摘要:The official foundation date of Samara is 1586. That time small fortress was built at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers. It was protecting the eastern borders of the Russian state from nomads. After building the quay, Samara settlement became the economic and diplomatic center of Russia. In 1780, the town became the capital of Simbirsk region. The economy of Samara was growing quickly at the end of the 19" and beginning of the 20" centuries (bread trading and milling business). The population of Samara at the beginning of the 20" century was about 100,000. It was large trade and industrial center of the Volga region of Russia [1-3]. During the World War II, it was chosen to be the USSR capital in case of Moscow fall. Here defense industry was developing fast after the World War II. Soon the city became so called “closed city” of the USSR. The spaceship of Yury Gagarin (first man in space) “Vostok” was built here.