What are the LARGEST cities in Russia?
According to the data of 2010 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
