List of cities and towns in Russia by population

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All Russian cities with at least 1 million people, labelled

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Federal subjects of Russia by population density

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia and parts of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021 Census. The figures are for the population within the limits of the city/town proper, not the urban area or metropolitan area.

The list includes Sevastopol and settlements within the Republic of Crimea which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and were not subject to the 2010 census. Additionally, settlements within the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, Luhansk People's Republic, Zaparozhye Oblast, are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine were not subject to the 2010 census; only settlements presently controlled by Russia are included, settlements under the control of Ukraine are not included. The city of Zelenograd (a part of the federal city of Moscow) and the municipal cities/towns of the federal city of St. Petersburg are also excluded, as they are not enumerated in the 2021 census as stand-alone localities. Note that the sixteen largest cities have a total population of 35,509,177, or roughly 24.1% of the country's total population.

Cities and towns

Cities in bold symbolize the capital city of its respective federal subject. Three capitals are too small to make the list: Naryan-Mar (pop. 25,795), Magas (pop. 15,279), and Anadyr (pop. 15,079). Pyatigorsk is the administrative centre of North Caucasian Federal District but not of any federal subject.

Cities in grey are in areas annexed by Russia that the international community considers illegally occupied by Russia. Only a few nations recognize Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, Luhansk People's Republic, and Zaporozhye Oblast as part of Russia.

City / town	Russian name	Federal subject	Federal district	2021 Census	2010 Census	Change
Moscow		Moscow (federal city)	Central	Template:Change
Saint Petersburg		Saint Petersburg (federal city)	Northwest	Template:Change
Novosibirsk		Template:Country data Novosibirsk Oblast	Siberia	Template:Change
Yekaterinburg		Template:Country data Sverdlovsk Oblast	Ural	Template:Change
Kazan		Republic of Tatarstan	Volga	Template:Change
Nizhny Novgorod		Template:Country data Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Chelyabinsk		Template:Country data Chelyabinsk Oblast	Ural	Template:Change
Krasnoyarsk		Template:Country data Krasnoyarsk Krai	Siberia	Template:Change
Samara		Samara Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Ufa		Republic of Bashkortostan	Volga	Template:Change
Rostov-on-Don		Rostov Oblast	South	Template:Change
Omsk		Template:Country data Omsk Oblast	Siberia	Template:Change
Krasnodar		Template:Country data Krasnodar Krai	South	Template:Change
Voronezh		Template:Country data Voronezh Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Perm		Perm Krai	Volga	Template:Change
Volgograd		Volgograd Oblast	South	Template:Change
DonetskTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Donetsk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Saratov		Template:Country data Saratov Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Tyumen		Template:Country data Tyumen Oblast	Ural	Template:Change
Tolyatti		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Barnaul		Template:Country data Altai Krai	Siberia	Template:Change
Izhevsk		Udmurt Republic	Volga	Template:Change
Makhachkala		Republic of Dagestan	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Khabarovsk		Template:Country data Khabarovsk Krai	Far East	Template:Change
Ulyanovsk		Template:Country data Ulyanovsk Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Irkutsk		Template:Country data Irkutsk Oblast	Siberia	Template:Change
Vladivostok		Template:Country data Primorsky Krai	Far East	Template:Change
Yaroslavl		Template:Country data Yaroslavl Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Kemerovo		Template:Country data Kemerovo Oblast	Siberia	Template:Change
Tomsk		Template:Country data Tomsk Oblast	Siberia	Template:Change
Naberezhnye Chelny		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
SevastopolTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Sevastopol	South	Template:Change
Stavropol		Stavropol Krai	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Orenburg		Template:Country data Orenburg Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Novokuznetsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Ryazan		Template:Country data Ryazan Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Balashikha		Moscow Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Penza		Template:Country data Penza Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Cheboksary		Chuvash Republic	Volga	Template:Change
Lipetsk		Template:Country data Lipetsk Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Kaliningrad		Template:Country data Kaliningrad Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Astrakhan		Template:Country data Astrakhan Oblast	South	Template:Change
Tula		Template:Country data Tula Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Kirov		Template:Country data Kirov Oblast	Volga	Template:Change
Sochi		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Kursk		Template:Country data Kursk Oblast	Central	Template:Change
MariupolTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Donetsk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Ulan-Ude		Republic of Buryatia	Far East	Template:Change
Tver		Template:Country data Tver Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Magnitogorsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
LuganskTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Luhansk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Surgut		Template:Country data Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug	Ural	Template:Change
Bryansk		Template:Country data Bryansk Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Ivanovo		Template:Country data Ivanovo Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Yakutsk		Template:Country data Sakha Republic	Far East	Template:Change
Vladimir		Template:Country data Vladimir Oblast	Central	Template:Change
SimferopolTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Republic of Crimea	South	Template:Change
Belgorod		Template:Country data Belgorod Oblast	Central	Template:Change
MakeevkaTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Donetsk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Nizhny Tagil		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Kaluga		Template:Country data Kaluga Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Chita		Template:Country data Zabaykalsky Krai	Far East	Template:Change
Grozny		Chechen Republic	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Volzhsky		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Smolensk		Template:Country data Smolensk Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Podolsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Saransk		Republic of Mordovia	Volga	Template:Change
Vologda		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Kurgan		Template:Country data Kurgan Oblast	Ural	Template:Change
Cherepovets		Template:Country data Vologda Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Oryol		Template:Country data Oryol Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Arkhangelsk		Template:Country data Arkhangelsk Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Vladikavkaz		Template:Country data North Ossetia-Alania	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Nizhnevartovsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Yoshkar-Ola		Mari El Republic	Volga	Template:Change
Sterlitamak		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Murmansk		Template:Country data Murmansk Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Kostroma		Template:Country data Kostroma Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Novorossiysk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Tambov		Template:Country data Tambov Oblast	Central	Template:Change
Khimki		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Mytishchi		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Nalchik		Kabardino-Balkar Republic	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Taganrog		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Nizhnekamsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Blagoveshchensk		Template:Country data Amur Oblast	Far East	Template:Change
GorlovkaTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Donetsk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Komsomolsk-on-Amur		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Petrozavodsk		Republic of Karelia	Northwest	Template:Change
Korolyov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Shakhty		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Engels		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Veliky Novgorod		Template:Country data Novgorod Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Lyubertsy		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Bratsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Stary Oskol		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Angarsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Syktyvkar		Komi Republic	Northwest	Template:Change
Dzerzhinsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Pskov		Template:Country data Pskov Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Orsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Krasnogorsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Armavir		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Abakan		Republic of Khakassia	Siberia	Template:Change
Balakovo		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Biysk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk		Sakhalin Oblast	Far East	Template:Change
Odintsovo		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Ussuriysk		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Prokopyevsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Rybinsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Norilsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Volgodonsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Syzran		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Template:Country data Kamchatka Krai	Far East	Template:Change
Kamensk-Uralsky		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Novocherkassk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Almetyevsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Zlatoust		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Severodvinsk		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Khasavyurt		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
KerchTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Domodedovo		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
MelitopolTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russia)	South	Template:Change
Salavat		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Miass		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Kopeysk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Pyatigorsk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Elektrostal		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Maykop		Republic of Adygea	South	Template:Change
Nakhodka		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Berezniki		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kolomna		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Shchyolkovo		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Serpukhov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Kovrov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Neftekamsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kislovodsk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Bataysk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Rubtsovsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Obninsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Kyzyl		Tuva Republic	Siberia	Template:Change
Derbent		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Nefteyugansk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Nazran		Republic of Ingushetia	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Kaspiysk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Dolgoprudny		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Novocheboksarsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Novomoskovsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Yessentuki		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Nevinnomyssk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Oktyabrsky		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Ramenskoye		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Pervouralsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Mikhaylovsk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Reutov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Cherkessk		Karachay-Cherkess Republic	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Zhukovsky		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Dimitrovgrad		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Pushkino		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Artyom		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Kamyshin		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
YevpatoriaTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Murom		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Khanty-Mansiysk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Novy Urengoy		Template:Country data Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	Ural	Template:Change
Seversk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
BerdyanskTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russia)	South	Template:Change
AlchevskTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Luhansk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Orekhovo-Zuyevo		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Arzamas		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Noginsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Novoshakhtinsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Berdsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Elista		Republic of Kalmykia	South	Template:Change
Sergiyev Posad		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Vidnoye		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Achinsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Tobolsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Noyabrsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Yelets		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Zelenodolsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
SeverodonetskTemplate:Efn		Template:Country data Luhansk People's Republic	South	Template:Change
Novokuybyshevsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Votkinsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Zheleznogorsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Mezhdurechensk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Voskresensk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Gatchina		Template:Country data Leningrad Oblast	Northwest	Template:Change
Serov		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Sarov		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Leninsk-Kuznetsky		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Sarapul		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Magadan		Template:Country data Magadan Oblast	Far East	Template:Change
Michurinsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Solikamsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Murino		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Chekhov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Klin		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Buzuluk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Glazov		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kansk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Velikiye Luki		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Gubkin		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Kiselyovsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Yeysk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Ivanteyevka		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Lobnya		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Zheleznogorsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Azov		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Anapa		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Bugulma		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Gelendzhik		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Ukhta		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Yurga		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Ust-Ilimsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Vsevolozhsk		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Novouralsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Kuznetsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Bor		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kineshma		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Ozyorsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Novotroitsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kropotkin		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Chaykovsky		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Chernogorsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Usolye-Sibirskoye		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
YaltaTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Dubna		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Balashov		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Yelabuga		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Novoaltaysk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Vyborg		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Yegoryevsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Verkhnyaya Pyshma		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Naro-Fominsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Mineralnye Vody		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Troitsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Chapayevsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Minusinsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Birobidzhan		Template:Country data Jewish Autonomous Oblast	Far East	Template:Change
Shadrinsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Belovo		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Tuymazy		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Sertolovo		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Buynaksk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Ishim		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Kirovo-Chepetsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Anzhero-Sudzhensk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
FeodosiaTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Dmitrov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Sosnovy Bor		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Gorno-Altaysk		Altai Republic	Siberia	Template:Change
Lytkarino		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Pavlovsky Posad		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Beloretsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Stupino		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Gudermes		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Ishimbay		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Donskoy		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Kotelniki		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Kstovo		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Urus-Martan		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Georgiyevsk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Klintsy		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Nyagan		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Slavyansk-na-Kubani		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Kungur		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Sunzha		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Tuapse		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Kogalym		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Belogorsk		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Leninogorsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Rossosh		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Aleksin		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Borisoglebsk		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Fryazino		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Gukovo		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Revda		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Prokhladny		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Beryozovsky		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Belebey		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Chistopol		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Zarechny		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Budyonnovsk		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Kumertau		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Salsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Dzerzhinsky		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Labinsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Asbest		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Iskitim		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Pavlovo		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Alexandrov		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Vorkuta		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Sibay		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Meleuz		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Kotlas		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Mikhaylovka		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Izberbash		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Krasnoturyinsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Belorechensk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Rzhev		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Lesosibirsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Tikhoretsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Tikhvin		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Shuya		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Polevskoy		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Shchyokino		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Shali		Template:Flagu	North Caucasus	Template:Change
Volsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Krymsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Zelenogorsk		Template:Flagu	Siberia	Template:Change
Liski		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Lysva		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Neryungri		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Volzhsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change
Vyazma		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Timashyovsk		Template:Flagu	South	Template:Change
Gus-Khrustalny		Template:Flagu	Central	Template:Change
Krasnokamensk		Template:Flagu	Far East	Template:Change
Kirishi		Template:Flagu	Northwest	Template:Change
Snezhinsk		Template:Flagu	Ural	Template:Change
Zhigulyovsk		Template:Flagu	Volga	Template:Change

See also

• Demographics of Russia
• List of cities and towns in Russia, a complete list of all cities and towns in Russia
• List of federal subjects of Russia by population

External links

• Russian Cities of over 100,000 population at Citypopulation.de
• Cities of Russia as a subject of tourist interest https://tour-planet.com