List of cities and towns in Russia by population

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.

All Russian cities with at least 1 million people, labelled

Federal subjects of Russia by population density

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[4]	Change
Moscow	Москва	Moscow (federal city)[5]	Central	13,010,112	11,503,501	+13.10%
Saint Petersburg	Санкт-Петербург	Saint Petersburg (federal city)[6]	Northwest	5,601,911	4,879,566	+14.80%
Novosibirsk	Новосибирск	Novosibirsk Oblast	Siberia	1,633,595	1,473,754	+10.85%
Yekaterinburg	Екатеринбург	Sverdlovsk Oblast	Ural	1,544,376	1,349,772	+14.42%
Kazan	Казань	Republic of Tatarstan	Volga	1,308,660	1,143,535	+14.44%
Nizhny Novgorod	Нижний Новгород	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Volga	1,228,199	1,250,619	−1.79%
Chelyabinsk	Челябинск	Chelyabinsk Oblast	Ural	1,189,525	1,130,132	+5.26%
Krasnoyarsk	Красноярск	Krasnoyarsk Krai	Siberia	1,187,771	973,826	+21.97%
Samara	Самара	Samara Oblast	Volga	1,173,299	1,164,685	+0.74%
Ufa	Уфа	Republic of Bashkortostan	Volga	1,144,809	1,062,319	+7.77%
Rostov-on-Don	Ростов-на-Дону	Rostov Oblast	South[7]	1,142,162	1,089,261	+4.86%
Omsk	Омск	Omsk Oblast	Siberia	1,125,695	1,154,119	−2.46%
Krasnodar	Краснодар	Krasnodar Krai	South	1,099,344	744,995	+47.56%
Voronezh	Воронеж	Voronezh Oblast	Central	1,057,681	889,680	+18.88%
Perm	Пермь	Perm Krai	Volga	1,034,002	991,162	+4.32%
Volgograd	Волгоград	Volgograd Oblast	South	1,028,036	1,021,215	+0.67%
Saratov	Саратов	Saratov Oblast	Volga	901,361	837,900	+7.57%
Tyumen	Тюмень	Tyumen Oblast	Ural	847,488	581,907	+45.64%
Tolyatti	Тольятти	Samara Oblast	Volga	684,709	719,632	−4.85%
Barnaul	Барнаул	Altai Krai	Siberia	630,877	612,401	+3.02%
Izhevsk	Ижевск	Udmurt Republic	Volga	623,472	627,734	−0.68%
Makhachkala	Махачкала	Republic of Dagestan	North Caucasus	623,254	572,076	+8.95%
Khabarovsk	Хабаровск	Khabarovsk Krai	Far East	617,441	577,441	+6.93%
Ulyanovsk	Ульяновск	Ulyanovsk Oblast	Volga	617,352	614,786	+0.42%
Irkutsk	Иркутск	Irkutsk Oblast	Siberia	617,264	587,891	+5.00%
Vladivostok	Владивосток	Primorsky Krai	Far East	603,519	592,034	+1.94%
Yaroslavl	Ярославль	Yaroslavl Oblast	Central	577,279	591,486	−2.40%
Kemerovo	Кемерово	Kemerovo Oblast	Siberia	557,119	532,981	+4.53%
Tomsk	Томск	Tomsk Oblast	Siberia	556,478	524,669	+6.06%
Naberezhnye Chelny	Набережные Челны	Republic of Tatarstan	Volga	548,434	513,193	+6.87%
Sevastopol[lower-alpha 1]	Севастополь	Sevastopol (federal city)	South	547,820	342,451	+59.97%
Stavropol	Ставрополь	Stavropol Krai	North Caucasus	547,443	398,539	+37.36%
Orenburg	Оренбург	Orenburg Oblast	Volga	543,654	548,331	−0.85%
Novokuznetsk	Новокузнецк	Kemerovo Oblast	Siberia	537,480	547,904	−1.90%
Ryazan	Рязань	Ryazan Oblast	Central	528,599	524,927	+0.70%
Balashikha	Балашиха	Moscow Oblast	Central	520,962	215,494	+141.75%
Penza	Пенза	Penza Oblast	Volga	501,109	517,311	−3.13%
Cheboksary	Чебоксары	Chuvash Republic	Volga	497,807	453,721	+9.72%
Lipetsk	Липецк	Lipetsk Oblast	Central	496,403	508,887	−2.45%
Kaliningrad	Калининград	Kaliningrad Oblast	Northwest	490,449	431,902	+13.56%
Astrakhan	Астрахань	Astrakhan Oblast	South	475,629	520,339	−8.59%
Tula	Тула	Tula Oblast	Central	473,622	501,169	−5.50%
Kirov	Киров	Kirov Oblast	Volga	468,212	473,695	−1.16%
Sochi	Сочи	Krasnodar Krai	South	466,078	343,334	+35.75%
Kursk	Курск	Kursk Oblast	Central	440,052	415,159	+6.00%
Ulan-Ude	Улан-Удэ	Republic of Buryatia	Far East	437,565	404,426	+8.19%
Tver	Тверь	Tver Oblast	Central	416,219	403,606	+3.13%
Magnitogorsk	Магнитогорск	Chelyabinsk Oblast	Ural	410,594	407,775	+0.69%
Surgut	Сургут	Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra	Ural	396,443	306,675	+29.27%
Bryansk	Брянск	Bryansk Oblast	Central	379,152	415,721	−8.80%
Ivanovo	Иваново	Ivanovo Oblast	Central	361,644	408,330	−11.43%
Yakutsk	Якутск	Sakha (Yakutia) Republic	Far East	355,443	269,601	+31.84%
Vladimir	Владимир	Vladimir Oblast	Central	349,951	345,373	+1.33%
Simferopol[lower-alpha 1]	Симферопoль	Republic of Crimea	South	340,540	343,644	−0.90%
Belgorod	Белгород	Belgorod Oblast	Central	339,978	356,402	−4.61%
Nizhny Tagil	Нижний Тагил	Sverdlovsk Oblast	Ural	338,966	361,811	−6.31%
Kaluga	Калуга	Kaluga Oblast	Central	337,058	324,698	+3.81%
Chita	Чита	Zabaykalsky Krai	Far East	334,427	324,444	+3.08%
Grozny	Грозный	Chechen Republic	North Caucasus	328,533	271,573	+20.97%
Volzhsky	Волжский	Volgograd Oblast	South	321,479	314,255	+2.30%
Smolensk	Смоленск	Smolensk Oblast	Central