October 17 the delegation of the Samara Oblast headed by Acting Governor Sergey Sychev will pay a formal visit Armenia within the Year of Russia in Armenia held in 2005. October 17-22 government members, heads of industrial enterprises, art groups will be visiting the republic. The agenda includes meetings with the Armenian leadership, exhibition-presentation of Samara Oblast, attending of the Armenian Genocide memorial and exhibition of artist S. Scheglov. To note, during the initial half of the current year the commodity turnover between Samara Oblast and Armenia made $7.6 million, Regions.ru reported.