Penza
Penza is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia.
Penza is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, 625 kilometers (388 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 36th-largest city in Russia.
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Worth seeing in and around Penza
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.
- 01Penza State University
Penza State University is a state university in the city of Penza. It was founded in 1943.
2 km · Russian university · Wikipedia - 02The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov
The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov is a state museum, located in Penza, Russia. It is a unique museum, which does not have analogies anywhere in the world.
2.1 km · Art museum in Penza, Russia · Wikipedia - 03Penza Planetarium
Penza planetarium is located at Penza Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after V. Belinsky in the building formerly occupied by the Penza Hydrometeorological station. Historical and cultural memorial of local importance.
1.5 km · planetarium, fixed construction in Penza, Russia · Wikipedia - 04Center of Theatrical Arts «House of Meyerhold»
The House of Meyerhold is a historic building in Penza, Russia. It currently houses a museum and theatre, the GBUK Centre of Theatrical Arts "Meyerhold's House".
1.1 km · Museum-theater in Penza, Russia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Penza
- Airports
- Saransk (SKX), 104 km · Gagarin (GSV), 183 km
- Stations
- Penza Airport, 9.3 km
- Saransk → Penza110 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · ₽540–720
- Saratov → Penza196 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · ₽830–1,110
- Moscow → Penza555 km · quickest by road, 12h 18m · ₽2,350–3,140
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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 Penza
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 Penza. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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