The distance from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar is about 1,500 kilometers. It can be overcome in many ways - rail, road and air. Each of them has its advantages. In general, the trip will be inexpensive, in Syktyvkar there is something to see.
Flight by plane
Airplanes from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar fly from Pulkovo Airport. The flight between the cities takes two hours, flights are operated by the airlines: Russia, Red Wings and Nordavia. The aircraft are likely to be A-319 and Boeing 737.
Departure time can be morning, that is 10:15, and evening, at 23:40 or 23:55.
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. A direct train departs from the Ladoga station in the capital of the Komi Republic at 10:20, it arrives in Syktyvkar after 33 hours.
Return, he leaves from Syktyvkar to St. Petersburg at 09:22.
If the car is 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 - take the train to Mikun station and take the bus to the capital of the republic.
At 10:20 a train leaves for Ladoga station in St. Petersburg to Vorkuta. It is not necessary to take a ticket to Syktyvkar in a trailed car, because it costs three hours in Mikuni, waiting for a passing train.
Before Mikuni 1600 rubles there is a reserved seat and from 3000 coupe. The trip takes 28 hours.
After disembarking, directly from Mikuni Train Station, you can leave for Syktyvkar by bus. The schedule for their departure is as follows:
- 15:10.
- 15:50.
- 5 p.m.
- 18:20.
- 19:25.
- 20:50.
The trip takes 2.5 hours. 370 rubles worth a ticket. The bus arrives in Syktyvkar at the railway station.
In addition, at 17:00 a passing train leaves from Usinsk. Ride it for 2 hours, a ticket costs from 340 rubles per shared car.
Return flights from Mikuni to St. Petersburg depart at 14:28, and travel 28 hours.
Car trip
It is real to drive from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar by car in a couple of days with one overnight stay on the road. From the Northern capital you need to go east on the E-105 highway to Novaya Ladoga. From there, on A-114 through Chagoda and Cherepovets you need to move to Vologda. Next, you need to turn first onto the M-8 highway (to Cheshkino), and then onto the Sukhonsky tract and move to Kotlas.
From Kotlas, via Koryazhma, you need to move to the R-176 highway, and it will lead to Syktyvkar along the banks of the Sysola River.
The terrain 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 easy to find a cafe on the highway or overnight there. You can stop by the way in some tourist city, for example, Totma, where there are enough museums and architectural monuments. Also interesting for visiting Ladoga and Tikhvin near St. Petersburg.
One of the most interesting cities on the way from St. Petersburg to Syktyvkar can be considered Great Ustyug, where it is beautiful at all times of the year, and especially in winter, it is worth stopping by at the residence of Santa Claus.
What to visit in Syktyvkar?
Sights of Syktyvkar are not so known to the average person. The city is the center of Finno-Ugric culture, so you should visit the Savin Drama Theater and the Opera and Ballet Theater.
If you want to know more about the history and culture of the Komi people, you should go to the national museum, as well as its departments of history and ethnography.
The local university also has three museums:
- Zoology.
- Archeology and Ethnography.
- Enlightenment.
In addition, there are geological and literary museums. You can get acquainted with the paintings of Komi artists in the national gallery.
There are many different monuments in Syktyvkar, among the rare it is worth noting the monument to Pitirim Sorokin and the letter "O" from the alphabet of the Komi people.
A little to the south of the city is a village with the strange name Yb, where you can see the Finno-Ugric ethnopark.