Map of Cherkessk, Russia
Cherkessk is the administrative centre of Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic, Russia, with a population of about 122,395. It lies at 44.2233°N, 42.0578°E. Cherkessk is about 1,320 km (820 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ust’-Dzheguta, 17 km to the southwest.
Cherkessk at a glance
Country
Region
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
Population
122,395GeoNames
Coordinates
44.2233, 42.057844°13′24″N 42°03′28″E
Time zone
Europe/MoscowUTC+03:00
Local time
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Distance to Moscow
1,320 km (820 mi)
Where is Cherkessk?
- Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 8 h 51 min on the shortest day to 15 h 31 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Cherkessk
- Ust’-Dzheguta — 17 km southwest
- Nevinnomyssk — 46 km north
- Kislovodsk — 63 km southeast
- Yessentuki — 67 km east
- Pyatigorsk — 82 km east
- Goryachevodskiy — 86 km east
- Mineralnye Vody — 86 km east
- Stavropol’ — 91 km north
- Mikhaylovsk — 101 km north
- Armavir — 113 km northwest
Largest cities in Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
- Ust’-Dzheguta — 34,001
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.