--- title: "Nazran – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Nazran, Russia: Nazran is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. Nearby: Ingush State University, Rashid Aushev Central Stadium, 9 towers. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nazran" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nazran.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nazran._Mound_of_Glory_1941-45.jpg/1920px-Nazran._Mound_of_Glory_1941-45.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Former capital city in Ingushetia, Russia · Ingushetiya Republic # Nazran Nazran is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. ![Nazran](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Nazran._Mound_of_Glory_1941-45.jpg/1920px-Nazran._Mound_of_Glory_1941-45.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Nazran · Александр Байдуков The place Nazran is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital from 1991 to 2000, until it was replaced by Magas, which was built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republic, with a population of 122,350 in the 2021 census. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazran), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Nazran 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. 1. Ingush 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. 3.1 km · Russian university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingush_State_University) 2. Rashid Aushev Central Stadium FC Angusht Nazran is a Russian association football club based in Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia. 2.7 km · football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Aushev_Central_Stadium) 3. 9 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. 2.2 km · memorial complex and museum, originally dedicated to the victims of Stalinism, located in Nazran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Towers) 4. Tower 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. 6.3 km · tower in Magas, Ingushetia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Concord) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Nazran **Airports:** Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny (GRV), 78 km · Tbilisi (TBS), 173 km · Mineralnye Vody (MRV), 176 km\ - Grozny → Nazran 75 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · ₽330–440 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grozny-to-nazran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grozny&to=Nazran) - Mineralnyye Vody → Nazran 171 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · ₽790–1,050 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mineralnyye-vody-to-nazran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mineralnyye+Vody&to=Nazran) - Makhachkala → Nazran 223 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ₽900–1,200 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makhachkala-to-nazran) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makhachkala&to=Nazran) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nazran) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Nazran 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 Nazran. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Destinations |- | Pobeda || Moscow-Vnukovo |- | UTair Aviation || Moscow-Vnukovo, Seasonal charter: Medina, Jeddah |- |Aeroflot |Moscow-Sheremetyevo |} From [Wikivoyage: Magas](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Magas), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 147 km 2. [Mestia and Upper Svaneti](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mestia) GE 10 ways of moving, 14 sources 167 km 3. [Kutaisi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kutaisi) GE 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 200 km 4. [Jvari and the Enguri valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jvari) GE 10 ways of moving, 37 sources 228 km 5. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 238 km If you know how people move in Nazran – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnazran&title=Nazran&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnazran), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Nazran Nazran is 21 km from [Vladikavkaz](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vladikavkaz), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Magas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/magas) town in the south of Russia 6.9 km - [Ekazhevo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ekazhevo) village in Nazranovsky District, Russia 4.6 km - [Barsuki](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barsuki) human settlement in Nazranovsky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia 6.1 km - [Gazi-Yurt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gazi-yurt) human settlement in Ghazhien-Yurt rural settlement, Nazranovsky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia 7.6 km - [Pliyevo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pliyevo) human settlement in Nazranovsky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia 9.2 km [The place page for Nazran](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nazran) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Russia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-RU) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nazran, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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