“Volzhskaya kommuna”

A King arrives to Samara

Karl XVI. Gustav (Sweden) is to arrive to Samara region. The delegation will compose of the representatives of Sweden Royal Academy of engineering science. The guests are expected to take part in a number of seminars and visit industrial works.

Design office

To the end of this year French corporation SAFRAN GROUP will create the design office Smartec in Samara. It will plan new type of aero-engines and undercarriages for business-class planes.

The First in the world

Testing of the first gas-turbine locomotive begins today in Samara. It operates on gas turbine engine NK-361 designed in Kuznetsov SNTK.

“Samarskie Izvestiya”

Full-length answer to Hollywood

In Samara they start to shoot a full length horror film “Devil”. Directors promise that the computer graphics and special effects will not be worse than in American blockbusters.

“Volzhskaya zarya”

Visit of a French

Samara rocket designers hosted their colleagues from France and showed them the work at launch vehicle which will start from Kuru, French Guiana.