'''Ulyanovsk Oblast''' is a region in the Middle Volga, which borders Penza Oblast to the west, Mordovia to the northwest, Chuvashia to the north, Tatarstan to the northeast, Samara Oblast to the east, and Saratov Oblast to the south.
Regions
Cities
Ulyanovsk — the capital, principal city, and hometown of one very famous Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanovsk, better known as Lenin
Dmitrovgrad — a mid-sized industrial city on the Melekes River
Other destinations
Understand
More than half of Ulyanovsk Oblast's residents live in the two industrial cities Ulyanovsk and Dmitrovgrad; the rest of the region is largely agricultural steppe.
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Get in
It is fairly easy to get to Ulyanovsk via Moscow on the daily overnight train (16 hours) or by plane (1.5 hours).
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Stay safe
Get out