowning friends.
* Rock over Volga ({{langx|ru|Рок над Волгой}}) – an international rock festival, held annually from 2009 to 2013 and timed to [[Russia Day]] in Samara. The line-up included bands such as the [[Ken Hensley]], [[Aquarium (band)|Aquarium]], [[Skunk Anansie]], and [[Rammstein]].
* Metafest ({{langx|ru|Метафест}}) – the annual multi-format music festival in the open air, held on the territory of Mastryukovo lakes since 2007. The line-up included bands such as the [[Ivan Nikolayevich Smirnov|Ivan Smirnov]], [[Olga Arefieva]], [[Z-Star]] and [[Theodor Bastard]].

===Architecture===
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Samara, Russia}}
Architecture of Samara dates back to 15th and 16th centuries. The city had numerous wooden buildings with elaborate decor and more than 2000 cultural heritage objects. However, after the 1990s many unique ensembles were destroyed by a "concrete tsunami" of modern office and apartment blocks.<ref>{{cite web
 |language      = en
 |url         = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/07/russian-architecture-wiped-out-samara
 |title       = Concrete tsunami is wiping out Russian heritage, say architects
 |work   = The Guardian
 |date        = 2009-12-07
 |access-date  = 2020-11-24
}}</ref>