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Elista
Kalmykiya Republic · Russia
City population
106,971
#157
in Russia
#5,367
worldwide
46.308, 44.255 · 1,147 km from Moscow
About Elista
Elista is a city in Kalmykiya Republic, Russia with a population of 106,971. It is the 157th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 5,367th largest worldwide. It lies 1,147 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Kalmykiya Republic
Coordinates
46.308, 44.255
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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