Samara Region

Samara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. Population: 3,215,532 (2010 Census).

In 1936–1990, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast (Russian: Ку́йбышевская о́бласть, tr. Kuybyshevskaya Oblast; IPA: [ˈkujbɨʂɨfskəjə ˈobləstʲ]), after the Soviet name of Samara (Kuybyshev).

Religion

According to a 2012 official survey 35% of the population of Samara Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 7% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% adheres to other Orthodox Churches, 3% are Muslims, and 1% of the population adheres to Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism). In addition, 30% of the population deems itself to be "spiritual but not religious", 13% is atheist, and a further 10% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.