Shar'ya: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Kostroma Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 29,800
• Coordinates: 58.3685° N, 45.5162° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 559 km (347 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Pobedilovo Airport (KVX): 223 km (139 mi), straight line
• Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport (GOJ): 260 km (161 mi), straight line
• Kostroma Sokerkino Airport (KMW): 272 km (169 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Manturovo: 44 km (28 mi)
• Ponazyrevo: 47 km (29 mi)
• Georgiyevskoye: 49 km (31 mi)
• Pyshchug: 59 km (37 mi)
• Vetluga: 59 km (37 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yoshkar-Ola, 239 km (148 mi)