Istra

Istra is a town and the administrative center of in , Russia, located on the Istra River, 40 kilometers west of , on the Moscow– railway.
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  • Type: Town with 35,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as: “Istra, Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast” and “Воскресенск”
  • Address: городской округ Истра

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Jerusalem Monastery and New Jerusalem museum.

Monastery
Photo: Andrei Kolesnikov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Resurrection Monastery or is a major monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in , . The Voskresensky Monastery has given rise to the eponymous village, which has grown into the town of Voskresensk.

Museum
Photo: NJerusalem museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pervomayskiy (Istrinsky District) and Severniy.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Istra.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Istra.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village.

Istra

Latitude
55.9146° or 55° 54′ 53″ north
Longitude
36.8595° or 36° 51′ 34″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
175 metres (574 feet)
United Nations Location Code
RU IST
Open location code
9G7RWV75+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253438739
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
555746
Wiki­data ID
Q143297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Istra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيسترا”
  • Azerbaijani: “İstra”
  • Belarusian: “Істра”
  • Bulgarian: “Истра”
  • Catalan: “Istra”
  • Cebuano: “Istra”
  • Chechen: “Истра”
  • Chinese: “Istra”
  • Chinese: “伊斯特拉”
  • Chuvash: “Истра”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İstra (şeer)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İstra”
  • Croatian: “Istra”
  • Czech: “Istra”
  • Czech: “Voskresensk”
  • Czech: “Voskresenskoje”
  • Danish: “Istra”
  • Dutch: “Istra”
  • Esperanto: “Istra”
  • Estonian: “Istra”
  • Finnish: “Istra”
  • French: “Istra”
  • German: “Istra”
  • Greek: “Ίστρα”
  • Hungarian: “Istra”
  • Italian: “Istra”
  • Japanese: “イストラ”
  • Kalmyk: “Истра балһсн”
  • Korean: “이스트라 (모스크바 주)”
  • Korean: “이스트라”
  • Latvian: “Istra (pilsēta)”
  • Latvian: “Istra”
  • Lithuanian: “Istra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Istra (Istrinsky Koān, Moscow Chiu)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Istra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Istra”
  • Norwegian: “Istra”
  • Ossetian: “Истрæ”
  • Persian: “ایسترا”
  • Polish: “Istra”
  • Portuguese: “Istra”
  • Romanian: “Istra”
  • Russian: “город Истра”
  • Russian: “Истра”
  • Russian: “И́стра”
  • Scots: “Istra”
  • Serbian: “Истра (град)”
  • Serbian: “Истра”
  • Slovenian: “Istra, Rusija”
  • Slovenian: “Istra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایسترا”
  • Spanish: “Istra”
  • Swedish: “Istra”
  • Tagalog: “Istra”
  • Tajik: “Истра”
  • Talysh: “Istra”
  • Tatar: “Истра”
  • Turkish: “Istra”
  • Turkish: “İstra”
  • Ukrainian: “Істра (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Істра”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Istra”
  • Urdu: “ایسترا، ایسترینسکی ڈسٹرکٹ، ماسکو اوبلاست”
  • Veps: “Istr (lidn)”
  • Veps: “Istr”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Istra”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایسترا”
  • Yakut: “Истра”

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