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  info: Samara_culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Samara culture was an eneolithic (copper age) culture of the early 5th millennium BC at the Samara bend region of the middle Volga, discovered during archaeological excavations near the village of Syezzheye (Съезжее) in Russia.
The Eneolithic culture of the region is a proper name, referring to the Samara culture, the subsequent Khvalynsk culture and the still later early Yamna culture.
The range of the Samara culture is the forest-steppe terrain of the middle Volga, but the North Caspian culture of the lower Volga is early Eneolithic as well.
www.napoli-pizza.net /Samara_culture.html   (1219 words)

  
  Samara, Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samara (Russian: Сама́ра), from 1935 to 1991—Kuybyshev (Ку́йбышев), is a major city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast.
Samara is also a model name of a Lada car made by the VAZ auto company in Togliatti, in Samara Oblast.
Samara is home of the FC Krylya Sovetov Samara, a football club in the Russian Premier League.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samara,_Russia   (478 words)

  
 Kurgan hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subsequent expansion beyond the steppes leads to hybrid cultures, such as the Globular Amphora culture to the west, the immigration of proto-Greeks to the Balkans and the nomadic Indo-Iranian cultures to the east around 2500 BC.
4000–3500: The Pit Grave culture, the prototypical kurgan builders, emerges in the steppe, and the Maykop culture in the northern Caucasus.
Proto-Greek is spoken in the Balkans, Proto-Indo-Iranian north of the Caspian in the emerging Andronovo culture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurgan_hypothesis   (1677 words)

  
 Home page | Home page | Samara City Administration
Samara forms a crossroad of different cultural influences, confessions, political movements, various paths and ways: it is also center of new technologies.
Samara is situated in the zone where climate is of continental type characterized by hot summer and cold winter.
At the close of the X c Samara is one of major industrial cities of Russia with a powerful cultural potential, multinational population and great history.
www.city.samara.ru /en   (1814 words)

  
 The Jews of Samara
Samara is mentioned in official documents from 1586 during the reign of Fedor Ioannovich (1557-1598) who was responsible for the construction of a fortress on the Volga for protection from the Nogays and Kalmyks.
In 1688, Samara was recognized as the regional city and began to develop as a center of trade and commerce serving communities in the regions of central Russia and the Volga basin.
The Jews of Samara were among the first in the Soviet Union to establish a Jewish cultural center in 1986 and a Jewish library in 1988.
www.bh.org.il /Communities/Archive/Samara.asp   (2072 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Noah A. Samara was born in Ethiopia in 1956 and raised there and in Tanzania; his Sudanese father was a teacher and diplomat.
Samara began to develop the vision that information was the key to expanding opportunities.
Samara's early career was in satellite telecommunications, first with Geostar Corporation and later with the Washington law firm of Venable, Baetjer, Howard and Civiletti.
www.frontpagemag.com /GoPostal/commentdetail.asp?ID=8929&commentID=126831   (549 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Saratov
During the summer of 1586 the fortress of Samara was founded.
Saratov was built in 1590 midway between Samara and Tsaritsyn at the instigation of count Grigory Zasekin.
Samara (Russian:), from 1935 to 1991—Kuybyshev (), is a major city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saratov   (2075 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mikhail Fradkov
Samara (fruit) and#8212; a type of winged tree fruit Samara, Russia and#8212; a large city to the east of the Volga River.
Fradkov was born near the city now known as Samara in a Jewish family.
Mikhail Fradkov was born 1 September 1950 in Kuibyshev (Samara).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mikhail-Fradkov   (1696 words)

  
 Study Abroad & Cultural Immersion with Languages Abroad - Costa Rica - Samara Beach
Samara Beach is quite simply known as one of the safest and prettiest beaches in Costa Rica.
Samara is a small town and students quickly come to know the local population and to feel at home in this warm and welcoming 'pueblo'.
Samara is not only a charming beach town, but also offers a wide choice of friendly restaurants, bars and discos, but, unlike other Pacific Ocean resorts, it is also a thriving fishing and farming community.
www.languagesabroad.com /countries/samara.html   (2129 words)

  
 Samara culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Samara culture was an eneolithic (copper age) culture of the early 5th millennium BC at the Samara bend region of the middle Volga, discovered during archaeological excavations near the village of Syezzheye (Съезжее) in Russia.
The Eneolithic culture of the region is a proper name, referring to the Samara culture, the subsequent Khvalynsk culture and the still later early Yamna culture.
The range of the Samara culture is the forest-steppe terrain of the middle Volga, but the; North Caspian culture of the lower Volga is; early Eneolithic as well.
www.zdnet.co.za /s/a/m/Samara_culture.html   (965 words)

  
 Samara Beach, Samara, Playa Samara, Costa Rica Beach Hotels, Reservations - Special Events in Samara
For the second time Samara Beach was the stage of some of the concerts of the 11th Festival of Music of Costa Rica.
They were pleased with the support given by the residents of Samara, not only those who stood on the street to cheer, but also the children of Samara's high school who volunteered to help and all the persons who contributed their part to make this event a success.
Samara Beach was one of a few places that the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen visited during their first visit to Costa Rica.
www.samarabeach.com /events.htm   (1253 words)

  
 Session
Samara was the focus of this project, because the river Samara was the natural transitional zone between the classic steppe and forest-steppe and the natural northeastern border of the steppe in Eastern Europe.
In this territory, the history of many archaeological cultures of stockbreeders and their intensive interaction with those around them is reflected in the archaeological record.
In most cases the main attention is paid to the issue of the development of continental cultures in connection with their adaptation to the natural environment.
www.symvoli.com.gr /eaa8/prasino.htm   (2314 words)

  
 khvalynsk culture
Khvalynsk culture The Khvalynsk culture was an Eneolithic (copper age) culture of the first half of the 5th millennium BC, discovered at Khvalynsk on.
Khvalynsk culture 4900-3500 BC A copper age culture centered on the Samara bend of the Volga River It is east of the Sredny Stog culture and is one of the...
The Khvalynsk culture extended from Saratov in the north to the North Caucasus in the south, from the Sea of...
www.yesprice.it /search/KHvalynsk-culture.htm   (309 words)

  
 Russia - Samara Region - RussiaTrek.com
The Samara Region is situated in the south-eastern part of the European Russia in the middle part of the Volga, Europe's biggest river, and occupies the area of 53 600 square kilometers that is 0.31% of the territory of Russia.
And after most of the government offices and diplomatic corps had moved to Samara later in 1941 the city was rightfully called the capital of the rear.
Nowadays the Samara Region is one of the major contributors to the industrial might of this country along with Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and the Ural.
www.russiatrek.com /r_samara.shtml   (382 words)

  
 We invite you to study in Samara
Samara is one of the most beautiful cities in
There are a lot of comfortable pensions and holiday centres in Samara and the surrounding area.
Citizens of Samara are known for their national and religious tolerance.
www.phil.muni.cz /zahranicni/Samara.htm   (757 words)

  
 The St. Petersburg Times - News - Pardon Offers Hope for Prison Mothers
SAMARA, Central Russia - Among the barbed wire and gray barracks of Women's Prison No. 15 stands a square building painted a cheerful pink where the laughter of toddlers mingles with the gentle voices of doting mothers.
The network of prison nurseries, which house the children of minor offenders and murderers alike, reflects the privileged place of motherhood in Russian culture.
Prison officials say the system allows mothers and children to form a crucial bond - even if it is often followed by a painful separation when the child is sent to an orphanage at age 3.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=6693   (945 words)

  
 Russian News NEWS.rin.ru - Samara to grow 229 years older   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Samara citizens may commemorate 650th anniversary of the city in 2007.
The first annalistic mentioning of Samara refers to the year of 1361, when at the place of the ancient settlement Samar, also known to Italian cartographers of the XIV century, prince Grigory Zasekin planned to built a fortress, but later constructed it a little higher.
A woman pensioner at the age of 62, who transported over 8 kg of heroin from Yekaterinburg to Samara, was detained by the colleagues of Federal Security Service as a result of operational- search measures, reported the press-service of Russian Federal Security Service administration in Samara region.
news.rin.ru /eng/news/4417   (1679 words)

  
 samara, russia. Pictures, photos, map.
Samara, being closed for the foreigners for many years during the Soviet period has a well-developed spacecraft industry.
You may also be interested in thumbing through pages of Samara State University, which now welcomes students from other countries: http://www.ssu.samara.ru/indexen.asp  Special pages will tell you about the dramatic history of the High Education in the region.
As a matter of fact Samara region is known all over the world for the famous and biggest in NIS Grushinsky Festival of “authors’ songs”.
www.stayinsamara.com /samara-sites.htm   (1436 words)

  
 SN 5275 -Drug Use and Youth Cultural Practice in Russia, 2002
The study was conducted in the Komi Republic, Samara and Krasnodar Territory regions of Russia.
This ensured a geographical span from the Black Sea to the Arctic Circle, and therefore encompassed the cannabis-growing regions of the south, the drugs trafficking routes in the middle Volga region, and the isolated far north of the country.
The range of drugs education and prevention work being conducted in the three regions was also investigated, through a series of expert interviews and by noting the young people's experience of the effectiveness of these interventions.
www.data-archive.ac.uk /findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5275&key=survey   (581 words)

  
 Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts: UNESCO Culture Sector
-->The Academy is one of the largest higher educational institutions in the field of culture and arts in the Volga region.
Some artistic groups created at the Academy are well-known both in Samara and the region.
The Academy is also an important scientific center of the Volga region, a laboratory of artistic explorations which cooperates with many Russian and foreign scientific and cultural organizations, educational institutions.
portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23928&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html   (115 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Our News Export Moved   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Samara, a provincial city of 1 million in the eastern part of Central Russia, is holding its first ever opera festival called The Samara Spring.
Russian Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi on Monday intends to meet with US Ambassador in Moscow Alexander Vershbow with the aim of preventing the destruction by the allied forces in Iraq of the archeological heritage and monuments of culture.
Russian Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi has proposed to the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization establishing a monitoring council that would involve known international experts to preserve monuments of culture in Iraq.
newsfromrussia.com /culture/2005/04/16   (1831 words)

  
 Exhibition "Crossroads Of Principal Town Of Province" Opened In Yerevan - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Speaking at the opening, Minister of Culture, Youth Policy and Sport of the Samara region, Olga Rybakoa said that 21 works of the well-known artist are being displayed.
The exhibition "Crossroads of principal town of province" is dedicated to the architectural monuments of Samara.
The exhibition is being held as part of Days of Economy and Culture of Samara in Armenia on the occasion of Year of Russia in Armenia.
www.armeniadiaspora.com /ADC/news.asp?id=259   (212 words)

  
 The International Scientific Conference
Therefore Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts projects such as "Music and Computer Complex" and "English in Library and Information Context" presented at the conference were perceived by the participants as components of information and culture environment of the region.
Students of Librarianship and Informatics Department of Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts demonstrated full of action model of library resources provision strategy and tactics the success of which was determined by spectrum and intensity of partners relations in professional community of the region.
Beginning with September 1999 Philosophic-Culturelogical Center of Samara State Academy of Culture and Arts and Municipal lycee of philosophy and planetary humanizm of Samara city had started the experimental programme for the students of general education system "Information Culture" drawn up by Academy teachers and approved by the conference participants.
www.ssu.samara.ru /~infcult/conf_eng.html   (651 words)

  
 lawyer Samara_bend - lawyer-report.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Samara bend (Russian: Самарская Лука) is a large, backwards-C-shaped bend in the middle Volga River at the confluence of the Samara River (53°07′N 50°04′ECoordinates: 53°07′N 50°04′E).
It is situated in Samara Oblast, Volga Federal District of Russia.
The Samara River valley offers an easy passage to the Ural River valley, and historically has been a major locus for interchange between eastern European and Central Asian cultures.
www.lawyer-report.com /Samara_bend   (308 words)

  
 workcamps in russland
Samara Region is situated in the midland of Russia.
Samara has its own rich history (it was founded in 1586) and for that reason the city is famous for its cultural life.
Moreover, Samara Region is one of spiritual center of Russia due to the temples and monasteries, churches and chapels.
www.campinformation.info /workcamps_russland.htm   (12200 words)

  
 RIA Novosti - Culture - BOLSHOI MEETS V-E DAY WITH JUBILEE REPERTOIRE
Opening Samara performances, April 30, is Dmitri Shostakovich's "The Limpid Stream", a comic ballet about a Soviet collective farm.
Samara will have a revival of a 1946 version by Leonid Baratov, prominent operatic stage producer of the 1930s into 50s, and disciple of renowned trailblazing director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.
The Bolshoi orchestra premiered the drama-laden symphony in Samara, March 5, 1942.
en.rian.ru /culture/20050421/39722745.html   (565 words)

  
 RUSSIA
The main goal of the organization is to provide international communication for students of different cultures in order to educate them respectful and tolerant to foreign cultures.
Samara Region is situated in the midland of Russia.
Samara: you will enjoy a cultural program in Samara including river trips, visits of Stalin Bunker, different museums etc *Do not forget to take a sleeping bag, a tent, spoons and plates, musical instruments and national costumes with you.
www.vfp.org /directory/russia.htm   (11079 words)

  
 Slavic & East European Collections at Yale University
It is simple to call either Samara or Rostov-on-Don directly in order to send a fax or have a conversation, while phone calls from the US to Irkutsk and Khabarovsk elicit endless busy signals, and the time difference is too great for business hours conversations.
This, however, leads to a somewhat peculiar situation: since the bodies that these libraries report to are responsible for culture rather than information, their primary interest is not the same as the libraries's, which can lead to conflicts.
Not every city that has a library under the Ministry of Culture has a major university library and associated university library; at least this was true up until five years ago-many former institutes have been renamed universities in recent years.
www.library.yale.edu /slavic/library_assessment_project.html   (4049 words)

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