Map of Asbest, Russia

Asbest is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 74,583. It lies at 57.0099°N, 61.4578°E. Asbest is about 1,467 km (912 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sukhoy Log, 36 km to the east.

Asbest at a glance

Where is Asbest?

• The 7th largest city in Sverdlovsk Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 42 min on the shortest day to 17 h 53 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Asbest

• Sukhoy Log — 36 km east
• Rezh — 40 km north
• Beryozovsky — 41 km west
• Artëmovskiy — 46 km northeast
• Verkhnyaya Pyshma — 53 km west
• Yekaterinburg — 54 km west
• Kamensk-Ural’skiy — 72 km southeast
• Novoural’sk — 87 km west
• Alapayevsk — 95 km north
• Polevskoy — 100 km southwest

Largest cities in Sverdlovsk Oblast

• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhny Tagil — 381,116
• Kamensk-Ural’skiy — 182,500
• Pervouralsk — 133,600
• Serov — 98,438
• Novoural’sk — 93,849
• Polevskoy — 65,770
• Krasnoturinsk — 62,600
• Revda — 61,785
• Verkhnyaya Pyshma — 59,061

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.