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Russia is the largest country in the world, that covers more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people.
More than thousand cities are located on the territory of Russian Federation. Russia has over 1,000 major cities, with 11 having population of more than one million. The most populated cities are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Kazan and Yekaterinburg.
Moscow, the capital, with over 12 million residents, is the country's major economic and political center - the seat of the President, the government and the State Duma.
Russian million-plus cities are the main centers of social and economic development attracting human, labor, industrial and economic resources. Since Soviet times cities having population of more than one million were necessarily included in the sate plan of metro construction and other standardly distributed resources and public benefits. They attract investment, are major trade and service markets According to statistic research made in 2009 Russia numbers 11 million-plus cities.
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| 1 | Moscow | 10 508 971 |
| 2 | St-Petersburg | 4 581 854 |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 1 397 191 |
| 4 | Yekaterinburg | 1 332 264 |
| 5 | Nizhnij Novgorod | 1 272 527 |
| 6 | Samara | 1 134 716 |
| 7 | Kazan | 1 130 717 |
| 8 | Omsk | 1 129 120 |
| 9 | Chelyabinsk | 1 093 699 |
| 10 | Rostov-on-Don | 1 048 991 |
| 11 | Ufa | 1 024 842 |
Other major Russian cities have population of over 700 thousand people but less then a million, They are Perm, Tolyatti, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Saratov, Voronezh, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnodar
Date back to the times of Kievan Rus the population of Rus major cities (Kiev, Novgorod, Chernigov, Vladimir), did not exceed 100 thousand people. The urban population was comparatively small due to high natural increase of rural population The situation changed in the middle of the 19th century after the the abolition of serfage , industry , transport and trade development as well as mass migrations to cities.
Russia's cities and towns all have their own personalities and attractions. While major megapolices amaze with the world class tourist attractions and variety of amusements, old Russian cities like Vladimir, Kostroma, Murom, Nizhnij Novgorod, Rostov, Pereyaslavl Zalesskij, Ryazan, Suzdal, Yaroslavl and other cities of the Golden Ring of Russia enchant with their more then 1000 years history and disappeared ancient Russian cities like Kleschin, Tihoml, Mologa, Korcheva, Vshchizh, Mstislavl, Radonezh intrigue with their mysterious artifacts.
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Russia city maps. - Printable map of Russia and Russian cities makes .
Old Russian cities photo album
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