Samur is a village and municipality in the Qusar Rayon of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. It has a population of 2,388 and is named after the river

Samur River

Samur is a river in Russia's Dagestan Republic, partially flowing throughAzerbaijan.-Overview:Samur river made from glaciers and mountain springs starts in the Greater Caucasus mountains. It originates in the northeastern part of Guton Mount at elevation . Descending from the mountains for , the...

 which forms the Azerbaijan-Russia frontier. Samur is itself the nearest village to the SDK border crossing where the M1 highway crosses into Russia. This border crossing is the only legal road crossing between the two nations though there is also a railway crossing at Yalama

Yalama

Yalama is a village and municipality in the Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,762. The municipality consists of the villages of Yalama, Düztahiroba, Səlimoba, Ortaoba, Ukuroba, Yaquboba, Zeyxuroba, and Zuxuloba....

. Both are open to CIS

CIS

CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...

citizens only.