List of cities in the world by population with a population of over 4 million as of January 2015. There are 3 cities with a population of more than 20 million people and 16 cities with a population of more than 10 million people. The largest cities are Shanghai (24,150,000), Karachi (23,500,000) and Beijing (21,150,000). There are two Russian cities among the largest cities: Moscow (10th place) and St. Petersburg (43rd place). The table shows the population of cities without taking into account the suburbs.
| # | City | Population (people) | City area (km 2) | Population density (person / km 2) | The country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | 24,150,000 (with rural suburbs) | 6 340,50 | 3 809 | PRC PRC |
| 2 | Karachi | 23 500 000 | 3 527,00 | 6 663 | Pakistan Pakistan |
| 3 | Beijing | 21,516,000 (with rural suburbs) | 16 410,54 | 1 311 | PRC PRC |
| 4 | Delhi | 16 314 838 | 1 484,00 | 7 846 | india india |
| 5 | Lagos | 15 118 780 | 999,58 | 17 068 | Nigeria Nigeria |
| 6 | Istanbul | 13 854 740 | 5 461,00 | 6 467 | Turkey Turkey |
| 7 | Guangzhou | 13 080 500 | 3 843,43 | 3 305 | PRC PRC |
| 8 | Mumbai | 12 478 447 | 603,40 | 20 680 | india india |
| 9 | Tokyo | 13 370 198 | 622,99 | 14 562 | japan japan |
| 10 | Moscow | 12 197 596 | 2 561,50 | 4 814 | Russia, Russia |
| 11 | Dhaka | 12 043 977 | 815,80 | 14 763 | Bangladesh Bangladesh |
| 12 | Cairo | 11 922 949 | 3 085,10 | 3 864 | Egypt Egypt |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 11 895 893 | 1 521,11 | 7 762 | Brazil Brazil |
| 14 | Lahore | 11 318 745 | 1 772,00 | 3 566 | Pakistan Pakistan |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 10 467 400 | 1 991,64 | 5 255 | PRC PRC |
| 16 | Seoul | 10 388 055 | 605,21 | 17 164 | The Republic of Korea The Republic of Korea |
| 17 | Jakarta | 9 988 329 | 664,12 | 15 040 | Indonesia Indonesia |
| 18 | Kinshasa | 9 735 000 | 1 117,62 | 8 710 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 19 | Tianjin | 9 341 844 | 4 037,00 | 2 314 | PRC PRC |
| 20 | mexico city | 8 874 724 | 1 485,49 | 5 974 | Mexico Mexico |
| 21 | Lima | 8 693 387 | 2 672,30 | 3 253 | Peru Peru |
| 22 | Bangalore | 8 425 970 | 709,50 | 11 876 | india india |
| 23 | London | 8 416 535 | 1 572,15 | 5 354 | UK UK |
| 24 | New York | 8 405 837 | 783,84 | 10 724 | USA USA |
| 25 | Bangkok | 8 280 925 | 1 568,74 | 5 280 | Thailand Thailand |
| 26 | dongguan | 8 220 207 | 2 469,40 | 3 329 | PRC PRC |
| 27 | Tehran | 8 154 051 | 686,00 | 11 886 | Iran Iran |
| 28 | Ahmedabad | 8 029 975 | 475,00 | 11 727 | india india |
| 29 | Bogota | 7 776 845 | 859,11 | 9 052 | Colombia Colombia |
| 30 | Ho Chi Minh City | 7 681 700 | 2 095,60 | 3 667 | vietnam vietnam |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 7 219 700 | 1 104,43 | 6 537 | PRC PRC |
| 32 | Baghdad | 7 180 889 | 4 555,00 | 1 577 | Iraq Iraq |
| 33 | Wuhan | 6 886 253 | 1 327,61 | 5 187 | PRC PRC |
| 34 | Hyderabad | 6 809 970 | 621,48 | 10 958 | india india |
| 35 | Hanoi | 6 844 100 | 3 323,60 | 2 059 | vietnam vietnam |
| 36 | Luanda | 6 542 944 | 2 257,00 | 2 899 | angola angola |
| 37 | Rio de Janeiro | 6 429 923 | 1 200,27 | 5 357 | Brazil Brazil |
| 38 | Foshan | 6 151 622 | 2 034,62 | 3 023 | PRC PRC |
| 39 | Santiago | 5 743 719 | 1 249,90 | 4 595 | Chile Chile |
| 40 | Riyadh | 5 676 621 | 1 233,98 | 4 600 | Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia |
| 41 | Singapore | 5 399 200 | 712,40 | 7 579 | Singapore Singapore |
| 42 | Shantou | 5 391 028 | 2 064,42 | 2 611 | PRC PRC |
| 43 | St. Petersburg | 5 225 690 | 1 439,00 | 3 631 | Russia, Russia |
| 44 | Pune | 5 049 968 | 450,69 | 6 913 | india india |
| 45 | Ankara | 5 045 083 | 1 910,92 | 2 282 | Turkey Turkey |
| 46 | chennai | 4 792 949 | 426,51 | 21 057 | india india |
| 47 | Abidjan | 4 765 000 | 2 119,00 | 2 249 | Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire |
| 48 | Chengdu | 4 741 929 | 421,00 | 11 260 | PRC PRC |
| 49 | Yangon | 4 714 000 | 598,75 | 7 873 | Myanmar Myanmar |
| 50 | Alexandria | 4 616 625 | 2 300,00 | 2 007 | Egypt Egypt |
| 51 | chongqing | 4 513 137 | 1 435,07 | 3 145 | PRC PRC |
| 52 | Calcutta | 4 486 679 | 200,70 | 24 252 | india india |
| 53 | Xi'an | 4 467 837 | 832,17 | 5 388 | PRC Links
An excerpt characterizing the List of cities in the world by populationNapoleon enters Moscow after a brilliant victory de la Moskowa; there can be no doubt about victory, since the battlefield remains with the French. The Russians retreat and give up the capital. Moscow, filled with provisions, weapons, shells and untold riches, is in the hands of Napoleon. The Russian army, twice as weak as the French, does not make a single attempt to attack for a month. Napoleon's position is the most brilliant. In order to fall on the remnants of the Russian army with double strength and exterminate it, in order to negotiate a favorable peace or, in case of refusal, to make a threatening movement on Petersburg, in order even, in case of failure, to return to Smolensk or Vilna , or stay in Moscow - in order, in a word, to keep the brilliant position in which the French army was at that time, it would seem that no special genius is needed. To do this, it was necessary to do the simplest and easiest thing: to prevent the troops from plundering, to prepare winter clothes, which would be enough in Moscow for the entire army, and to correctly collect provisions for the entire army that were in Moscow for more than six months (according to French historians). Napoleon, the most brilliant of geniuses and having the power to direct the army, historians say, did nothing of the sort.Not only did he not do any of this, but, on the contrary, he used his power to choose from all the paths of activity presented to him that which was the most stupid and pernicious of all. Of all that Napoleon could do: spend the winter in Moscow, go to St. Petersburg, go to Nizhny Novgorod, go back, north or south, the way that Kutuzov went later - well, whatever you think up is more stupid and more pernicious than what he did Napoleon, that is, to remain in Moscow until October, leaving the troops to plunder the city, then, hesitating whether to leave or not to leave the garrison, leave Moscow, approach Kutuzov, do not start fighting, go to the right, reach Maly Yaroslavets, again without experiencing the chance to break through , to go not along the road along which Kutuzov went, but to go back to Mozhaisk and along the devastated Smolensk road - nothing could be more stupid than this, more detrimental to the army, as the consequences showed. Let the most skillful strategists come up with, imagining that Napoleon's goal was to destroy his army, come up with another series of actions that would, with the same certainty and independence from everything that the Russian troops undertake, would completely destroy the whole French army, like what Napoleon did. The brilliant Napoleon did it. But to say that Napoleon destroyed his army because he wanted it, or because he was very stupid, would be just as unfair as to say that Napoleon brought his troops to Moscow because he wanted it, and because that he was very smart and brilliant. In both cases, his personal activity, which had no more power than the personal activity of each soldier, only coincided with the laws according to which the phenomenon took place. Quite falsely (only because the consequences did not justify the activities of Napoleon) historians present to us the strength of Napoleon weakened in Moscow. He, just as before, as after, in the 13th year, used all his skill and strength to do the best for himself and his army. Napoleon's activity during this time is no less amazing than in Egypt, in Italy, in Austria and in Prussia. We do not know correctly about the extent to which the genius of Napoleon was real in Egypt, where forty centuries looked at his greatness, because all these great feats are described to us only by the French. We cannot correctly judge his genius in Austria and Prussia, since information about his activities there must be drawn from French and German sources; and the incomprehensible surrender of corps without battles and fortresses without siege should incline the Germans to recognize genius as the only explanation for the war that was waged in Germany. But there is no reason for us to recognize his genius in order to hide our shame, thank God. We have paid to have the right to simply and directly look at the matter, and we will not cede this right. His activity in Moscow is as amazing and ingenious as elsewhere. Orders after orders and plans after plans come from him from the moment he enters Moscow until he leaves it. The absence of residents and deputations, and the fire of Moscow itself, do not bother him. He does not lose sight of either the good of his army, or the actions of the enemy, or the good of the peoples of Russia, or the administration of the valleys of Paris, or diplomatic considerations about the forthcoming conditions of peace. In military terms, immediately after entering Moscow, Napoleon strictly orders General Sebastiani to follow the movements of the Russian army, sends corps along different roads, and orders Murat to find Kutuzov. Then he diligently orders the strengthening of the Kremlin; then he makes an ingenious plan for a future campaign across the entire map of Russia. In terms of diplomacy, Napoleon calls to himself the robbed and ragged captain Yakovlev, who does not know how to get out of Moscow, sets out to him in detail all his policy and his generosity and, writing a letter to Emperor Alexander, in which he considers it his duty to inform his friend and brother that Rostopchin badly ordered in Moscow, he sends Yakovlev to Petersburg. Having set out in the same detail his views and generosity before Tutolmin, he sends this old man to St. Petersburg for negotiations. |
In Russia today there are about a thousand cities. All of them radically differ in area and in the number of residents.
The smallest city is Chekalin. It is located in the Suvorovsky district of the Tula region and has been known only since the end of the 19th century, but is, nevertheless, one of the historical cities of Russia. Interestingly, before the revolution in the city of Likhvin, Kaluga province (that was the name of the city until 1944, which received its name in honor of the partisan Alexander Chekalin), there were about 1,700 people.
According to the 2010 census, only 994 people live in the city. Despite such a number of indigenous people, the settlement still holds the name of the city. The status of the city was preserved due to the fact that during the reporting activities on the liquidation of small towns, a sheet with cities that begin with the letters Ch, Sh and Shch was lost.
More than 15 million people live in Moscow. Such a number, by the way, is typical for such a not so small country as Kazakhstan. According to experts, at the same time, only about 10 million people have a residence permit in the capital, another million live with temporary registration. The rest are registered foreigners, visitors (migrant workers, guest workers, students) and illegal immigrants. The influx of people to Moscow is constantly observed, mainly residents of other regions come to the capital - Russians, and residents of other countries, come here in search of work. It is worth noting that still more than 90 percent of the population of Moscow are Russians.
The number of people living in other cities of Russia, which can be called large, ranges from 1-1.5 million people.
It is worth noting that Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Volgograd, Samara and Kazan were among the million-plus cities. More recently, Perm was in the ranking, however, the city has lost the honorary title of a millionaire. Its place was empty for a relatively short time, Krasnoyarsk became a city with a million inhabitants.
Scattered across different parts of a large country. Million-plus cities are the center of attraction for millions of tourists from all over the world, migrants, students and workers. Population statistics are compiled from the annual census of the population by the bodies of Rosstat.
It should be noted that only citizens who permanently reside in the territory of a particular city are indicated in the population. The following are the largest cities in Russia by population.
1 Moscow
Moscow is the largest city in Russia both in terms of population and area. A population of 12,330,126 inhabits both sides of the city's waterway - the Moscow River.
The capital of the state - Moscow - is the most multinational city in Russia: migrants, students, workers and tourists come here from all over the country.
Petrograd, aka Leningrad or Peter in short, is located along the sovereign course of the Neva River and its coastal granite. Many poems have been composed about the beautiful city located between Ladoga and the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, which is near the Baltic Sea. This big city is shrouded in secrets and legends. Walking along its streets, you walk along the streets of Dostoevsky, Gogol or Tsvetaeva.
The population of St. Petersburg is 5,225,690 people with a population density of 3631 people. per square kilometer with a total city area of 1439 sq. km.
The city was awarded the last place in the top three most populated cities in Russia. It is the center of Siberian industry and trade, research and educational activities, cultural, business and tourism areas of the district. The Siberian capital is home to 1,584,138 people, while the area of the city is only 505 sq. km.
Novosibirsk is a large city with a very developed infrastructure and economy, and it is a point of attraction for migrants from nearby cities, regions, republics and even neighboring states.
Yekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk, ranks 4th among Russian cities with a population of over a million people (1,444,439 people with a total city area of 1,142 square kilometers).
The Trans-Siberian Railway and six major highways pass through this huge transport and sorting center, which occupies a huge niche in Russia's logistics.
Yekaterinburg is an industrial city with a developed industry in various fields, from optical and mechanical to light and food industries.
Gorky until 1990, or "Nizhny" in the common people, a million-plus city and an auto giant in the Volga Federal District. Founded in the time of Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, Nizhny Novgorod, spread across both sides of the Oka River, today has a population of 1,266,871 and is the fifth largest city in Russia.
The area of the city is only 410 km², but a large seaport, the largest automobile plant in Russia, a concern engaged in the manufacture and production of military equipment, an aircraft plant and a shipbuilding are concentrated here.
In addition to the development in the industry, Nizhny Novgorod is famous for its Kremlin and extraordinary architecture. This is a wonderful city for tourism. Even the most sophisticated traveler will be delighted with the beauties of Nizhny Novgorod.
The area of the city is 425 square kilometers with a population of 1,216,965 people and a population density of 2,863 people per square kilometer.
The capital of Tatarstan has its own Kremlin and a rather rich architectural heritage, which encourages Russians and foreign residents to tourism.
Kazan is not just a beautiful and big city, but also a center of international trade and economy, education, tourism with an interesting historical past.
The population of Chelyabinsk is 1,191,994 people per 530 square kilometers, which is 2,379 people per square kilometer in terms of density.
The “Severe City”, as it is jokingly called, has a lot of funny stories and facts: the meteorological hyperion brick, Kaganovichgrad, the forest in the city center, the Chelyabinsk meteorite, Stalin in the Chelyabinsk prison… Interested? Then it's time to go to Chelyabinsk with a tour - one of the largest cities in Russia!
Omsk is also a significant city for tourists: the Assumption Cathedral for foreigners is included in the list of "the main attractions in the world", and the Okunevskoe sanctuary is included in the list of holy places of world importance by the Vatican.
The population of the administrative center-capital of the Omsk region is 1,178,079, while the area of Omsk is only 572.9 sq. km.
Most of the Russian population is concentrated in cities. In total, there are more than 1,100 thousand of them with official status. But only 160 of them have a population of more than 100,000 people. And a tenth of them - 15 pieces - are millionaires, that is, they are home to more than one, but less than two million people. The two capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg - are multi-million cities, that is, they are home to more than two million people. But not only these, but also other largest cities in Russia deserve a special story.
Moscow is the capital of Russia, today and in some other periods of the country's history. It is the largest settlement in the world and one of the largest in the world. Now about 12 million people live in it, and the total agglomeration, taking into account the suburbs, is even more - 15 million people. The total area is about 250 square kilometers. This means that the population density is 4823 people per square kilometer. It is difficult to say when this city was founded, but the first mention of it dates back to the beginning of the 12th century.
Moscow is a multinational city. Only about 90% of its population, according to official figures, are Russians. About 1.5% are Ukrainians, the same number are Tatars, slightly less than Armenians. Half a percent - Belarusians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians. Dozens more nationalities have smaller diasporas. And although representatives of various nationalities do not always get along peacefully, Moscow has become a real home for millions of people.
St. Petersburg is often called the second capital of Russia, the northern or cultural capital, and so on. He also has many beautiful epithet names - northern Palmyra, northern Venice. And although the population of this city is significantly inferior to Moscow (5 million against 12), as well as age (3 centuries against 9), in terms of glory and significance for the country, St. Petersburg is in no way inferior to it. It is also inferior in terms of area, population density and many other parameters. But on the other hand, St. Petersburg is one of the "longest cities" - it "hugs" the Gulf of Finland.
It should be noted that St. Petersburg is unique in many respects. Of all the non-capital cities, it has the second largest population. During the years that this city was the capital of the empire, it became the most important for world culture. The Hermitage, the Russian Museum, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Peterhof, the Kunstkamera are only a small part of its attractions.
The list of the largest settlements in the country continues with Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the Siberian Federal District, the most populated city in the northern part of the country. It is also a business, commercial, industrial, cultural and scientific center not only in Siberia, but throughout Russia.
Novosibirsk is a millionaire, but much fewer people live in it than in the previous two cities - “only” a little more than one and a half million. At the same time, it should be taken into account that Novosibirsk was founded relatively recently - in 1893. This city is distinguished from others by a rather harsh climate with sharp transitions. In winter, temperatures can reach 50 degrees, while in summer, sometimes the bars rise to 35 degrees. The total temperature difference throughout the year can reach a record 88 degrees.
Yekaterinburg is considered not only one of the largest cities in the country, but also one of the most comfortable and comfortable for life. It is the center of the Ural Federal District and is often called the capital of the Urals.
Ekaterinburg can be attributed to the ancient cities of the country. After all, it was founded in 1723 and received a name in honor of Empress Catherine the First. In Soviet times, it was renamed Sverdlovsk, but in 1991 it returned its name.
This is the case when Veliky Novgorod, older and titled, is significantly inferior to its younger namesake - Nizhny Novgorod. Residents of Russia often call him simply Lower, for brevity and not to be confused with the Great.
The city was founded in 1221 and during this time has become the administrative center of the Nizhny Novgorod Federal District, a major economic, industrial and cultural center with a population of 1,200 thousand people.
Kazan is the sixth city in the ranking in terms of population, but in many ways it surpasses even larger settlements. Not without reason, it is called the third capital of Russia and even officially registered this brand. She also has several unofficial titles, for example, "The capital of all the Tatars of the world" or "the capital of Russian federalism."
This city with more than a thousand years of history was founded in 1005 and recently celebrated such a major anniversary. Interestingly, the decline in population, which affected almost all cities, even many millionaires, did not affect Kazan, and it continues to increase its population. The national composition is also remarkable - almost equally Russians and Tatars, approximately 48% each, as well as a few Chuvashs, Ukrainians and Maris.
Many people know this city from the song "Ah, Samara-town". But they forget that in terms of size, this "town" ranks seventh in terms of population. If we talk about the agglomeration, then it is much larger than that of many other cities, and has 2.5 million inhabitants, which is the third largest in the country, after Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Samara was founded in 1586 as a guard fortress by decree of Tsar Fedor. The location of the city turned out to be successful, and the city grew every year. In the Soviet years, it was renamed Kuibyshev, but then returned to its original name.
The internet is full of jokes about the toughest city in the country. A new round was opened by the fall of a meteorite, which occurred just in its center. But not everyone knows that this city is the most compact metropolis in the country, one of the leading metallurgical centers, a city with excellent roads. In addition, it is in the TOP-15 cities of Russia in terms of living standards, TOP-20 in terms of environmental development, TOP-5 in terms of the number of new buildings put into operation. It even ranks first in terms of housing affordability. And all this concerns the "harsh" Chelyabinsk.
It is worth noting that the city continues to develop. Until recently, it was ranked ninth in the ranking, and now it has risen to eighth with a population of 1,170 thousand people. Its national composition is quite diverse. Most - 86% are Russians, another 5% - Tatars, 3% - Bashkirs, 1.5 - Ukrainians, 0.6% - Germans, and so on.
Omsk is the ninth most populated city in the Russian Federation, but it has not always been this way. When the small fortress was founded in 1716, only a few thousand people lived in it. But now there are more than 1,166 thousand of them. But, unlike many other millionaire cities, the Omsk agglomeration is extremely small - only about 20 thousand.
Like many other cities in Russia, representatives of various nationalities live in this city. Most of all, of course, Russians - 89%, another 3.5 - Kazakhs, 2% each - Ukrainians and Tatars, 1.5% - Germans.
Rostov-on-Don, like Nizhny Novgorod, which we talked about above, has its own "namesake" - Veliky Rostov. But Veliky is significantly inferior to it in size: Rostov-on-Don, albeit the last number, is included in the TOP-10 largest cities in Russia, while Veliky has only about 30 thousand inhabitants, although it is several times older.
Now you know which is the largest city in Russia, where it is located and how many people live in it. But in addition to the ten listed in the country, there are five more millionaires: Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Vladimir and Voronezh. The rest are trying very hard to enter this prestigious list, and some may soon succeed.
Today, megacities are growing by leaps and bounds, attracting people from surrounding settlements. Most have already moved to the cities, and the villages continue to empty. But where are the largest cities of Russia located, and most importantly, how many people live in them? Let's try to figure it out.
The first place is quite logical and predictable - Moscow. The capital of our vast country in itself is not too small, and although they say that it is not rubber, in fact it stretches to the envy of any rubber. Now it is home to more than 12 million people. This is according to official data. The unofficial data is even more impressive.
The national composition is quite diverse. The basis is Russians - almost 92%, 1.4% Ukrainians, they have the largest national community, almost the same number - Tatars, 1.38%, less than 1% Armenians, half a percent of Armenians and Jews, 0.36 each - Belarusians and Georgians. But, again, this is official data.
The second place is also quite predictable - St. Petersburg, the northern or cultural capital. Unlike Moscow, it has a much smaller population - "only" 5,200,000 people. And this is on an area of 1439 square kilometers. As a result, it turns out that 3566 people are constantly on one kilometer. The national composition is practically the same as in Moscow.
There are many differences between St. Petersburg and Moscow, but one of the main ones is age. Moscow grew gradually, finally reaching such proportions. St. Petersburg appeared with a wave of the hand of Peter the Great. As a city, it is very young, a little over three centuries old. Perhaps, over time, he will still catch up with Moscow.
Novosibirsk is considered the northernmost million-plus city, because it is home to 1,500,000 people. This makes it the largest city in Siberia and the third in Russia. It is worth noting that about 500,000 more live in the nearby neighborhoods, creating a total two-million-strong agglomeration.
Despite the fact that the climate in Novosibirsk is very harsh, the city has won the title of one of the most comfortable for living. It is a business, trade, transport, scientific and industrial center of a vast region, but at the same time it has a developed infrastructure designed for the convenience of residents. All this allowed the city to bear the proud title of the capital of Siberia.
The list of millionaires continues Yekaterinburg. 1396 people live in this city. It should be noted that Yekaterinburg has a fairly large number of satellite cities, and the total size of the agglomeration is more than 2,200,000 people.
By the way, like St. Petersburg, this city appeared by decree of Peter the Great. Yekaterinburg also has the unofficial title of the capital, but this time the capital of the Urals.
Like many major cities, Nizhny Novgorod has a long history. The first mention of it appeared in 1221. It is difficult to compare its size then and today, for example, even at the beginning of the 19th century a little more than 14,000 people lived in Nizhny Novgorod. But by our age, its population has increased tenfold, and now it is 1,272,000 people.
Like many cities on this list, Nizhny Novgorod is a vast metropolitan area with a population of over 2,020,000 people. Actually. 60% of the entire Novgorod region live in it. At the same time, Novgorod has a serious problem - a rapid decline in population. Partly it is explained by natural processes, partly by the outflow of young people to nearby Moscow.
Kazan is not just a large city, it is the capital of one of the republics of Russia, Tatarstan. And again, it has a name with the word capital, this time "the third capital", which has even become an official brand. There are others, unofficial, "the capital of all the Tatars of the world", "the capital of Russian federalism".
The population of this capital allowed the city to get an honorable sixth place in our ranking, because it is home to 1,190,000 people. The agglomeration, in comparison with others, is quite small - a little more than 1,500,000 people.
Kazan has recently turned 1000 years old, and this is clearly reflected in its appearance, and most importantly - the composition of the population. Representatives of more than 115 nationalities live in the city, which makes it one of the most multinational cities in Russia.
This city is unique in its own way, it is home to 1,171,000 people, which makes it the seventh of all settlements in Russia. But, at the same time, it has one of the largest agglomerations, more than 2,500,000 people - the third largest after Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Samara is the largest city in the Volga region. On the one hand, this is good, the central location contributes to the establishment of business and trade relations. At the same time, proximity to other, larger cities causes many young residents to leave.
One of the interesting features of this city is its multinationality. Russians live in it, and there are only 88.8% of them, Kazakhs, Ukrainians, Tatars, Germans. In total, 56 national-cultural organizations are registered.
The ninth city on the list is Chelyabinsk, famous for its large metallurgical plant, the comedy show Our Russia and the meteorite. 1,169,000 people live in this "harsh" place.
Moreover, like Omsk, it has become a hometown for many nationalities. Only 86.5% are Russians, 5% Tatars, 3.1% Bashkirs, 1.4% Ukrainians, and this can go on for a long time.
Closes our list of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the Southern Federal District. It is home to 1,109,000 people. The agglomeration is almost twice as large - 2.5 million people. Another multinational city in which Russians, although they make up the majority, 90.6%, are also many other nationalities.
This is the ten largest cities in Russia. But the list could go on for a very, very long time. There are many settlements in our country, and only 15 of them are millionaires. The second ten are Ufa, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Perm and Voronezh. Perhaps someday they will become larger and take a place in this list. In the meantime, the list looks like this and is not going to change.
