Kuybyshev or Kuibyshev may refer to: People Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935), Russian revolutionary Nikolay Kuibyshev (Kuybyshev) (1893–1938), Russian Red Army Komkor; brother of Valerian Places Several places in the Soviet Union were named after the Bolshevik revolutionary Valerian Kuybyshev. Armenia Kuybyshev, Armenia, a town in the Lori Province, now named Urasar Kuybyshev, in 1940–1992, name of Haghartsin, a town in Tavush Province Azerbaijan Kuybışev, former name of Aran, Aghjabadi, a village in the Aghjabadi Rayon Kuybyshev, former name of Ölcələr, a village in Imishli Rayon Russia Kuybyshev, one of the largest cities in the Russian SFSR in the old Soviet Union, restored to its former name of Samara in 1991 and currently the 8th largest city in Russia. Kuybyshev Oblast, name of Samara Oblast in 1936–1990 Kuybyshev Reservoir (or Kuybyshev Sea), a reservoir in Russia; the largest in Europe Kuybyshev, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia Kuybyshev Urban Settlement, a municipal formation into which the Town of Kuybyshev in Kuybyshevsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast is incorporated Tajikistan Kuybyshev, alternative name of Kuybyshevsk, a location in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan Other uses Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship, a class of Russian river passenger ships Valerian Kuybyshev (ship) (1975), a Soviet/Russian river cruise ship of that class, cruising in the Volga–Neva basin Kuybyshev Railway, a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Samara, Russia Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station, former name of Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station See also Kuybyshevsky (disambiguation) Kuybyshevo (disambiguation) Kubitschek (disambiguation)