Cherkessk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 122,395
• Coordinates: 44.2238° N, 42.0462° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 1,320 km (820 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV): 83 km (51 mi), straight line
• Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport (STW): 99 km (61 mi), straight line
• Nalchik Airport (NAL): 150 km (93 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kavkazskiy: 16 km (10 mi)
• Ust'-Dzheguta: 17 km (10 mi)
• Erken-Shakhar: 19 km (11 mi)
• Inzhich-Chukun: 27 km (17 mi)
• Khabez: 30 km (18 mi)