Chelyabinsk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Chelyabinsk
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,202,371
• Coordinates: 55.1611° N, 61.4288° E
• Time zone: Asia/Yekaterinburg (UTC+05:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 1,495 km (929 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK): 17 km (10 mi), straight line
• Koltsovo Airport (SVX): 180 km (112 mi), straight line
• Kurgan Airport (KRO): 255 km (158 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kopeysk: 13 km (8 mi)
• Dolgoderevenskoye: 22 km (14 mi)
• Korkino: 30 km (19 mi)
• Miasskoye: 32 km (20 mi)
• Yetkul': 39 km (24 mi)