Kirov
Kirov, formerly known as Vyatka until 1934 and as Khlynov (Хлы́нов) from 1457 to 1780, is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.
Kirov, formerly known as Vyatka until 1934 and as Khlynov (Хлы́нов) from 1457 to 1780, is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is situated on the Vyatka River in European Russia, 896 kilometres (557 mi) northeast of Moscow. Its population was 468,212 in 2021, up to roughly 750 thousand residents in the urban agglomeration.
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Worth seeing in and around Kirov
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Vyatka State University
Vyatka State University ) is a public university in Kirov, the capital city of Kirov Oblast in Russia. It was created in its current form in 2016 with the merger of the Vyatka State Humanitarian University and the Vyatka State Technological University.
1 km · university in Kirov, Russia · Wikipedia - 02Rodina Stadium
Rodina is a bandy club from Kirov, Russia whose team plays in the Russian Bandy Super League. It was founded in 1934.
3.2 km · stadium in Kirov · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kirov
- Stations
- Kirov railway station, 3 km
- Kazan → Kirov314 km · quickest by road, 8h 19m · ₽1,530–2,040
- Perm → Kirov390 km · quickest by road, 9h 6m · ₽1,810–2,410
- Nizhny Novgorod → Kirov422 km · quickest by road, 10h 52m · ₽2,100–2,800
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kirov
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kirov. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundPublic transport includes a network of buses, trolleys and marshrutkas.
From Wikivoyage: Kirov, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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