Cities and urban areas in Russia with population over 100,000]
[POPULATION data has been updated here]
Copyright Rhett Butler 2003

The table below includes cities with populations exceeding 100 000 people. All figures are estimates for 2002.


Urban Area RankCity Pop RankCityCountryCity PopulationUrban Area Population
1413MoscowRussia837600012100100
5630Sankt PeterburgRussia46198004891100
270160NovosibirskRussia13968001429100
184172Nizhniy NovgorodRussia13464001918800
280184YekaterinburgRussia12600001389400
254217SamaraRussia11500001478300
336221OmskRussia11379001148300
365234KazanRussia11095001109500
375242UfaRussia10949001094900
319247ChelyabinskRussia10812001211600
312266RostovRussia10125001248600
406268PermRussia10025001028400
304277VolgogradRussia9874001292200
422303VoronezhRussia905600979300
462315KrasnoyarskRussia870100910400
358316SaratovRussia8679001122200
565384TolyattiRussia727600740100
607429UlyanovskRussia664800683000
631438IzhevskRussia652400652400
557444KrasnodarRussia643000751400
667463YaroslavlRussia611300611300
676471KhabarovskRussia606100606100
658476VladivostokRussia596800619700
682478IrkutskRussia594200594200
652502BarnaulRussia575600627500
716527NovokuznetskRussia556800568400
715558LipetskRussia530400568700
748559PenzaRussia530400545300
766565RyazanRussia526000530400
755571OrenburgRussia522200538000
793586Naberezhnyye ChelnyRussia513200513200
804599TyumenRussia507000507000
750615TulaRussia497500543300
772627KemerovoRussia489300526000
839629AstrakhanRussia488400488400
637636TomskRussia483800640300
816661KirovRussia464100501200
862667CheboksaryRussia460200462000
849674BryanskRussia455700477600
872678IvanovoRussia453800453800
873679TverRussia453800453800
887698KurskRussia443200443200
902718MagnitogorskRussia427800427800
907723KaliningradRussia425200425200
957804Nizhniy TagilRussia385400385400
983841Ulan-UdeRussia370800370800
997856SochiRussia366100366100
1006865KurganRussia364400364400
1007867MurmanskRussia361000361000
1014875ArhangelskRussia355500355500
1026890SmolenskRussia351900351900
1034904BelgorodRussia348200348200
1042914StavropolRussia346800346800
1047919OryolRussia343700343700
1067943KalugaRussia336800336800
1069944MahackalaRussia336500336500
1071947VladimirRussia336100336100
1091972CherepovecRussia324800324800
11241015VladikavkazRussia313100313100
11311022SaranskRussia311800311800
11381030TambovRussia309200309200
11461041ChitaRussia306400306400
11541052VologdaRussia303500303500
12151119KostromaRussia288900288900
12231128Komsomolsk-na-AmureRussia286600286600
12261131VolzhskiyRussia286300286300
12361144TaganrogRussia282700282700
12401148PetrozavodskRussia281500281500
12411149BratskRussia280800280800
12591171SurgutRussia275300275300
12601172DzerzhinskRussia273700273700
12621174OrskRussia273400273400
12921207SterlitamakRussia267000267000
13131230AngarskRussia263400263400
13771303Yoshkar-OlaRussia248600248600
14381372RybinskRussia236100236100
14491386NalchikRussia233900233900
14511388ProkopyevskRussia233500233500
14721412NizhnevartovskRussia230300230300
14871430Velikiy NovgorodRussia227900227900
14901433SyktyvkarRussia227800227800
15011443NizhnekamskRussia226100226100
15201464BiyskRussia223800223800
15211465BlagoveshchenskRussia223700223700
15221466SeverodvinskRussia223500223500
15451492ShahtyRussia220200220200
15531500Staryy OskolRussia218500218500
16051558ZelyenogradRussia211100211100
16431600NovorossiyskRussia205700205700
16501607BalakovoRussia205100205100
17041665PskovRussia198700198700
17281689ZlatoustRussia195300195300
17591722YakutskRussia192500192500
17621725PodolskRussia192300192300
17841747EngelsRussia189200189200
17861749SyzranRussia188900188900
17881751Kamensk-UralskiyRussia188800188800
17891752Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyRussia188800188800
18341801NovocherkasskRussia183300183300
18561825BereznikiRussia180800180800
18751845Yuzhno-SahalinskRussia179500179500
18941866VolgodonskRussia176700176700
19451916AbakanRussia171100171100
19801953MaykopRussia167900167900
19941968ArmavirRussia166700166700
20031977MiassRussia165900165900
20332007LyubercyRussia163200163200
20602036RubtsovskRussia160400160400
20772054KovrovRussia158700158700
20962073SalavatRussia156900156900
21082085MytishchiRussia155900155900
21182095NahodkaRussia155500155500
21192096UssuriyskRussia155500155500
21922171KolomnaRussia149500149500
22472228ElektrostalRussia145900145900
22772259KolpinoRussia143600143600
23252307AlmetyevskRussia140900140900
23262308MuromRussia140800140800
23642348DimitrovgradRussia137500137500
23892373NovomoskovskRussia136000136000
23962380PervouralskRussia135700135700
24092394NorilskRussia134800134800
24172402PyatigorskRussia134400134400
24192404NevinnomysskRussia134200134200
24422427HimkiRussia132900132900
24532437BalashihaRussia132200132200
24642448KorolyovRussia131500131500
24822466SerpuhovRussia130200130200
25392523OdincovoRussia126500126500
25902574Orehovo-ZuyevoRussia124300124300
26042588GroznyyRussia123300123300
26052589KamyshinRussia123300123300
26102594KislovodskRussia123200123200
26132597NovocheboksarskRussia123000123000
26232607CherkesskRussia122600122600
26622646AchinskRussia120600120600
26682652NazranRussia120300120300
26842668YeletsRussia119800119800
27152700MichurinskRussia117900117900
27582742Velikiye LukiRussia115500115500
27652749NeftekamskRussia115300115300
27712755MagadanRussia115000115000
28442828OktyabrskiyRussia112100112100
28482832Leninsk-KuzneckiyRussia112000112000
28952880Sergiyev PosadRussia110200110200
29022887ArzamasRussia109900109900
29122898NovotroitskRussia109600109600
29432928KiselyovskRussia108400108400
29532938ObninskRussia108100108100
30032988GlazovRussia106100106100
30092994KanskRussia106000106000
30253011SolikamskRussia105400105400
30323018ElistaRussia105000105000
30353021SarapulRussia104900104900
30533039MezhdurechenskRussia104100104100
30703056Ust-IlimskRussia103500103500
30783064KyzylRussia103300103300
30993085Usolye-SibirskoyeRussia102600102600
31323118VotkinskRussia101100101100
31383124NovoshahtinskRussia100900100900



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