Shostka: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ukraine
• Region: Sumy
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 73,197
• Coordinates: 51.8643° N, 33.4728° E
• Time zone: Europe/Kyiv (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
• Distance to the capital, Kyiv: 259 km (161 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Bryansk International Airport (BZK, Russia): 157 km (98 mi), straight line
• Gomel Airport (GME, Belarus): 183 km (114 mi), straight line
• Kursk East Airport (URS, Russia): 194 km (121 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Novhorod-Siverskyi: 21 km (13 mi)
• Bereza: 31 km (19 mi)
• Svesa: 33 km (21 mi)
• Krolevets: 35 km (22 mi)
• Hlukhiv: 37 km (23 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kovpakivskyi, 139 km (86 mi)