Magas
Magas is the capital town of Ingushetia, Russia.
Magas is the capital town of Ingushetia, Russia. It was founded in 1995 and replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002. Due to this distinction, Magas is the smallest capital of a federal subject in Russia. In 2019, it had a population of 8,771 inhabitants, up from 5,841 in 2010 and 272 in 2002.
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Worth seeing in and around Magas
4 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.
- 01Ingush State University
Ingush State University is a public university in Magas, Republic of Ingushetia. It was founded in 1994 and considered to be one of the youngest public universities in Russia.
4.9 km · Russian university · Wikipedia - 02Rashid Aushev Central Stadium
FC Angusht Nazran is a Russian association football club based in Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia.
8.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 039 towers
The "Nine Towers" Memorial is a memorial building located in Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, dedicated to the victims of genocide and political repression in the Soviet Union. It is the main structure of the entire memorial complex, which displays the most significant dates, tragic and solemn events in the history of the Ingush people.
4.1 km · memorial complex and museum, originally dedicated to the victims of Stalinism, located in Nazran · Wikipedia - 04Tower of Concord
The Tower of Concord a high-rise building erected in 2013 in the center of the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia — Magas, in the form of a classic medieval Ingush tower four times enlarged. The height of the tower reaches 100 m, making it the tallest building in Ingushetia and the tallest observation tower in the North Caucasus.
200 m · tower in Magas, Ingushetia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Magas
- Airports
- Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny (GRV), 77 km · Tbilisi (TBS), 167 km · Mineralnye Vody (MRV), 181 km
- Grozny → Magas75 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · ₽330–440
- Mineralnyye Vody → Magas171 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₽790–1,060
- Makhachkala → Magas223 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · ₽890–1,190
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No local-transport research exists yet for Magas
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 Magas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Magas
Magas is 18 km from Vladikavkaz, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nazranhuman settlement in Nazran Urban Okrug, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia6.2 km
- Nazranovsky Districtmunicipal district in Russia7.8 km
- Ekazhevovillage in Nazranovsky District, Russia5.4 km
- Ali-Yurtvillage in Nazranovsky District, Russia5 km
- Surkhakhihuman settlement in Nazranovsky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia8.6 km