The grain trade of Samara is constantly growing, since with the increase in the population of the region, the amount of arable land also increases; Of course, the latter circumstance, affecting the reduction of pastures, is reflected in a certain decrease in cattle breeding, and therefore hinders the development of trade in cattle products. But taking into account that the grain business is important for Samara, in general it still turns out that the city’s trade is constantly growing. From the very moment Samara was renamed into a provincial city, it began to quickly be populated by all kinds of alien industrial and commercial people; Although presenting an endless opportunity for enterprise, the city still provides quite a bit of scope for the commercial and industrial energy of man. People of this class are rich and are getting rich quickly in Samar, so that it is hardly possible to name many provincial cities in which there would be such a number of capitalists as in Samar; not only the so-called “middle-class people” (according to the mythical expression, this is what the owners of hundreds of thousands of rubles are called), but also real millennials live almost without any recourse in Samar.
Taking a boat to Samara, one gets a strange impression: from a distance he admires the city, but approaching the pier, he is struck first of all by the incredible dust that not only stands over the entire city, but is also felt even while you are on the ship, above the Volga itself. This tin-gray dust, rushing towards you in whole clouds, constitutes the true distress of Samara, a life perhaps not very noticeable for a native inhabitant, but completely overwhelming to a native person. For some reason, despite the existence of a water supply system in the city, which supplies a very significant amount of water, the pavements of most streets are not watered and classic dust floats over them in the same way as in the blissful times of the absence of water supply. The only shelter from dust in Samar is the Strukov Garden, located at the end of the city’s main street, Dvoryanskaya, which runs parallel to the Volga. In this
In the garden, which Mr. Monastyrevy, not without wit, calls “the lungs of Samara,” local residents of all ranks rest from their work in the evenings, admiring the view of the Volta.
Among the buildings and buildings of Samara we will name the old cathedral in the name of the Kazan Boya Mother, built in the thirties of the last century; In this temple there is an ancient gospel, printed in Moscow in 1657. Another ancient temple is the Transfiguration Church, completed in 1685; There are two miraculous icons. The new cathedral, attracting attention with its beautiful architecture and built according to the design of the professor of architecture Yaiber, was founded in 1869 in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky; Located on a high metre, the cathedral occupies a dominant position in the city and is clearly visible from the Volga, while the square surrounding it offers a beautiful, wide view. Currently, the city is decorated with a beautiful monument to “Alexander II the Tsar Liberator”; The monument is very advantageously placed in the middle of the square and on different sides of it there are inscriptions of the historical reign of Alexander P.
The Iversyu convent, located on the slope of the steep Volga bank in the northern part of the city, began its existence in 1852 as a community; teasnew donations, ongoing
Monument to Alexander II, Tsar-Liberator. drink in it, were on so significant that
Over the course of several years, the community built two churches, cells and founded a large stone temple. In 1860, the community was renamed the Women's Monastery and now the Iverskaya monastery is like a separate town, the churches and residential buildings of which are kept extremely clean and carefully. Among the commercial and industrial buildings, we note the grandiose steam mill of the Bashkirov brothers, the recently built elevator, which can hold up to 800,000 pounds of grain, and the Zhegulevsky brewery, which supplies excellent beer.
— 100 not only Samara, but also a huge region of the Volga region, and in particular even cities, separated from the Volga by a long distance along the railway track.
Two newspapers are published in Samara: “Samarskaya Gazeta” and “Spravochny Leaflet”.
The part of the Volga bank closest to Samar above the city presents a very picturesque view; surrounded by groves and gardens, there are dachas, among which a huge villa, rising among the park and flower beds, especially attracts attention; This is Anaev’s dacha and kumis treatment.