Pokhvistnevo is a town in Samara Oblast

Samara Oblast

Samara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Samara. Population: In 1936–1990, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast , after the Soviet name of Samara .-Demographics:Population:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River

Bolshoy Kinel River

Bolshoy Kinel is a river in Orenburg and Samara Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Samara River, and is 437 km long, with a drainage basin of 15 200 km²...

 (Samara

Samara River

The Samara is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga. The city of Samara is located at the confluence of Volga and Samara. It rises southwest of the southern end of the Ural Mountains close to the middle Ural River near the town of Orenburg. It then flows west or west northwest to meet the...

's tributary

Tributary

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), 159 kilometres (98.8 mi) northeast of Samara, Russia

Samara, Russia

Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...

 and only 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Orenburg Oblast

Orenburg Oblast

Orenburg Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkalov...

. It serves as the administrative center of Pokhvistnevsky District

Pokhvistnevsky District

Pokhvistnevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Samara Oblast, Russia....

, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population:

It was founded in 1888 as a settlement serving the construction of the Samara–Ufa

Ufa

-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

 railroad. A railroad station

Train station

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was built here in 1902–1904. Town status was granted to it in 1947.

External links

Official website of Pokhvistnevo