Russian Federation - the largest country.It has more than 1000 cities and nearly 150 million people residing in the country.Research Center conducted some work and have calculated the largest cities in Russia (the list is relevant to 2014).
top five leaders in terms of population
first place, of course, took Moscow.It is the capital of the Russian Empire.It is home to about 15 million people.In the city well-developed transport logistics, tourism, industry, and other fields of activity.Moscow is the leader among the largest cities in the world.
second place - St. Petersburg, he is regarded as the cultural capital of Russia.Population - 5 million people.
Novosibirsk is located on the third position.Behind the scenes it is the capital of Siberia, which clearly shows the map of Russia.Major cities are always well developed both industrial and cultural.So many people throw towns and villages, giving preference centers.According to the results of the last census, in Novosibirsk population of about 1.5 million people.
next stage takes Yekaterinburg.It is located in the heart of the Urals with a well-developed cultural, administrative and scientific spheres.The number of permanent residents of about 1.3 million.
Fifth place - Nizhny Novgorod.It is highly developed aviation, shipping and automotive industries.It is situated not far from Moscow (400 km), the population of 1.2 million people.
List of cities, the final top ten
sixth place in the list took the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan.The number of people living in it is almost equal to the Nizhny Novgorod.Next comes Samara.This city is located on the Volga River, it is the administrative center.Population - 1.16 million. Omsk is the seventh, before it was the capital of Russia.Samara is second in number only in the tens of thousands of people.Chelyabinsk has a population of 1.15 million is located on the ninth position.It is fairly well developed industry, allowing the city to develop and provide jobs.And the last tenth place - Rostov-on-Don.It can safely be called the most important transportation hub, as the area is located on the border with Ukraine and is the connecting center of the two states.
All these administrative centers are in the top 10 largest cities in Russia.These data are valid and confirmed by many research centers.
However, it is worth noting that there is another list, which is located in the city, depending on their size, and it is significantly different from the above.
TOP cities Russian area: the first five places
Many people mistakenly believe that Moscow is the largest city in both population and area.However, this is not so.Interesting fact that the city did not even have a regional significance, are much larger.This is mainly industrial centers, most of which takes deposits of natural resources.
So, Russia's largest cities by area:
- first place, oddly enough, took a little-known city Polar.It is located in the Murmansk region.The population of a small record - 20 thousand. Man, but an area of almost 5 thousand sq. M.km.
- next city - Norilsk.Most of it - it's ore deposits, but they fully belong to the city.Therefore, its total area - 4.5 thousand sq. M.km.
- third position Sochi.It is located on the Black Sea coast.It has some pretty big centers.Its area - 3.6 thousand sq. M.km.
- Moscow is in fourth place.Its overall dimensions - 2,5 thousand sq. M.km.However, it is worth noting that recently the Moscow area according to official data was much less.It was only after joining the territory of Moscow formed such figures.
- The top five leaders, of course, the cultural capital of Russia - St. Petersburg.Its area - about 1.5 thousand sq. M.km.
However, in order to set out the information to fully disclose all the superiority of the cities considered in detail the largest of them.
Moscow - the capital of the Russian Federation
Moscow occupies the leading place of honor in the list of "major Russian cities in terms of population."And we can say that it is well deserved.Only officially registered nearly 13 million people.However, as we all know, in Moscow, a large percentage of the population gathers to work in other countries.And it's worth noting that not all of them have official-looking documents.Therefore, the exact amount of the capital's residents can only guess.
Cultural Center of Russia - St. Petersburg
beautiful city of St. Petersburg is a leader in the official list of "major cities of Russia."Of course, in comparison with Moscow numbers vary considerably.However, the population density is not so small: for 1 sq.m of 3.5 thousand. people.The city is home to many immigrants, as a rule, representatives of other countries, so most of them do not have official documents.It so happened that the CIS countries economically developed worse than Russia.This is what leads to mass migration.
Pride Siberia - Novosibirsk
Despite the harsh climate, which at first glance not very priglyadny, Novosibirsk, being the northernmost city of the Siberian region, quite densely populated.Its population exceeds 1.5 million people, that is what allows him to be in the top five in the list of "major cities of Russia."It is quite well developed.There is a huge scientific, commercial and cultural centers.Also, the level of infrastructure put into a decent level.Due to this development is the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk.
Yekaterinburg - the pearl of the Urals
Yekaterinburg is the Urals region.Its population is 1.2 million people, which gives him the right to go to the top "major Russian cities."History of Yekaterinburg leads to Peter the Great.It was under his direction began to build the city.Currently, it is unofficially considered the capital of the Ural region.It is worth noting the fact that the surrounding cities of Yekaterinburg has accumulated a lot of satellites.On this basis, taking into account the number of residents of these settlements is significantly increased, reaching 2.2 million people.
Nizhny Novgorod
list of "major cities of Russia" top five closes Nizhny Novgorod.It is located at the confluence of two great rivers: the Volga and Oka.Because of this the city is widely supplied to shipbuilding, as well as the aviation and automotive industries.Economic development contributed to the growth of the total population, at present it is 1.27 million people.Recently, however, official data show a sharp decline in steel.This is mainly due to the fairly close proximity to Moscow.Youth in the race for the prestigious and well-paid jobs tend to go to the capital.
The data used in this article are relevant for 2014.However, in 2015 they could change dramatically due to the strong increased migration from Ukraine.Russian cities have taken a large number of refugees, therefore, to hold credible estimates are currently not yet possible.
