Shchigry: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Kursk Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 19,198
• Coordinates: 51.8760° N, 36.9053° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 434 km (269 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kursk East Airport (URS): 44 km (27 mi), straight line
• Belgorod International Airport (EGO): 139 km (86 mi), straight line
• Voronezh International Airport (VOZ): 160 km (99 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Cheremisinovo: 25 km (15 mi)
• Tim: 32 km (20 mi)
• Kolpna: 39 km (25 mi)
• Zolotukhino: 43 km (27 mi)
• Dolgoye: 47 km (29 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kursk, 52 km (32 mi)