Map of Elista, Russia

Elista is the administrative centre of Kalmykiya Republic, Russia, with a population of about 106,971. It lies at 46.3078°N, 44.2558°E. Elista is about 1,147 km (713 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Blagodarnyy, 149 km to the southwest.

Elista at a glance

Where is Elista?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 36 min on the shortest day to 15 h 48 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Elista

• Blagodarnyy — 149 km southwest
• Svetlograd — 154 km southwest
• Budyonnovsk — 170 km south
• Volgodonsk — 209 km northwest
• Zelenokumsk — 213 km south
• Mikhaylovsk — 217 km southwest
• Georgiyevsk — 248 km south
• Mineralnye Vody — 249 km south
• Akhtubinsk — 263 km northeast
• Pyatigorsk — 268 km south

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.