You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Military History Museum of the Volga-Ural Military District, Memorial Museum of V.I. Lenin, or Samara History Museum. While you're exploring, swing by Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Frunze House Museum, and Samara Philharmonic Hall to learn a bit about the area. You can catch a show at Samara Academic Drama Theater M. Gorky, Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Samara Regional Puppet Theater.