What are the LARGEST cities in Russia?
According to the data of 2020-2021 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. Of these, as many as 16 have more than one million people.
Russia has the fourth most million-plus cities, after China (102), India (46) and Brazil (17). And a quarter of the entire population of the country lives in them!
Leading, of course, is the capital, Moscow, with a population of more than 13 million people. It is followed by the “cultural capital” – St. Petersburg with 5 million inhabitants.
Here is the full list:
1. Moscow – 13.1 million
2. St. Petersburg – 5.6 million
Hare (Zayachy) Island
3. Novosibirsk – 1.6 million
The building of Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
4. Yekaterinburg – 1.5 million
Central square and Yekaterinburg City towers at summer evening.
5. Kazan – 1.3 million
6. Nizhny Novgorod – 1.2 million
7. Krasnoyarsk – 1.19 million
Welcome to Krasnoyarsk!
8. Chelyabinsk – 1.18 million
South Ural capital of Chelyabinsk.
9. Samara – 1.16 million
10. Ufa – 1.15 million
Aerial view of islamic mosque near a busy highway in Ufa.
11. Rostov-on-Don – 1.13 million
Rostov-no-Don
12. Krasnodar – 1.12 million
New park in Krasnodar.
13. Omsk – 1.11 million
14. Voronezh – 1.05 million
15. Perm – 1.03 million
16. Volgograd – 1.025 million
