'''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.

    Talk

    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).

    Get around

    See

    Itineraries

    Do

    Eat

    Drink

    Stay safe

    Get out