Lakhdenpokh'ya: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 8,448
• Coordinates: 61.5197° N, 30.1976° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 771 km (479 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Savonlinna Airport (SVL, Finland): 81 km (50 mi), straight line
• Lappeenranta Airport (LPP, Finland): 122 km (76 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE, Finland): 130 km (81 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sortavala: 35 km (21 mi)
• Parikkala, Finland: 37 km (23 mi)
• Simpele, Finland: 45 km (28 mi)
• Priozersk: 53 km (33 mi)
• Kitee, Finland: 65 km (40 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Akademicheskoe, 168 km (104 mi)