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You need to get to R178 motorway (route via Dimitrovgrad) Get a minibus - marshrutka 78 from the city centre- Goncharova street and get across the Emperor's Bridge to the other side of Volga, the new part of the city - Verchnyaya Terrassa (the Upper Terrace) area. There will be a bus terminal on the right hand side. Pass it and then there is a petrol station. Past the petrol station is a good spot to start hitching towards Samara.