Elista: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Kalmykiya Republic
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 106,971
• Coordinates: 46.3079° N, 44.2554° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 1,147 km (713 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Elista Airport (ESL): 9.3 km (5.8 mi), straight line
• Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport (STW): 213 km (132 mi), straight line
• Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV): 249 km (155 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Troitskoye: 12 km (7 mi)
• Remontnoye: 54 km (34 mi)
• Iki Burul: 62 km (38 mi)
• Priyutnoye: 62 km (38 mi)
• Divnoye: 83 km (51 mi)