Largest Cities in Russia 2026: Population Ranking

Russia's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Moscow in orange

Russia has 14 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 168 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Moscow with 10,381,222 people, followed by Saint Petersburg (5,351,935) and Novosibirsk (1,612,833). The three largest cities together hold about 12.1% of the country's 143.3 million people.

The capital, Moscow, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Moscow Oblast (16), Rostov (6), Kuzbass (6).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Russia population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Russia atlas.

Russia cities by population

168 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Russia
1	MoscowCapital	Moscow	10,381,222	7.2%
2	Saint Petersburg	St. Petersburg	5,351,935	3.7%
3	Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk Oblast	1,612,833	1.1%
4	Yekaterinburg	Sverdlovsk Oblast	1,495,066	1%
5	Nizhniy Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	1,259,013	0.9%
6	Kazan	Tatarstan Republic	1,243,500	0.9%
7	Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk	1,202,371	0.8%
8	Omsk	Omsk Oblast	1,172,070	0.8%
9	Samara	Samara Oblast	1,163,399	0.8%
10	Rostov-on-Don	Rostov	1,130,305	0.8%
11	Ufa	Bashkortostan Republic	1,120,547	0.8%
12	Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk Krai	1,090,811	0.8%
13	Voronezh	Voronezh Oblast	1,047,549	0.7%
14	Volgograd	Volgograd Oblast	1,013,533	0.7%
15	Perm	Perm Krai	982,419	0.7%
16	Krasnodar	Krasnodar Krai	899,541	0.6%
17	Saratov	Saratov Oblast	844,858	0.6%
18	Tyumen	Tyumen Oblast	768,358	0.5%
19	Tolyatti	Samara Oblast	702,879	0.5%
20	Izhevsk	Udmurtiya Republic	648,213	0.5%
21	Barnaul	Altai Krai	632,372	0.4%
22	Ulyanovsk	Ulyanovsk	626,540	0.4%
23	Irkutsk	Irkutsk Oblast	623,869	0.4%
24	Khabarovsk	Khabarovsk	618,150	0.4%
25	Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl Oblast	608,722	0.4%
26	Vladivostok	Primorye	604,901	0.4%
27	Makhachkala	Dagestan	596,356	0.4%
28	Tomsk	Tomsk Oblast	574,002	0.4%
29	Orenburg	Orenburg Oblast	564,773	0.4%
30	Kemerovo	Kuzbass	558,973	0.4%
31	Novokuznetsk	Kuzbass	539,616	0.4%
32	Ryazan’	Ryazan Oblast	538,962	0.4%
33	Astrakhan	Astrakhan Oblast	533,925	0.4%
34	Penza	Penza Oblast	523,553	0.4%
35	Naberezhnyye Chelny	Tatarstan Republic	509,870	0.4%
36	Lipetsk	Lipetsk Oblast	509,735	0.4%
37	Kirov	Kirov Oblast	507,155	0.4%
38	Cheboksary	Chuvash Republic	492,331	0.3%
39	Tula	Tula Oblast	482,873	0.3%
40	Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad Oblast	475,056	0.3%
41	Kursk	Kursk Oblast	448,733	0.3%
42	Stavropol	Stavropol Kray	433,931	0.3%
43	Bryansk	Bryansk Oblast	427,236	0.3%
44	Tver	Tver Oblast	420,065	0.3%
45	Magnitogorsk	Chelyabinsk	413,351	0.3%
46	Ivanovo	Ivanovo Oblast	406,113	0.3%
47	Nizhny Tagil	Sverdlovsk Oblast	381,116	0.3%
48	Ulan-Ude	Buryatiya Republic	360,278	0.3%
49	Vladimir	Vladimir Oblast	357,024	0.2%
50	Arkhangel’sk	Arkhangelskaya	349,742	0.2%
51	Chita	Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray	349,005	0.2%
52	Belgorod	Belgorod Oblast	345,289	0.2%
53	Kaluga	Kaluga Oblast	340,851	0.2%
54	Smolensk	Smolensk Oblast	330,025	0.2%
55	Sochi	Krasnodar Krai	327,608	0.2%
56	Volzhsky	Volgograd Oblast	323,293	0.2%
57	Saransk	Mordoviya Republic	318,841	0.2%
58	Cherepovets	Vologda Oblast	315,738	0.2%
59	Vologda	Vologda Oblast	312,420	0.2%
60	Kurgan	Kurgan Oblast	309,285	0.2%
61	Vladikavkaz	North Ossetia–Alania	306,258	0.2%
62	Orël	Oryol oblast	303,696	0.2%
63	Surgut	Khanty-Mansia	300,367	0.2%
64	Grozny	Chechnya	297,137	0.2%
65	Murmansk	Murmansk	295,374	0.2%
66	Tambov	Tambov Oblast	293,661	0.2%
67	Petrozavodsk	Karelia	279,190	0.2%
68	Taganrog	Rostov	279,056	0.2%
69	Kostroma	Kostroma Oblast	277,280	0.2%
70	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	Khabarovsk	275,908	0.2%
71	Yoshkar-Ola	Mariy-El Republic	268,272	0.2%
72	Sterlitamak	Bashkortostan Republic	267,231	0.2%
73	Bratsk	Irkutsk Oblast	256,600	0.2%
74	Orsk	Orenburg Oblast	246,836	0.2%
75	Syktyvkar	Komi	245,083	0.2%
76	Nizhnevartovsk	Khanty-Mansia	244,937	0.2%
77	Angarsk	Irkutsk Oblast	243,158	0.2%
78	Novorossiysk	Krasnodar Krai	241,856	0.2%
79	Khimki	Moscow Oblast	239,967	0.2%
80	Nalchik	Kabardino-Balkariya Republic	239,300	0.2%
81	Yakutsk	Sakha	235,600	0.2%
82	Nizhnekamsk	Tatarstan Republic	234,297	0.2%
83	Dzerzhinsk	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	233,126	0.2%
84	Staryy Oskol	Belgorod Oblast	226,977	0.2%
85	Blagoveshchensk	Amur Oblast	225,091	0.2%
86	Velikiy Novgorod	Novgorod Oblast	222,868	0.2%
87	Shakhty	Rostov	221,312	0.2%
88	Prokop’yevsk	Kuzbass	219,000	0.2%
89	Rybinsk	Yaroslavl Oblast	216,724	0.2%
90	Biysk	Altai Krai	215,430	0.2%
91	Pskov	Pskov Oblast	210,501	0.1%
92	Balakovo	Saratov Oblast	199,572	0.1%
93	Armavir	Krasnodar Krai	199,548	0.1%
94	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Sakhalin Oblast	198,973	0.1%
95	Engels	Saratov Oblast	196,011	0.1%
96	Severodvinsk	Arkhangelskaya	194,292	0.1%
97	Zlatoust	Chelyabinsk	191,366	0.1%
98	Syzran	Samara Oblast	189,338	0.1%
99	Abakan	Khakasiya Republic	184,168	0.1%
100	Kamensk-Ural’skiy	Sverdlovsk Oblast	182,500	0.1%
101	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Kamchatka	181,216	0.1%
102	Podolsk	Moscow Oblast	179,400	0.1%
103	Berezniki	Perm Krai	167,748	0.1%
104	Volgodonsk	Rostov	167,731	0.1%
105	Miass	Chelyabinsk	167,500	0.1%
106	Novocherkassk	Rostov	166,974	0.1%
107	Nazran	Ingushetiya Republic	164,131	0.1%
108	Rubtsovsk	Altai Krai	161,065	0.1%
109	Mytishchi	Moscow Oblast	160,542	0.1%
110	Salavat	Bashkortostan Republic	159,893	0.1%
111	Ussuriysk	Primorye	157,068	0.1%
112	Lyubertsy	Moscow Oblast	154,650	0.1%
113	Kovrov	Vladimir Oblast	154,224	0.1%
114	Balashikha	Moscow Oblast	150,103	0.1%
115	Kolomna	Moscow Oblast	147,690	0.1%
116	Nakhodka	Primorye	146,920	0.1%
117	Elektrostal’	Moscow Oblast	144,387	0.1%
118	Pyatigorsk	Stavropol Kray	142,865	0.1%
119	Maykop	Adygeya Republic	141,970	0.1%
120	Zheleznodorozhnyy	Moscow Oblast	141,648	0.1%
121	Norilsk	Krasnoyarsk Krai	140,800	0.1%
122	Al’met’yevsk	Tatarstan Republic	140,437	0.1%
123	Korolev	Moscow Oblast	139,798	0.1%
124	Kolpino	St. Petersburg	138,979	0.1%
125	Odintsovo	Moscow Oblast	137,041	0.1%
126	Nevinnomyssk	Stavropol Kray	134,345	0.1%
127	Pervouralsk	Sverdlovsk Oblast	133,600	0.1%
128	Kislovodsk	Stavropol Kray	132,771	0.1%
129	Dimitrovgrad	Ulyanovsk	132,226	0.1%
130	Novomoskovsk	Tula Oblast	130,982	0.1%
131	Kamyshin	Volgograd Oblast	128,626	0.1%
132	Novocheboksarsk	Chuvash Republic	128,468	0.1%
133	Serpukhov	Moscow Oblast	128,158	0.1%
134	Murom	Vladimir Oblast	126,931	0.1%
135	Khasavyurt	Dagestan	126,829	0.1%
136	Neftekamsk	Bashkortostan Republic	126,805	0.1%
137	Cherkessk	Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic	122,395	0.1%
138	Orekhovo-Zuyevo	Moscow Oblast	120,000	0.1%
139	Achinsk	Krasnoyarsk Krai	117,634	0.1%
140	Kyzyl	Republic of Tyva	116,983	0.1%
141	Noginsk	Moscow Oblast	115,979	0.1%
142	Yelets	Lipetsk Oblast	115,688	0.1%
143	Tobolsk	Tyumen Oblast	113,800	0.1%
144	Shchyolkovo	Moscow Oblast	113,000	0.1%
145	Nefteyugansk	Khanty-Mansia	112,632	0.1%
146	Novokuybyshevsk	Samara Oblast	111,800	0.1%
147	Noyabrsk	Yamalo-Nenets	110,000	0.1%
148	Bataysk	Rostov	109,962	0.1%
149	Seversk	Tomsk Oblast	109,844	0.1%
150	Arzamas	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	109,479	0.1%
151	Sergiyev Posad	Moscow Oblast	109,252	0.1%
152	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	Kuzbass	109,023	0.1%
153	Oktyabrsky	Bashkortostan Republic	108,200	0.1%
154	Obninsk	Kaluga Oblast	107,392	0.1%
155	Elista	Kalmykiya Republic	106,971	0.1%
156	Novotroitsk	Orenburg Oblast	106,186	0.1%
157	Derbent	Dagestan	105,965	0.1%
158	Kiselëvsk	Kuzbass	104,000	0.1%
159	Velikiye Luki	Pskov Oblast	103,149	0.1%
160	Pushkino	Moscow Oblast	102,816	0.1%
161	Artëm	Primorye	102,300	0.1%
162	Ukhta	Komi	102,187	0.1%
163	Kansk	Krasnoyarsk Krai	101,502	0.1%
164	Khanty-Mansiysk	Khanty-Mansia	101,466	0.1%
165	Mezhdurechensk	Kuzbass	101,026	0.1%
166	Solikamsk	Perm Krai	100,812	0.1%
167	Glazov	Udmurtiya Republic	100,676	0.1%
168	Ust’-Ilimsk	Irkutsk Oblast	100,271	0.1%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Russia?

Moscow, with about 10,381,222 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow — population 10,381,222, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Russia have over one million people?

14: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Voronezh, Volgograd.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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