Moscow Times article

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( Repelling the English Invasion )

A geography question

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A relative of a friend of mine wrote to me that she is adopting a baby from a place called "Kubyshev" but cannot find it on any map. I looked around yandex for a while, and all I can find is Куйбышев, which sometimes is followed by (Самара). Was Куйбышев the Soviet-era name for Самара?

Thanks in advance :)