Izhevsk

Izhevsk or Ijevsk is the capital city of , . It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in . It is the 21st-largest city in Russia, and the most populous in Udmurtia, with over 600,000 inhabitants.
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  • Email: main@izh.udmr.ru
  • Type: City with 616,000 residents
  • Description: city in central Russia, capital of Udmurtia
  • Also known as: Ishewsk”, “Izhkar”, and “Усти́нов
  • Address: городской округ Ижевск

Places of Interest

Highlights include Russian Drama Theater, Izhevsk and National Library of the Udmurt Republic.

Theater building
is a theater building.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Izhevsk

Latitude
56.853° or 56° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
53.2103° or 53° 12′ 37″ east
Population
616,000
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
Inception
1760
IATA airport code
IJK
United Nations Location Code
RU IJK
Open location code
9H8MV636+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1679639726
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
554840
Wiki­data ID
Q5426
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Izhevsk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Izjefsk
  • Albanian: Izhevsk
  • Arabic: إيجيفسك
  • Armenian: Իժևսկ
  • Asturian: Izhevsk
  • Azerbaijani: İjevsk
  • Bashkir: Ижевск
  • Basque: Izhevsk
  • Belarusian: Іжэўск
  • Belarusian: Усцінаў
  • Bengali: ইজহেভস্ক
  • Bosnian: Izhevsk
  • Breton: Ij
  • Bulgarian: Ижевск
  • Catalan: Ijevsk
  • Cebuano: Izhevsk
  • Chechen: Ижевск
  • Chinese: Izhevsk
  • Chinese: 伊热夫斯克
  • Chinese: 伊熱夫斯克
  • Church Slavic: Ижєвьскъ
  • Chuvash: Ижевск
  • Crimean Tatar: İjevsk
  • Croatian: Iževsk
  • Czech: Iževsk
  • Danish: Isjevsk
  • Danish: Izjevsk
  • Dimli (individual language): Izhevsk
  • Dutch: Izjevsk
  • Eastern Mari: Ижевск
  • Erzya: Иж ош
  • Esperanto: Iĵevsk
  • Esperanto: Iĵevsko
  • Estonian: Iževsk
  • Estonian: Ižkar
  • Finnish: Iževsk
  • French: Ijevsk
  • French: Ijkar
  • Galician: Izhevsk
  • Galician: Ustinov
  • Georgian: იჟევსკი
  • German: Ischewsk
  • Greek: Ιζέβσκ
  • Greek: Ιζέφσκ
  • Greek: Ουστίνοφ
  • Gujarati: ઇઝાસ્ક
  • Hebrew: איז’בסק
  • Hebrew: איזבסק
  • Hindi: ईज़िएव्स्क
  • Hungarian: Izsevszk
  • Icelandic: Ízhevsk
  • Indonesian: Izhevsk
  • Irish: Izhevsk
  • Italian: Iževsk
  • Italian: Izhevsk
  • Japanese: イジェフスク
  • Japanese: イシュカル
  • Kannada: ಇಝೆವ್ಸ್ಕ್
  • Kazakh: Ижау
  • Kazakh: Ижевск
  • Kirghiz: Ижевск
  • Komi-Permyak: Ижкар
  • Komi: Ижкар
  • Korean: 이젭스크
  • Ladin: Ijevsk
  • Ladino: Izhevsk
  • Latin: Izum
  • Latvian: Iževska
  • Lithuanian: Iževskas
  • Luxembourgish: Ijewsk
  • Macedonian: Ижевск
  • Malay: Izhevsk
  • Marathi: इझेव्स्क
  • Min Nan Chinese: Izhevsk
  • Mingrelian: იჟევსკი
  • Moksha: Иж
  • Mongolian: Ижевск
  • Moroccan Arabic: إجيڤسك
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Izjevsk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Izjevsk
  • Norwegian: Izjevsk
  • Occitan (post 1500): Ijevsk
  • Ossetian: Ижевск
  • Persian: ایژوسک
  • Polish: Iżewsk
  • Portuguese: Ijevsk
  • Pushto: اجيفسک
  • Romanian: Ijevsk
  • Russia Buriat: Ижевск
  • Russian: Ижевск
  • Russian: Ижевский завод
  • Russian: Устинов
  • Scots: Izhevsk
  • Serbian: Ижевск
  • Serbo-Croatian: Iževsk
  • Silesian: Iżewsk
  • Sinhala: අයිසෙව්ස්ක්
  • Slovak: Iževsk
  • Slovenian: Iževsk
  • South Azerbaijani: ایژوسک
  • Spanish: Izhevsk
  • Swahili: Izhevsk
  • Swedish: Izjevsk
  • Tagalog: Izhevsk
  • Tajik: Ижевск
  • Talysh: Iževsk
  • Tamil: இழேவ்ஸ்க்
  • Tamil: இஸெஃப்ஸ்க்
  • Tatar: Ижау
  • Telugu: ఇజీస్క్
  • Thai: อีเจฟสค์
  • Tumbuka: Izhevsk
  • Turkish: İjevsk
  • Turkmen: Ižewsk
  • Udmurt: Иж
  • Udmurt: Ижкар
  • Ukrainian: Іжевськ
  • Ukrainian: Іжкар
  • Upper Sorbian: Ižewsk
  • Urdu: ایجیفسک
  • Uzbek: Ijevsk
  • Venetian: Iževsk
  • Veps: Iževsk
  • Vietnamese: Izhevsk
  • Waray (Philippines): Izhevsk
  • Welsh: Izhevsk
  • Western Frisian: Izjevsk
  • Western Panjabi: ازوسک
  • Wolof: Izhevsk
  • Wu Chinese: 伊热夫斯克
  • Yue Chinese: 伊熱夫斯克

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