Kinel (russian: Кинель) is a

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Samara Oblast Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localitie ...

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, located on the

Bolshoy Kinel River The Bolshoy Kinel (russian: Большо́й Кине́ль) is a river in Orenburg and Samara Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the river Samara, and is long, with a drainage basin of .confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

with the

Samara River The Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the larger river at the city of Samara. Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. It is long, and its drainage basin ...

, east of

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

. Population:

History

It was founded in 1837. In 1877, during the construction of the Samara–

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railroad, the railway station of Kinel was built nearby. The station became a

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by 1888. In 1944, Kinel was granted city status.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kinel serves as the

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Kinelsky District Kinelsky District (russian: Кине́льский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Samara Oblast and municipalLaw #189-GD district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Samara Oblast, twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It ...

, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with two

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s, incorporated separately as the

city of federal subject significance City of federal subject significance is an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories. Description Accordin ...

of Kinel—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Charter of Samara Oblast'' As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kinel is incorporated as Kinel Urban Okrug.Law #189-GD

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Cities and towns in Samara Oblast