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. 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 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.[1] Only a few nations recognize Crimea as part of Russia.[2]
| City / town | Russian name | Federal subject | Federal district | 2021 Census[3] | 2010 Census | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Russian: Москва | [4] | Central | |||
| Saint Petersburg | Russian: Санкт-Петербург | [5] | Northwest | |||
| Novosibirsk | Russian: Новосибирск | Siberia | ||||
| Yekaterinburg | Russian: Екатеринбург | Ural | ||||
| Kazan | Russian: Казань | Volga | ||||
| Nizhny Novgorod | Russian: Нижний Новгород | Volga | ||||
| Chelyabinsk | Russian: Челябинск | Ural | ||||
| Krasnoyarsk | Russian: Красноярск | Siberia | ||||
| Samara | Russian: Самара | Volga | ||||
| Ufa | Russian: Уфа | Volga | ||||
| Rostov-on-Don | Russian: Ростов-на-Дону | South[6] | ||||
| Omsk | Russian: Омск | Siberia | ||||
| Krasnodar | Russian: Краснодар | South | ||||
| Voronezh | Russian: Воронеж | Central | ||||
| Perm | Russian: Пермь | Volga | ||||
| Volgograd | Russian: Волгоград | South | ||||
| Saratov | Russian: Саратов | Volga | ||||
| Tyumen | Russian: Тюмень | Ural | ||||
| Tolyatti | Russian: Тольятти | Volga | ||||
| Barnaul | Russian: Барнаул | Siberia | ||||
| Izhevsk | Russian: Ижевск | Volga | ||||
| Makhachkala | Russian: Махачкала | North Caucasus | ||||
| Khabarovsk | Russian: Хабаровск | Far East | ||||
| Ulyanovsk | Russian: Ульяновск | Volga | ||||
| Irkutsk | Russian: Иркутск | Siberia | ||||
| Vladivostok | Russian: Владивосток | Far East | ||||
| Yaroslavl | Russian: Ярославль | Central | ||||
| Kemerovo | Russian: Кемерово | Siberia | ||||
| Tomsk | Russian: Томск | Siberia | ||||
| Naberezhnye Chelny | Russian: Набережные Челны | Volga | ||||
| Sevastopol | Russian: Севастополь | South | ||||
| Stavropol | Russian: Ставрополь | North Caucasus | ||||
| Orenburg | Russian: Оренбург | Volga | ||||
| Novokuznetsk | Russian: Новокузнецк | Siberia | ||||
| Ryazan | Russian: Рязань | Central | ||||
| Balashikha | Russian: Балашиха | Central | ||||
| Penza | Russian: Пенза | Volga | ||||
| Cheboksary | Russian: Чебоксары | Volga | ||||
| Lipetsk | Russian: Липецк | Central | ||||
| Kaliningrad | Russian: Калининград | Northwest | ||||
| Astrakhan | Russian: Астрахань | South | ||||
| Tula | Russian: Тула | Central | ||||
| Kirov | Russian: Киров | Volga | ||||
| Sochi | Russian: Сочи | South | ||||
| Kursk | Russian: Курск | Central | ||||
| Ulan-Ude | Russian: Улан-Удэ | Far East | ||||
| Tver | Russian: Тверь | Central | ||||
| Magnitogorsk | Russian: Магнитогорск | Ural | ||||
| Surgut | Russian: Сургут | Ural | ||||
| Bryansk | Russian: Брянск | Central | ||||
| Ivanovo | Russian: Иваново | Central | ||||
| Yakutsk | Russian: Якутск | Far East | ||||
| Vladimir | Russian: Владимир | Central | ||||
| Simferopol | Russian: Симферопoль | South | ||||
| Belgorod | Russian: Белгород | Central | ||||
| Nizhny Tagil | Russian: Нижний Тагил | Ural | ||||
| Kaluga | Russian: Калуга | Central | ||||
| Chita | Russian: Чита | Far East | ||||
| Grozny | Russian: Грозный | North Caucasus | ||||
| Volzhsky | Russian: Волжский | South | ||||
| Smolensk | Russian: Смоленск | Central | ||||
| Podolsk | Russian: Подольск | Central | ||||
| Saransk | Russian: Саранск | Volga | ||||
| Vologda | Russian: Вологда | Northwest | ||||
| Kurgan | Russian: Курган | Ural | ||||
| Cherepovets | Russian: Череповец | Northwest | ||||
| Oryol | Russian: Орёл | Central | ||||
| Arkhangelsk | Russian: Архангельск | Northwest | ||||
| Vladikavkaz | Russian: Владикавказ | North Caucasus | ||||
| Nizhnevartovsk | Russian: Нижневартовск | Ural | ||||
| Yoshkar-Ola | Russian: Йошкар-Ола | Volga | ||||
| Sterlitamak | Russian: Стерлитамак | Volga | ||||
| Murmansk | Russian: Мурманск | Northwest | ||||
| Kostroma | Russian: Кострома | Central | ||||
| Novorossiysk | Russian: Новороссийск | South | ||||
| Tambov | Russian: Тамбов | Central | ||||
| Khimki | Russian: Химки | Central | ||||
| Mytishchi | Russian: Мытищи | Central | ||||
| Nalchik | Russian: Нальчик | North Caucasus | ||||
| Taganrog | Russian: Таганрог | South | ||||
| Nizhnekamsk | Russian: Нижнекамск | Volga | ||||
| Blagoveshchensk | Russian: Благовещенск | Far East | ||||
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Russian: Комсомольск-на-Амуре | Far East | ||||
| Petrozavodsk | Russian: Петрозаводск | Northwest | ||||
| Korolyov | Russian: Королёв | Central | ||||
| Shakhty | Russian: Шахты | South | ||||
| Engels | Russian: Энгельс | Volga | ||||
| Veliky Novgorod | Russian: Великий Новгород | Northwest | ||||
| Lyubertsy | Russian: Люберцы | Central | ||||
| Bratsk | Russian: Братск | Siberia | ||||
| Stary Oskol | Russian: Старый Оскол | Central | ||||
| Angarsk | Russian: Ангарск | Siberia | ||||
| Syktyvkar | Russian: Сыктывкар | Northwest | ||||
| Dzerzhinsk | Russian: Дзержинск | Volga | ||||
| Pskov | Russian: Псков | Northwest | ||||
| Orsk | Russian: Орск | Volga | ||||
| Krasnogorsk | Russian: Красногорск | Central | ||||
| Armavir | Russian: Армавир | South | ||||
| Abakan | Russian: Абакан | Siberia | ||||
| Balakovo | Russian: Балаково | Volga | ||||
| Biysk | Russian: Бийск | Siberia | ||||
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Russian: Южно-Сахалинск | Far East | ||||
| Odintsovo | Russian: Одинцово | Central | ||||
| Ussuriysk | Russian: Уссурийск | Far East | ||||
| Prokopyevsk | Russian: Прокопьевск | Siberia | ||||
| Rybinsk | Russian: Рыбинск | Central | ||||
| Norilsk | Russian: Норильск | Siberia | ||||
| Volgodonsk | Russian: Волгодонск | South | ||||
| Syzran | Russian: Сызрань | Volga | ||||
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Russian: Петропавловск-Камчатский | Far East | ||||
| Kamensk-Uralsky | Russian: Каменск-Уральский | Ural | ||||
| Novocherkassk | Russian: Новочеркасск | South | ||||
| Almetyevsk | Russian: Альметьевск | Volga | ||||
| Zlatoust | Russian: Златоуст | Ural | ||||
| Severodvinsk | Russian: Северодвинск | Northwest | ||||
| Khasavyurt | Russian: Хасавюрт | North Caucasus | ||||
| Kerch | Russian: Керчь | South | ||||
| Domodedovo | Russian: Домодедово | Central | ||||
| Salavat | Russian: Салават | Volga | ||||
| Miass | Russian: Миасс | Ural | ||||
| Kopeysk | Russian: Копейск | Ural | ||||
| Pyatigorsk | Russian: Пятигорск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Elektrostal | Russian: Электросталь | Central | ||||
| Maykop | Russian: Майкоп | South | ||||
| Nakhodka | Russian: Находка | Far East | ||||
| Berezniki | Russian: Березники | Volga | ||||
| Kolomna | Russian: Коломна | Central | ||||
| Shchyolkovo | Russian: Щёлково | Central | ||||
| Serpukhov | Russian: Серпухов | Central | ||||
| Kovrov | Russian: Ковров | Central | ||||
| Neftekamsk | Russian: Нефтекамск | Volga | ||||
| Kislovodsk | Russian: Кисловодск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Bataysk | Russian: Батайск | South | ||||
| Rubtsovsk | Russian: Рубцовск | Siberia | ||||
| Obninsk | Russian: Обнинск | Central | ||||
| Kyzyl | Russian: Кызыл | Siberia | ||||
| Derbent | Russian: Дербент | North Caucasus | ||||
| Nefteyugansk | Russian: Нефтеюганск | Ural | ||||
| Nazran | Russian: Назрань | North Caucasus | ||||
| Kaspiysk | Russian: Каспийск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Dolgoprudny | Russian: Долгопрудный | Central | ||||
| Novocheboksarsk | Russian: Новочебоксарск | Volga | ||||
| Novomoskovsk | Russian: Новомосковск | Central | ||||
| Yessentuki | Russian: Ессентуки | North Caucasus | ||||
| Nevinnomyssk | Russian: Невинномысск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Oktyabrsky | Russian: Октябрьский | Volga | ||||
| Ramenskoye | Russian: Раменское | Central | ||||
| Pervouralsk | Russian: Первоуральск | Ural | ||||
| Mikhaylovsk | Russian: Михайловск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Reutov | Russian: Реутов | Central | ||||
| Cherkessk | Russian: Черкесск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Zhukovsky | Russian: Жуковский | Central | ||||
| Dimitrovgrad | Russian: Димитровград | Volga | ||||
| Pushkino | Russian: Пушкино | Central | ||||
| Artyom | Russian: Артём | Far East | ||||
| Kamyshin | Russian: Камышин | South | ||||
| Yevpatoria | Russian: Евпатория | South | ||||
| Murom | Russian: Муром | Central | ||||
| Khanty-Mansiysk | Russian: Ханты-Мансийск | Ural | ||||
| Novy Urengoy | Russian: Новый Уренгой | Ural | ||||
| Seversk | Russian: Северск | Siberia | ||||
| Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Russian: Орехово-Зуево | Central | ||||
| Arzamas | Russian: Арзамас | Volga | ||||
| Noginsk | Russian: Ногинск | Central | ||||
| Novoshakhtinsk | Russian: Новошахтинск | South | ||||
| Berdsk | Russian: Бердск | Siberia | ||||
| Elista | Russian: Элиста | South | ||||
| Sergiyev Posad | Russian: Сергиев Посад | Central | ||||
| Vidnoye | Russian: Видное | Central | ||||
| Achinsk | Russian: Ачинск | Siberia | ||||
| Tobolsk | Russian: Тобольск | Ural | ||||
| Noyabrsk | Russian: Ноябрьск | Ural | ||||
| Yelets | Russian: Елец | Central | ||||
| Zelenodolsk | Russian: Зеленодольск | Volga | ||||
| Novokuybyshevsk | Russian: Новокуйбышевск | Volga | ||||
| Votkinsk | Russian: Воткинск | Volga | ||||
| Zheleznogorsk | Russian: Железногорск | Central | ||||
| Mezhdurechensk | Russian: Междуреченск | Siberia | ||||
| Voskresensk | Russian: Воскресенск | Central | ||||
| Gatchina | Russian: Гатчина | Northwest | ||||
| Serov | Russian: Серов | Ural | ||||
| Sarov | Russian: Саров | Volga | ||||
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky | Russian: Ленинск-Кузнецкий | Siberia | ||||
| Sarapul | Russian: Сарапул | Volga | ||||
| Magadan | Russian: Магадан | Far East | ||||
| Michurinsk | Russian: Мичуринск | Central | ||||
| Solikamsk | Russian: Соликамск | Volga | ||||
| Murino | Russian: Мурино | Northwest | ||||
| Chekhov | Russian: Чехов | Central | ||||
| Klin | Russian: Клин | Central | ||||
| Buzuluk | Russian: Бузулук | Volga | ||||
| Glazov | Russian: Глазов | Volga | ||||
| Kansk | Russian: Канск | Siberia | ||||
| Velikiye Luki | Russian: Великие Луки | Northwest | ||||
| Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | Russian: Каменск-Шахтинский | South | ||||
| Gubkin | Russian: Губкин | Central | ||||
| Kiselyovsk | Russian: Киселёвск | Siberia | ||||
| Yeysk | Russian: Ейск | South | ||||
| Ivanteyevka | Russian: Ивантеевка | Central | ||||
| Lobnya | Russian: Лобня | Central | ||||
| Zheleznogorsk | Russian: Железногорск | Siberia | ||||
| Azov | Russian: Азов | South | ||||
| Anapa | Russian: Анапа | South | ||||
| Bugulma | Russian: Бугульма | Volga | ||||
| Gelendzhik | Russian: Геленджик | South | ||||
| Ukhta | Russian: Ухта | Northwest | ||||
| Yurga | Russian: Юрга | Siberia | ||||
| Ust-Ilimsk | Russian: Усть-Илимск | Siberia | ||||
| Vsevolozhsk | Russian: Всеволожск | Northwest | ||||
| Novouralsk | Russian: Новоуральск | Ural | ||||
| Kuznetsk | Russian: Кузнецк | Volga | ||||
| Bor | Russian: Бор | Volga | ||||
| Kineshma | Russian: Кинешма | Central | ||||
| Ozyorsk | Russian: Озёрск | Ural | ||||
| Novotroitsk | Russian: Новотроицк | Volga | ||||
| Kropotkin | Russian: Кропоткин | South | ||||
| Chaykovsky | Russian: Чайковский | Volga | ||||
| Chernogorsk | Russian: Черногорск | Siberia | ||||
| Usolye-Sibirskoye | Russian: Усолье-Сибирское | Siberia | ||||
| Yalta | Russian: Ялта | South | ||||
| Dubna | Russian: Дубна | Central | ||||
| Balashov | Russian: Балашов | Volga | ||||
| Yelabuga | Russian: Елабуга | Volga | ||||
| Novoaltaysk | Russian: Новоалтайск | Siberia | ||||
| Vyborg | Russian: Выборг | Northwest | ||||
| Yegoryevsk | Russian: Егорьевск | Central | ||||
| Verkhnyaya Pyshma | Russian: Верхняя Пышма | Ural | ||||
| Naro-Fominsk | Russian: Наро-Фоминск | Central | ||||
| Mineralnye Vody | Russian: Минеральные Воды | North Caucasus | ||||
| Troitsk | Russian: Троицк | Ural | ||||
| Chapayevsk | Russian: Чапаевск | Volga | ||||
| Minusinsk | Russian: Минусинск | Siberia | ||||
| Birobidzhan | Russian: Биробиджан | Far East | ||||
| Shadrinsk | Russian: Шадринск | Ural | ||||
| Belovo | Russian: Белово | Siberia | ||||
| Tuymazy | Russian: Туймазы | Volga | ||||
| Sertolovo | Russian: Сертолово | Northwest | ||||
| Buynaksk | Russian: Буйнакск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Ishim | Russian: Ишим | Ural | ||||
| Kirovo-Chepetsk | Russian: Кирово-Чепецк | Volga | ||||
| Anzhero-Sudzhensk | Russian: Анжеро-Судженск | Siberia | ||||
| Feodosia | Russian: Феодосия | South | ||||
| Dmitrov | Russian: Дмитров | Central | ||||
| Sosnovy Bor | Russian: Сосновый Бор | Northwest | ||||
| Gorno-Altaysk | Russian: Горно-Алтайск | Siberia | ||||
| Lytkarino | Russian: Лыткарино | Central | ||||
| Pavlovsky Posad | Russian: Павловский Посад | Central | ||||
| Beloretsk | Russian: Белорецк | Volga | ||||
| Stupino | Russian: Ступино | Central | ||||
| Gudermes | Russian: Гудермес | North Caucasus | ||||
| Ishimbay | Russian: Ишимбай | Volga | ||||
| Donskoy | Russian: Донской | Central | ||||
| Kotelniki | Russian: Котельники | Central | ||||
| Kstovo | Russian: Кстово | Volga | ||||
| Urus-Martan | Russian: Урус-Мартан | North Caucasus | ||||
| Georgiyevsk | Russian: Георгиевск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Klintsy | Russian: Клинцы | Central | ||||
| Nyagan | Russian: Нягань | Ural | ||||
| Slavyansk-na-Kubani | Russian: Славянск-на-Кубани | South | ||||
| Kungur | Russian: Кунгур | Volga | ||||
| Sunzha | Russian: Сунжа | North Caucasus | ||||
| Tuapse | Russian: Туапсе | South | ||||
| Kogalym | Russian: Когалым | Ural | ||||
| Belogorsk | Russian: Белогорск | Far East | ||||
| Leninogorsk | Russian: Лениногорск | Volga | ||||
| Rossosh | Russian: Россошь | Central | ||||
| Aleksin | Russian: Алексин | Central | ||||
| Borisoglebsk | Russian: Борисоглебск | Central | ||||
| Fryazino | Russian: Фрязино | Central | ||||
| Gukovo | Russian: Гуково | South | ||||
| Revda | Russian: Ревда | Ural | ||||
| Prokhladny | Russian: Прохладный | North Caucasus | ||||
| Beryozovsky | Russian: Берёзовский | Ural | ||||
| Belebey | Russian: Белебей | Volga | ||||
| Chistopol | Russian: Чистополь | Volga | ||||
| Zarechny | Russian: Заречный | Volga | ||||
| Budyonnovsk | Russian: Будённовск | North Caucasus | ||||
| Kumertau | Russian: Кумертау | Volga | ||||
| Salsk | Russian: Сальск | South | ||||
| Dzerzhinsky | Russian: Дзержинский | Central | ||||
| Labinsk | Russian: Лабинск | South | ||||
| Asbest | Russian: Асбест | Ural | ||||
| Iskitim | Russian: Искитим | Siberia | ||||
| Pavlovo | Russian: Павлово | Volga | ||||
| Alexandrov | Russian: Александров | Central | ||||
| Vorkuta | Russian: Воркута | Northwest | ||||
| Sibay | Russian: Сибай | Volga | ||||
| Meleuz | Russian: Мелеуз | Volga | ||||
| Kotlas | Russian: Котлас | Northwest | ||||
| Mikhaylovka | Russian: Михайловка | South | ||||
| Izberbash | Russian: Избербаш | North Caucasus | ||||
| Krasnoturyinsk | Russian: Краснотурьинск | Ural | ||||
| Belorechensk | Russian: Белореченск | South | ||||
| Rzhev | Russian: Ржев | Central | ||||
| Lesosibirsk | Russian: Лесосибирск | Siberia | ||||
| Tikhoretsk | Russian: Тихорецк | South | ||||
| Tikhvin | Russian: Тихвин | Northwest | ||||
| Shuya | Russian: Шуя | Central | ||||
| Polevskoy | Russian: Полевской | Ural | ||||
| Shchyokino | Russian: Щёкино | Central | ||||
| Shali | Russian: Шали | North Caucasus | ||||
| Volsk | Russian: Вольск | Volga | ||||
| Krymsk | Russian: Крымск | South | ||||
| Zelenogorsk | Russian: Зеленогорск | Siberia | ||||
| Liski | Russian: Лиски | Central | ||||
| Lysva | Russian: Лысьва | Volga | ||||
| Neryungri | Russian: Нерюнгри | Far East | ||||
| Volzhsk | Russian: Волжск | Volga | ||||
| Vyazma | Russian: Вязьма | Central | ||||
| Timashyovsk | Russian: Тимашёвск | South | ||||
| Gus-Khrustalny | Russian: Гусь-Хрустальный | Central | ||||
| Krasnokamensk | Russian: Краснокаменск | Far East | ||||
| Kirishi | Russian: Кириши | Northwest | ||||
| Snezhinsk | Russian: Снежинск | Ural | ||||
| Zhigulyovsk | Russian: Жигулёвск | Volga |