The distance from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar is about 1500 kilometers. It can be overcome in many ways - by rail, road and air. Each of them has its own advantages. In general, the trip will be inexpensive, there is something to see in Syktyvkar.
Air flight
Planes from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar fly from Pulkovo airport. The flight between cities takes two hours, flights are operated by the airlines: Rossiya, Red Wings and Nordavia. The planes are likely to be A-319s and Boeing 737s.
Departure time can be in the morning, that is, 10:15, and in the evening, at 23:40 or 23:55.
Air flight costs from 4000 rubles one way.
Return flights from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar depart at 05:35 and 13:00.
Rail ride
Syktyvkar is inconveniently located relative to St. Petersburg on the railway. From the Ladoga railway station to the capital of the Republic of Komi, a direct carriage leaves at 10:20, it arrives in Syktyvkar through33 hours.
He leaves back from Syktyvkar to St. Petersburg at 09:22.
If the car is a reserved seat, then the ticket costs from 1600 rubles.
The peculiarity of Syktyvkar is that it is located away from the railway line to Vorkuta, so there is another option - to take the train to Mikun station and then transfer to the bus to the capital of the republic.
At 10:20 a train leaves for Vorkuta from the Ladozhsky railway station in St. Petersburg. It is not necessary to take a ticket to Syktyvkar in a trailer car, because it costs three hours in Mikuni, waiting for a passing train.
Before Mikuni 1600 rubles is a reserved seat and from 3000 coupe. The trip will take 28 hours.
After disembarking, you can go to Syktyvkar by bus directly from the Mikuni railway station. Their departure schedule is as follows:
- 15:10.
- 15:50.
- 17:00.
- 18:20.
- 19:25.
- 20:50.
The trip will take 2.5 hours. The ticket costs 370 rubles. The bus arrives in Syktyvkar at the railway station.
Besides this, at 17:00 a passing train departs from Usinsk. Ride on it for 2 hours, a ticket costs from 340 rubles for a common carriage.
Return flights from Mikuni to St. Petersburg depart at 14:28, travel 28 hours.
Drive a car
From St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar by car it is really possible to get there by car in a couple of days with one overnight stay on the way. From the Northern capital, you need to go east along the E-105 highway to Novaya Ladoga. From there, along the A-114 through Chagoda and Cherepovets, you need to move to Vologda. Furtheryou need to turn first onto the M-8 highway (to Cheshkino), and then onto the Sukhonsky tract and move to Kotlas.
From Kotlas through Koryazhma you need to move to the R-176 highway, and it will lead to Syktyvkar along the banks of the Sysola River.
The area along the way can sometimes be sparsely populated, especially between Kotlas and Syktyvkar.
In the Vologda and Leningrad regions, the population density is higher, it is not difficult to find a cafe on the highway or an overnight stay there. On the way, you can stop by some tourist city, for example, Totma, where there are enough museums and architectural monuments. Also interesting to visit Ladoga and Tikhvin near St. Petersburg.
One of the most interesting cities on the way from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar can be considered Veliky Ustyug, where it is beautiful in all seasons, and especially in winter, it is worth stopping by the residence of Father Frost.
What to visit in Syktyvkar?
The sights of Syktyvkar are not so well known to the common man. The city is the center of Finno-Ugric culture, so it is worth visiting the Savin Drama Theater and the Opera and Ballet Theatre.
If you want to learn more about the history and culture of the Komi people, you should go to the National Museum, as well as to its departments of history and ethnography.
The local university also has three museums:
- Zoology.
- Archaeology and ethnography.
- Enlightenment.
Besides this, there are geological and literary museums. You can get acquainted with the paintings of Komi artists in the National Gallery.
In Syktyvkar there are many differentmonuments, among the rare ones it is worth noting the monument to Pitirim Sorokin and the letter "O" from the alphabet of the Komi people.
Slightly south of the city is a village with a strange name Yb, where you can see the Finno-Ugric ethnopark.
