Russia - Top 100+ Cities by Population

Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area. Data is as of 2011 estimates.

Rank CityCountryPopulation
1. Moscow Russia 10,381,222
2. Saint Petersburg Russia 4,039,745
3. Novosibirsk Russia 1,419,007
4. Yekaterinburg Russia 1,287,573
5. Nizhniy Novgorod Russia 1,284,164
6. Samara Russia 1,134,730
7. Omsk Russia 1,129,281
8. Kazan Russia 1,104,738
9. Rostov-na-Donu Russia 1,074,482
10. Chelyabinsk Russia 1,062,919
11. Ufa Russia 1,033,338
12. Volgograd Russia 1,011,417
13. Perm’ Russia 982,419
14. Krasnoyarsk Russia 927,200
15. Saratov Russia 863,725
16. Voronezh Russia 848,752
17. Tol’yatti Russia 702,879
18. Krasnodar Russia 649,851
19. Ul'yanovsk Russia 640,680
20. Izhevsk Russia 631,038
21. Yaroslavl' Russia 606,730
22. Barnaul Russia 599,579
23. Vladivostok Russia 587,022
24. Irkutsk Russia 586,695
25. Khabarovsk Russia 579,000
26. Khabarovsk Vtoroy Russia 578,303
27. Orenburg Russia 550,204
28. Novokuznetsk Russia 539,616
29. Ryazan’ Russia 520,173
30. Tyumen’ Russia 519,119
31. Lipetsk Russia 515,655
32. Penza Russia 512,602
33. Naberezhnyye Chelny Russia 509,870
34. Astrakhan’ Russia 502,533
35. Makhachkala Russia 497,959
36. Tomsk Russia 485,519
37. Kemerovo Russia 477,090
38. Tula Russia 468,825
39. Kirov Russia 457,383
40. Cheboksary Russia 446,781
41. Kaliningrad Russia 434,954
42. Bryansk Russia 427,236
43. Ivanovo Russia 420,839
44. Magnitogorsk Russia 413,351
45. Kursk Russia 409,431
46. Tver' Russia 400,212
47. Nizhniy Tagil Russia 381,116
48. Stavropol’ Russia 363,064
49. Ulan-Ude Russia 360,278
50. Arkhangel’sk Russia 356,051
51. Belgorod Russia 345,289
52. Kurgan Russia 343,129
53. Kaluga Russia 338,978
54. Sochi Russia 327,608
55. Orël Russia 324,200
56. Volzhskiy Russia 323,293
57. Smolensk Russia 320,991
58. Murmansk Russia 319,263
59. Vladikavkaz Russia 317,370
60. Cherepovets Russia 311,850
61. Vladimir Russia 310,024
62. Chita Russia 308,500
63. Saransk Russia 303,394
64. Surgut Russia 300,367
65. Vologda Russia 294,889
66. Tambov Russia 290,933
67. Yoshkar-Ola Russia 279,100
68. Taganrog Russia 279,056
69. Kostroma Russia 277,656
70. Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Russia 275,908
71. Nal’chik Russia 272,800
72. Sterlitamak Russia 267,231
73. Petrozavodsk Russia 265,025
74. Bratsk Russia 256,600
75. Dzerzhinsk Russia 256,537
76. Orsk Russia 246,836
77. Nizhnevartovsk Russia 244,937
78. Angarsk Russia 243,158
79. Novorossiysk Russia 241,856
80. Yakutsk Russia 235,600
81. Nizhnekamsk Russia 234,297
82. Syktyvkar Russia 230,139
83. Staryy Oskol Russia 226,977
84. Groznyy Russia 226,100
85. Shakhty Russia 221,312
86. Blagoveshchensk Russia 221,296
87. Prokop’yevsk Russia 219,000
88. Rybinsk Russia 216,724
89. Zelenograd Russia 215,727
90. Biysk Russia 215,430
91. Velikiy Novgorod Russia 215,062
92. Pskov Russia 201,990
93. Balakovo Russia 199,572
94. Armavir Russia 199,548
95. Engel's Russia 196,011
96. Severodvinsk Russia 194,292
97. Zlatoust Russia 191,366
98. Syzran’ Russia 189,338
99. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Russia 187,282
100. Kamensk-Ural’skiy Russia 182,500