Russia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Russia had an estimated population of 144,003,901 in 2005, with 4,769 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Russia today — population now 143,394,458, against 144,003,901 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 144,003,901 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 144,597,884 | 143,394,458 | -1% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moskva | 14,435,176 |
| 2 | Sankt-Peterburg | 4,877,454 |
| 3 | Nižnij Novgorod | 1,849,621 |
| 4 | Novosibirsk | 1,471,753 |
| 5 | Samara | 1,448,113 |
| 6 | Volgograd | 1,433,481 |
| 7 | Rostov-na-Donu | 1,347,209 |
| 8 | Čeljabinsk | 1,269,108 |
| 9 | Omsk | 1,133,748 |
| 10 | Saratov | 1,106,179 |
| 11 | Krasnojarsk | 1,009,843 |
| 12 | Perm | 991,415 |
| 13 | Voronež | 965,287 |
| 14 | Novokuzneck | 861,765 |
| 15 | Krasnodar | 838,372 |
| 16 | Toljatti | 734,355 |
| 17 | Barnaul | 727,703 |
| 18 | Vladivostok | 687,426 |
| 19 | Uljanovsk | 672,531 |
| 20 | Tomsk | 646,898 |
| 21 | Tula | 640,191 |
| 22 | Čeboksary | 578,273 |
| 23 | Lipeck | 572,520 |
| 24 | Orenburg | 560,027 |
| 25 | Penza | 531,851 |
| 26 | Kemerovo | 503,398 |
| 27 | Brjansk | 483,499 |
| 28 | Kirov | 478,005 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 4,769)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | Moscow | 10,381,222 | 10,381,222 now |
| 2 | Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | 4,039,745 | 5,351,935 now |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk | 1,419,007 | 1,612,833 now |
| 4 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk | 1,287,573 | 1,495,066 now |
| 5 | Nizhniy Novgorod | Nizhni Novgorod | 1,284,164 | 1,259,013 now |
| 6 | Samara | Samara | 1,134,730 | 1,163,399 now |
| 7 | Omsk | Omsk | 1,129,281 | 1,172,070 now |
| 8 | Kazan | Tatarstan | 1,104,738 | 1,243,500 now |
| 9 | Rostov-na-Donu | Rostov | 1,074,482 | — |
| 10 | Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk | 1,062,919 | 1,202,371 now |
| 11 | Ufa | Bashkortostan | 1,033,338 | 1,120,547 now |
| 12 | Volgograd | Volgograd | 1,010,320 | 1,013,533 now |
| 13 | Perm | Perm | 982,419 | 982,419 now |
| 14 | Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk | 907,451 | 1,090,811 now |
| 15 | Saratov | Saratov | 863,725 | 844,858 now |
| 16 | Voronezh | Voronezh | 840,582 | 1,047,549 now |
| 17 | Tolyatti | Samara | 718,486 | 702,879 now |
| 18 | Krasnodar | Krasnodar | 649,851 | 899,541 now |
| 19 | Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | 640,680 | 626,540 now |
| 20 | Izhevsk | Udmurtia | 631,038 | 648,213 now |
| 21 | Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl | 606,730 | 608,722 now |
| 22 | Barnaul | Altaiski Kray | 599,579 | 632,372 now |
| 23 | Vladivostok | Primorski | 587,022 | 604,901 now |
| 24 | Irkutsk | Irkutsk | 586,695 | 623,869 now |
| 25 | Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk Krai | 578,303 | 618,150 now |
| 26 | Orenburg | Orenburg | 550,204 | 564,773 now |
| 27 | Novokuznetsk | Kemerovo | 539,616 | 539,616 now |
| 28 | Ryazan | Ryazan | 520,173 | 538,962 now |
| 29 | Tyumen | Tyumen | 519,119 | 768,358 now |
| 30 | Yarchally | Tatarstan | 518,896 | — |
| 31 | Lipetsk | Lipetsk | 515,655 | 509,735 now |
| 32 | Penza | Penza | 512,602 | 523,553 now |
| 33 | Astrakhan | Astrakhan | 502,533 | 533,925 now |
| 34 | Makhachkala | Dagestan | 497,959 | 596,356 now |
| 35 | Tomsk | Tomsk | 485,519 | 574,002 now |
| 36 | Kemerovo | Kemerovo | 477,090 | 558,973 now |
| 37 | Tula | Tula | 468,825 | 482,873 now |
| 38 | Kirov | Kirov | 457,383 | 507,155 now |
| 39 | Cheboksary | Chuvashia | 446,781 | 492,331 now |
| 40 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad | 434,954 | 475,056 now |
| 41 | Bryansk | Bryansk | 427,236 | 427,236 now |
| 42 | Ivanovo | Ivanovo | 420,839 | 406,113 now |
| 43 | Magnitogorsk | Chelyabinsk | 413,351 | 413,351 now |
| 44 | Kursk | Kursk | 409,431 | 448,733 now |
| 45 | Tver | Tver | 400,212 | 420,065 now |
| 46 | Nizhniy Tagil | Sverdlovsk | 381,116 | — |
| 47 | Stavropol | Stavropol | 363,064 | 433,931 now |
| 48 | Ulan-Ude | Buryatia | 360,278 | 360,278 now |
| 49 | Belgorod | Belgorod | 345,289 | — |
| 50 | Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk | 344,600 | 349,742 now |
| 51 | Kurgan | Kurgan | 343,129 | — |
| 52 | Kaluga | Kaluga | 338,978 | — |
| 53 | Oryol | Orel | 331,127 | — |
| 54 | Sochi | Krasnodar | 327,608 | — |
| 55 | Volzhskiy | Volgograd | 323,293 | — |
| 56 | Smolensk | Smolensk | 320,991 | — |
| 57 | Murmansk | Murmansk | 319,263 | — |
| 58 | Vladikavkaz | North Ossetia | 317,370 | — |
| 59 | Cherepovets | Vologda | 311,850 | — |
| 60 | Vladimir | Vladimir | 310,024 | 357,024 now |
| 61 | Chita | Chita | 308,291 | — |
| 62 | Saransk | Mordovia | 303,394 | — |
| 63 | Surgut | Khanty-Mansi | 300,367 | — |
| 64 | Vologda | Vologda | 294,889 | — |
| 65 | Tambov | Tambov | 290,933 | — |
| 66 | Nalchik | Kabardino-Balkaria | 282,913 | — |
| 67 | Taganrog | Rostov | 279,056 | — |
| 68 | Kostroma | Kostroma | 277,656 | — |
| 69 | Komsomolsk-na-Amure | Khabarovsk Krai | 275,164 | — |
| 70 | Sterlitamak | Bashkortostan | 267,231 | — |
| 71 | Petrozavodsk | Karelia | 265,025 | — |
| 72 | Bratsk | Irkutsk | 259,991 | — |
| 73 | Krasnokokshaisk | Mari El | 259,540 | — |
| 74 | Dzerzhinsk | Nizhni Novgorod | 256,537 | — |
| 75 | Orsk | Orenburg | 246,836 | — |
| 76 | Nizhnevartovsk | Khanty-Mansi | 244,937 | — |
| 77 | Angarsk | Irkutsk | 243,158 | — |
| 78 | Novorossiysk | Krasnodar | 241,856 | — |
| 79 | Nizhnekamsk | Tatarstan | 234,297 | — |
| 80 | Syktyvkar | Komi | 230,139 | — |
| 81 | Zelenograd | Moscow | 228,294 | — |
| 82 | Staryy Oskol | Belgorod | 226,977 | — |
| 83 | Shakhty | Rostov | 221,312 | — |
| 84 | Blagoveshchensk | Amur | 221,296 | — |
| 85 | Rybinsk | Yaroslavl | 216,724 | — |
| 86 | Biysk | Altaiski Kray | 215,430 | — |
| 87 | Prokopyevsk | Kemerovo | 215,270 | — |
| 88 | Jákutskaj | Yakutia | 215,063 | — |
| 89 | Velikiy Novgorod | Novgorod | 215,062 | — |
| 90 | Pskov | Pskov | 201,990 | — |
| 91 | Balakovo | Saratov | 201,920 | — |
| 92 | Armavir | Krasnodar | 199,548 | — |
| 93 | Engels | Saratov | 196,011 | — |
| 94 | Severodvinsk | Arkhangelsk | 194,292 | — |
| 95 | Zlatoust | Chelyabinsk | 191,366 | — |
| 96 | Dzokhar Gala | Chechnya | 191,302 | — |
| 97 | Syzran | Samara | 189,338 | — |
| 98 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | Kamchatka | 187,282 | — |
| 99 | Kamensk-Uralskiy | Sverdlovsk | 181,881 | — |
| 100 | Toyohara | Sakhalin | 176,484 | — |
| 101 | Podolsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 175,323 | — |
| 102 | Berezniki | Perm | 167,748 | — |
| 103 | Volgodonsk | Rostov | 167,731 | — |
| 104 | Abakan | Khakasia | 167,289 | — |
| 105 | Novocherkassk | Rostov | 166,974 | — |
| 106 | Nazran | Ingushetia | 164,131 | — |
| 107 | Rubtsovsk | Altaiski Kray | 161,065 | — |
| 108 | Mytishchi | Moskovskaya Oblast | 160,542 | — |
| 109 | Salavat | Bashkortostan | 159,893 | — |
| 110 | Maykop | Adygeya | 158,451 | — |
| 111 | Ussuriysk | Primorski | 157,068 | — |
| 112 | Miass | Chelyabinsk | 156,561 | — |
| 113 | Lyubertsy | Moskovskaya Oblast | 154,650 | — |
| 114 | Kovrov | Vladimir | 154,224 | — |
| 115 | Balashikha | Moskovskaya Oblast | 150,103 | — |
| 116 | Kolomna | Moskovskaya Oblast | 147,690 | — |
| 117 | Nakhodka | Primorski | 146,920 | — |
| 118 | Elektrostal | Moskovskaya Oblast | 144,387 | — |
| 119 | Pyatigorsk | Stavropol | 142,865 | — |
| 120 | Almetyevsk | Tatarstan | 142,725 | — |
| 121 | Khimki | Moskovskaya Oblast | 142,618 | — |
| 122 | Korolyov | Moskovskaya Oblast | 139,798 | — |
| 123 | Odintsovo | Moskovskaya Oblast | 137,041 | — |
| 124 | Kolpino | Saint Petersburg | 136,076 | — |
| 125 | Xasun-Yurt | Dagestan | 134,593 | — |
| 126 | Nevinnomyssk | Stavropol | 134,345 | — |
| 127 | Kislovodsk | Stavropol | 132,771 | — |
| 128 | Dimitrovgrad | Ulyanovsk | 132,226 | — |
| 129 | Novomoskovsk | Tula | 130,982 | — |
| 130 | Pervouralsk | Sverdlovsk | 130,014 | — |
| 131 | Kamyshin | Volgograd | 128,626 | — |
| 132 | Novocheboksarsk | Chuvashia | 128,468 | — |
| 133 | Serpukhov | Moskovskaya Oblast | 128,158 | — |
| 134 | Norilsk | Krasnoyarsk | 127,503 | — |
| 135 | Murom | Vladimir | 126,931 | — |
| 136 | Neftekamsk | Bashkortostan | 126,805 | — |
| 137 | Orekhovo-Zuevo | Moskovskaya Oblast | 120,000 | — |
| 138 | Achinsk | Krasnoyarsk | 117,634 | — |
| 139 | Cherkessk | Karachai-Cherkess Republic | 117,155 | — |
| 140 | Noginsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 115,979 | — |
| 141 | Yelets | Lipetsk | 115,688 | — |
| 142 | Shchyolkovo | Moskovskaya Oblast | 113,213 | — |
| 143 | Sergiyev Posad | Moskovskaya Oblast | 112,919 | — |
| 144 | Nefteyugansk | Khanty-Mansi | 112,632 | — |
| 145 | Novaya Samara | Samara | 112,415 | — |
| 146 | Bataysk | Rostov | 109,962 | — |
| 147 | Seversk | Tomsk | 109,844 | — |
| 148 | Oktyabrskiy | Bashkortostan | 109,496 | — |
| 149 | Arzamas | Nizhni Novgorod | 109,479 | — |
| 150 | Leninsk-Kuznetskiy | Kemerovo | 109,023 | — |
| 151 | Kyzyl | Tyva | 108,240 | — |
| 152 | Obninsk | Kaluga | 107,392 | — |
| 153 | Elista | Kalmykia | 106,971 | — |
| 154 | Novotroitsk | Orenburg | 106,186 | — |
| 155 | Derbent | Dagestan | 105,965 | — |
| 156 | Zheleznodorozhnyy | Moskovskaya Oblast | 105,543 | — |
| 157 | Velikie Luki | Pskov | 103,149 | — |
| 158 | Kiselyovsk | Kemerovo | 102,252 | — |
| 159 | Ukhta | Komi | 102,187 | — |
| 160 | Kansk | Krasnoyarsk | 101,502 | — |
| 161 | Sarapul | Udmurtia | 101,344 | — |
| 162 | Zhukovskiy | Moskovskaya Oblast | 101,251 | — |
| 163 | Zelenodolsk | Tatarstan | 101,129 | — |
| 164 | Mezhdurechensk | Kemerovo | 101,026 | — |
| 165 | Solikamsk | Perm | 100,812 | — |
| 166 | Glazov | Udmurtia | 100,676 | — |
| 167 | Ust-Ilimsk | Irkutsk | 100,271 | — |
| 168 | Novoshakhtinsk | Rostov | 99,478 | — |
| 169 | Votkinsk | Udmurtia | 98,633 | — |
| 170 | Serov | Sverdlovsk | 98,438 | — |
| 171 | Noyabrsk | Yamalo-Nenets | 98,276 | — |
| 172 | Balashov | Saratov | 98,107 | — |
| 173 | Zheleznogorsk | Kursk | 97,900 | — |
| 174 | Magadan | Magadan | 95,282 | — |
| 175 | Novyy Urengoy | Yamalo-Nenets | 94,212 | — |
| 176 | Novouralsk | Sverdlovsk | 93,849 | — |
| 177 | Devyatka | Krasnoyarsk | 93,834 | — |
| 178 | Tobolsk | Tyumen | 93,650 | — |
| 179 | Bugulma | Tatarstan | 93,506 | — |
| 180 | Michurinsk | Tambov | 93,499 | — |
| 181 | Kineshma | Ivanovo | 92,983 | — |
| 182 | Krasnogorsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 92,932 | — |
| 183 | Chelyabinsk-40 | Chelyabinsk | 91,096 | — |
| 184 | Kuznetsk | Penza | 90,480 | — |
| 185 | Kirovo-Chepetsk | Kirov | 90,252 | — |
| 186 | Berdsk | Novosibirsk | 90,250 | — |
| 187 | Gatchina | Leningrad | 89,761 | — |
| 188 | Gubkin | Belgorod | 88,493 | — |
| 189 | Yeysk | Krasnodar | 87,814 | — |
| 190 | Buzuluk | Orenburg | 87,714 | — |
| 191 | Usolye-Sibirskoye | Irkutsk | 86,902 | — |
| 192 | Chaykovskiy | Perm | 86,712 | — |
| 193 | Sarov | Nizhni Novgorod | 86,172 | — |
| 194 | Yurga | Kemerovo | 84,220 | — |
| 195 | Anzhero-Sudzhensk | Kemerovo | 82,526 | — |
| 196 | Pushkin | Saint Petersburg | 82,416 | — |
| 197 | Troitsk | Chelyabinsk | 82,338 | — |
| 198 | Azov | Rostov | 82,133 | — |
| 199 | Kaspiysk | Dagestan | 81,752 | — |
| 200 | Yessentuki | Stavropol | 81,015 | — |
| 201 | Ramenskoye | Moskovskaya Oblast | 81,003 | — |
| 202 | Klin | Moskovskaya Oblast | 80,778 | — |
| 203 | Vorkuta | Komi | 80,039 | — |
| 204 | Kropotkin | Krasnodar | 79,599 | — |
| 205 | Shadrinsk | Kurgan | 79,479 | — |
| 206 | Belovo | Kemerovo | 79,423 | — |
| 207 | Vyborg | Leningrad | 78,633 | — |
| 208 | Reutov | Moskovskaya Oblast | 78,370 | — |
| 209 | Voskresensk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 77,086 | — |
| 210 | Mineralnyye Vody | Stavropol | 76,280 | — |
| 211 | Birobidzhan | Jewish Republic | 76,146 | — |
| 212 | Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy | Rostov | 75,814 | — |
| 213 | Chekhov | Moskovskaya Oblast | 75,643 | — |
| 214 | Asbest | Sverdlovsk | 74,583 | — |
| 215 | Minusinsk | Krasnoyarsk | 72,781 | — |
| 216 | Georgievsk | Stavropol | 72,649 | — |
| 217 | Yelabuga | Tatarstan | 72,643 | — |
| 218 | Naro-Fominsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 72,632 | — |
| 219 | Ordzhonikidzevskaya | Ingushetia | 71,841 | — |
| 220 | Volsk | Saratov | 71,716 | — |
| 221 | Pushkino | Moskovskaya Oblast | 71,652 | — |
| 222 | Chernogorsk | Khakasia | 71,582 | — |
| 223 | Krasnoyarsk-45 | Krasnoyarsk | 71,354 | — |
| 224 | Kopeysk | Chelyabinsk | 70,780 | — |
| 225 | Beloretsk | Bashkortostan | 70,468 | — |
| 226 | Ishimbay | Bashkortostan | 70,421 | — |
| 227 | Chapaevsk | Samara | 70,147 | — |
| 228 | Lysva | Perm | 69,636 | — |
| 229 | Tuymazy | Bashkortostan | 68,829 | — |
| 230 | Borisoglebsk | Voronezh | 68,597 | — |
| 231 | Sosnovyy Bor | Leningrad | 68,563 | — |
| 232 | Dolgoprudnyy | Moskovskaya Oblast | 68,259 | — |
| 233 | Budyonnovsk | Stavropol | 67,962 | — |
| 234 | Ishim | Tyumen | 67,762 | — |
| 235 | Kstovo | Nizhni Novgorod | 67,242 | — |
| 236 | Yegoryyevsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 66,960 | — |
| 237 | Aleksin | Tula | 66,885 | — |
| 238 | Kungur | Perm | 66,389 | — |
| 239 | Klintsy | Bryansk | 66,336 | — |
| 240 | Neryungri | Yakutia | 66,320 | — |
| 241 | Belogorsk | Amur | 66,270 | — |
| 242 | Leninogorsk | Tatarstan | 66,263 | — |
| 243 | Gukovo | Rostov | 66,079 | — |
| 244 | Lesosibirsk | Krasnoyarsk | 65,945 | — |
| 245 | Polevskoy | Sverdlovsk | 65,770 | — |
| 246 | Meleuz | Bashkortostan | 65,362 | — |
| 247 | Kumertau | Bashkortostan | 65,321 | — |
| 248 | Gus-Khrustalnyy | Vladimir | 65,267 | — |
| 249 | Slavyansk-na-Kubani | Krasnodar | 65,196 | — |
| 250 | Tikhoretsk | Krasnodar | 64,387 | — |
| 251 | Rossosh | Voronezh | 64,323 | — |
| 252 | Tuapse | Krasnodar | 64,234 | — |
| 253 | Krasnoturinsk | Sverdlovsk | 64,208 | — |
| 254 | Aleksandrov | Vladimir | 64,088 | — |
| 255 | Pavlovo | Nizhni Novgorod | 63,338 | — |
| 256 | Balakhna | Nizhni Novgorod | 63,083 | — |
| 257 | Artyom | Primorski | 62,887 | — |
| 258 | Qalechykh | Kabardino-Balkaria | 62,831 | — |
| 259 | Buynaksk | Dagestan | 62,689 | — |
| 260 | Belebey | Bashkortostan | 62,582 | — |
| 261 | Chistay | Tatarstan | 62,260 | — |
| 262 | Rzhev | Tver | 62,246 | — |
| 263 | Zarechnyy | Penza | 62,139 | — |
| 264 | Tikhvin | Leningrad | 62,075 | — |
| 265 | Petrodvorets | Saint Petersburg | 61,973 | — |
| 266 | Labinsk | Krasnodar | 61,945 | — |
| 267 | Iskitim | Novosibirsk | 61,827 | — |
| 268 | Revda | Sverdlovsk | 61,785 | — |
| 269 | Lobnya | Moskovskaya Oblast | 61,772 | — |
| 270 | Salsk | Rostov | 61,703 | — |
| 271 | Vyksa | Nizhni Novgorod | 61,664 | — |
| 272 | Arsenyev | Primorski | 61,619 | — |
| 273 | Dmitrov | Moskovskaya Oblast | 61,607 | — |
| 274 | Sibay | Bashkortostan | 61,590 | — |
| 275 | Apatity | Murmansk | 61,186 | — |
| 276 | Novoaltaysk | Altaiski Kray | 61,050 | — |
| 277 | Svobodnyy | Amur | 61,017 | — |
| 278 | Stupino | Moskovskaya Oblast | 60,999 | — |
| 279 | Shuya | Ivanovo | 60,705 | — |
| 280 | Bor | Nizhni Novgorod | 60,647 | — |
| 281 | Dubna | Moskovskaya Oblast | 60,604 | — |
| 282 | Pavlovskiy Posad | Moskovskaya Oblast | 60,051 | — |
| 283 | Mikhaylovka | Volgograd | 59,992 | — |
| 284 | Shchyokino | Tula | 59,807 | — |
| 285 | Mikhaylovsk | Stavropol | 59,198 | — |
| 286 | Kotlas | Arkhangelsk | 59,180 | — |
| 287 | Verkhnyaya Pyshma | Sverdlovsk | 59,061 | — |
| 288 | Talnakh | Krasnoyarsk | 59,051 | — |
| 289 | Solnechnogorsk | Moskovskaya Oblast | 58,891 | — |
| 290 | Ostyako-Vogulʿsk | Khanty-Mansi | 58,728 | — |
| 291 | Volzhsk | Mari El | 58,607 | — |
| 292 | Uzlovaya | Tula | 58,458 | — |
| 293 | Kogalym | Khanty-Mansi | 57,821 | — |
| 294 | Krymsk | Krasnodar | 57,555 | — |
| 295 | Cheremkhovo | Irkutsk | 57,395 | — |
| 296 | Vyazma | Smolensk | 57,192 | — |
| 297 | Roslavl | Smolensk | 56,971 | — |
| 298 | Borovichi | Novgorod | 56,571 | — |
| 299 | Kirishi | Leningrad | 56,190 | — |
| 300 | Georgiu-Dezh | Voronezh | 55,939 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | 10,636,983 |
| 2 | Moskovskaya Oblast | 6,564,006 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 5,191,490 |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 4,561,084 |
| 5 | Sverdlovsk | 4,412,629 |
| 6 | Rostov | 4,397,303 |
| 7 | Bashkortostan | 4,112,208 |
| 8 | Tatarstan | 3,786,330 |
| 9 | Chelyabinsk | 3,577,253 |
| 10 | Nizhni Novgorod | 3,464,526 |
| 11 | Samara | 3,214,700 |
| 12 | Krasnoyarsk | 2,845,899 |
| 13 | Kemerovo | 2,827,246 |
| 14 | Stavropol | 2,784,270 |
| 15 | Dagestan | 2,758,424 |
| 16 | Volgograd | 2,705,207 |
| 17 | Novosibirsk | 2,657,701 |
| 18 | Saratov | 2,648,495 |
| 19 | Perm | 2,616,727 |
| 20 | Altaiski Kray | 2,586,976 |
| 21 | Irkutsk | 2,382,934 |
| 22 | Voronezh | 2,345,910 |
| 23 | Orenburg | 2,167,499 |
| 24 | Omsk | 2,054,238 |
| 25 | Primorski | 2,021,901 |
| 26 | Leningrad | 1,660,796 |
| 27 | Tula | 1,628,465 |
| 28 | Udmurtia | 1,552,897 |
| 29 | Belgorod | 1,531,044 |
| 30 | Vladimir | 1,489,103 |
| 31 | Khanty-Mansi | 1,460,892 |
| 32 | Kirov | 1,457,862 |
| 33 | Penza | 1,433,768 |
| 34 | Tver | 1,424,421 |
| 35 | Khabarovsk Krai | 1,394,490 |
| 36 | Ulyanovsk | 1,370,689 |
| 37 | Bryansk | 1,351,463 |
| 38 | Yaroslavl | 1,338,750 |
| 39 | Tyumen | 1,316,577 |
| 40 | Chuvashia | 1,301,226 |
| 41 | Arkhangelsk | 1,245,685 |
| 42 | Vologda | 1,245,037 |
| 43 | Kursk | 1,207,091 |
| 44 | Lipetsk | 1,202,750 |
| 45 | Ryazan | 1,197,310 |
| 46 | Tambov | 1,143,906 |
| 47 | Ivanovo | 1,109,196 |
| 48 | Chechnya | 1,106,103 |
| 49 | Tomsk | 1,049,069 |
| 50 | Chita | 1,036,179 |
| 51 | Kaluga | 1,030,145 |
| 52 | Smolensk | 1,022,035 |
| 53 | Astrakhan | 1,000,698 |
| 54 | Kurgan | 996,477 |
| 55 | Komi | 968,408 |
| 56 | Kaliningrad | 967,961 |
| 57 | Buryatia | 963,335 |
| 58 | Kabardino-Balkaria | 928,519 |
| 59 | Yakutia | 918,293 |
| 60 | Mordovia | 868,531 |
| 61 | Amur | 868,169 |
| 62 | Orel | 848,808 |
| 63 | Murmansk | 841,894 |
| 64 | Pskov | 739,640 |
| 65 | North Ossetia | 722,902 |
| 66 | Mari El | 719,082 |
| 67 | Kostroma | 717,819 |
| 68 | Karelia | 697,354 |
| 69 | Novgorod | 678,571 |
| 70 | Khakasia | 538,125 |
| 71 | Ingushetia | 515,584 |
| 72 | Sakhalin | 514,554 |
| 73 | Yamalo-Nenets | 508,401 |
| 74 | Adygeya | 447,381 |
| 75 | Karachai-Cherkess Republic | 441,394 |
| 76 | Kamchatka | 314,993 |
| 77 | Tyva | 302,939 |
| 78 | Kalmykia | 284,668 |
| 79 | Altai Republic | 204,064 |
| 80 | Jewish Republic | 184,935 |
| 81 | Magadan | 169,501 |
| 82 | Ust-Ordyn Buryat | 134,367 |
| 83 | Komi-Permyak | 130,759 |
| 84 | Agin-Buryat | 70,821 |
| 85 | Chukotka | 50,133 |
| 86 | Nenets | 38,949 |
| 87 | Taymir | 36,964 |
| 88 | Koryak | 23,513 |
| 89 | Yevenki | 16,507 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.