Yar, Russia Explained

Yar (Russian: Яр) is the name of several rural localities in Russia:

• Yar, Baykalovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a village in Baykalovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Yar, Talitsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a selo in Talitsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Yar, Tugulymsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a selo in Tugulymsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Yar, Turinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a village in Turinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Yar, Tomsk Oblast, a selo in Tomsky District of Tomsk Oblast
• Yar, Tyumensky District, Tyumen Oblast, a selo in Yembayevsky Rural Okrug of Tyumensky District of Tyumen Oblast
• Yar, Uvatsky District, Tyumen Oblast, a village in Alymsky Rural Okrug of Uvatsky District of Tyumen Oblast
• Yar, Yalutorovsky District, Tyumen Oblast, a village in Singulsky Rural Okrug of Yalutorovsky District of Tyumen Oblast
• Yar, Dizminsky Selsoviet, Yarsky District, Udmurt Republic, a village in Dizminsky Selsoviet of Yarsky District of the Udmurt Republic
• Yar, Yarsky Selsoviet, Yarsky District, Udmurt Republic, a settlement in Yarsky Selsoviet of Yarsky District of the Udmurt Republic
• Yar, Vladimir Oblast, a settlement in Vyaznikovsky District of Vladimir Oblast

See also

• Babi Yar, ravine in Kiev where mass murders took place during World War II
• Bely Yar, name of several inhabited localities in Russia
• Kapustin Yar, Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan, known today as Znamensk
• Krasny Yar (disambiguation)