Map of Kuznetsk, Russia

Kuznetsk is a city in Penza Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 90,480. It lies at 53.1168°N, 46.6004°E. Kuznetsk is about 650 km (404 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zarechnyy, 2 km to the northwest.

Kuznetsk at a glance

Where is Kuznetsk?

• The 2nd largest city in Penza Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 32 min on the shortest day to 16 h 57 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kuznetsk

• Zarechnyy — 2 km northwest
• Zarechnyy — 94 km west
• Penza — 107 km west
• Petrovsk — 121 km southwest
• Syzran — 125 km east
• Vol’sk — 130 km southeast
• Balakovo — 146 km southeast
• Saransk — 151 km northwest
• Ruzayevka — 151 km northwest
• Serdobsk — 176 km southwest

Largest cities in Penza Oblast

• Penza — 523,553
• Zarechnyy — 63,579
• Zarechnyy — 62,139
• Serdobsk — 36,652

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.