Yoshkar-Ola: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Mariy-El Republic
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 268,272
• Coordinates: 56.6388° N, 47.8908° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 643 km (399 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cheboksary Airport (CSY): 70 km (43 mi), straight line
• Kazan International Airport (KZN): 143 km (89 mi), straight line
• Pobedilovo Airport (KVX): 225 km (140 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Medvedevo: 5.4 km (3.3 mi)
• Orshanka: 31 km (19 mi)
• Sovetskiy: 38 km (24 mi)
• Sanchursk: 52 km (32 mi)
• Novocheboksarsk: 64 km (40 mi)