WHAT THE Fuck is a Yekaterinburg? 4th largest city in Russia? Really?
Surprising how few of the 10 Top Russian cities I've heard of.
Rank
City / Town
Russian
Federal subject
Federal district
Population
Change
2021 estimate[1]
2010 Census[2]
1
Moscow
Москва
Moscow (federal city)[3]
Central
12,655,050
11,503,501
+10.01%
2
Saint Petersburg
Санкт-Петербург
Saint Petersburg (federal city)[4]
Northwest
5,384,342
4,879,566
+10.34%
3
Novosibirsk
Новосибирск
Novosibirsk Oblast
Siberia
1,620,162
1,473,754
+9.93%
4
Yekaterinburg
Екатеринбург
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Ural
1,495,066
1,349,772
+10.76%
5
Kazan
Казань
Republic of Tatarstan
Volga
1,257,341
1,143,535
+9.95%
6
Nizhny Novgorod
Нижний Новгород
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Volga
1,244,254
1,250,619
−0.51%
7
Chelyabinsk
Челябинск
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Ural
1,187,960
1,130,132
+5.12%
8
Samara
Самара
Samara Oblast
Volga
1,144,759
1,164,685
−1.71%
9
Omsk
Омск
Omsk Oblast
Siberia
1,139,897
1,154,119
−1.23%
10
Rostov-on-Don
Ростов-на-Дону
Rostov Oblast
South[5]
1,137,704
1,089,261
+4.45%