Medvezh'yegorsk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 16,551
• Coordinates: 62.9145° N, 34.4586° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 816 km (507 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Petrozavodsk Airport (PES): 116 km (72 mi), straight line
• Solovki Airport (CSH): 243 km (151 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE, Finland): 248 km (154 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kondopoga: 80 km (49 mi)
• Segezha: 93 km (58 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Petrozavodsk, 126 km (78 mi)