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Browse cities in Russia and open one complete guide for each place. The guide leads with living pros and cons, then includes useful visiting information such as attractions, access, trip conditions and short-stay practicality where data is available.

Russia678 citiesOne complete guide per city.

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Largest city listedMoscow

17.3 million population.

Regions represented82

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Saint PetersburgSankt-Peterburg · 5.6 million · Large city (3M-10M)
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NovosibirskNovosibirskaya Oblast’ · 1.6 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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YekaterinburgSverdlovskaya Oblast’ · 1.5 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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Nizhniy NovgorodNizhegorodskaya Oblast’ · 1.2 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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ChelyabinskChelyabinskaya Oblast’ · 1.2 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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KrasnodarKrasnodarskiy Kray · 1.2 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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SamaraSamarskaya Oblast’ · 1.2 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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RostovRostovskaya Oblast’ · 1.1 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarskiy Kray · 1.1 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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VoronezhVoronezhskaya Oblast’ · 1 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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VolgogradVolgogradskaya Oblast’ · 1 million · Major city (1M-3M)
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TyumenTyumenskaya Oblast’ · 872,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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SaratovSaratovskaya Oblast’ · 838,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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TolyattiSamarskaya Oblast’ · 663,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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BarnaulAltayskiy Kray · 622,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KhabarovskKhabarovskiy Kray · 616,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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UlyanovskUl’yanovskaya Oblast’ · 613,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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IrkutskIrkutskaya Oblast’ · 606,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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VladivostokPrimorskiy Kray · 592,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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YaroslavlYaroslavskaya Oblast’ · 567,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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Naberezhnyye ChelnyTatarstan · 548,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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TomskTomskaya Oblast’ · 545,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KemerovoKemerovskaya Oblast’ · 543,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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OrenburgOrenburgskaya Oblast’ · 537,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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BalashikhaMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 530,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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NovokuznetskKemerovskaya Oblast’ · 529,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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RyazanRyazanskaya Oblast’ · 519,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KaliningradKaliningradskaya Oblast’ · 489,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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PenzaPenzenskaya Oblast’ · 488,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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LipetskLipetskaya Oblast’ · 483,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KirovKirovskaya Oblast’ · 476,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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TulaTul’skaya Oblast’ · 467,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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AstrakhanAstrakhanskaya Oblast’ · 466,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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StavropolStavropol’skiy Kray · 451,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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SochiKrasnodarskiy Kray · 445,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KurskKurskaya Oblast’ · 435,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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SurgutKhanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug-Yugra · 420,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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TverTverskaya Oblast’ · 413,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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MagnitogorskChelyabinskaya Oblast’ · 408,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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BryanskBryanskaya Oblast’ · 373,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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IvanovoIvanovskaya Oblast’ · 362,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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VladimirVladimirskaya Oblast’ · 342,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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ChitaZabaykal’skiy Kray · 337,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KalugaKaluzhskaya Oblast’ · 332,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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Nizhniy TagilSverdlovskaya Oblast’ · 328,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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BelgorodBelgorodskaya Oblast’ · 322,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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VolzhskiyVolgogradskaya Oblast’ · 313,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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PodolskMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 313,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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YakutskSakha (Yakutiya) · 312,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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VologdaVologodskaya Oblast’ · 311,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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SmolenskSmolenskaya Oblast’ · 310,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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OrelOrlovskaya Oblast’ · 304,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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VladikavkazNorth Ossetia · 304,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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KurganKurganskaya Oblast’ · 301,000 · Mid-sized city (300K-1M)
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CherepovetsVologodskaya Oblast’ · 298,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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ArkhangelskArkhangel’skaya Oblast’ · 295,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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NizhnevartovskKhanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug-Yugra · 283,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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SterlitamakBashkortostan · 277,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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MytishchiMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 275,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KostromaKostromskaya Oblast’ · 267,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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MurmanskMurmanskaya Oblast’ · 264,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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NovorossiyskKrasnodarskiy Kray · 262,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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EngelsSaratovskaya Oblast’ · 259,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KhimkiMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 257,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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TambovTambovskaya Oblast’ · 255,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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NalchikKabardino-Balkariya · 246,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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TaganrogRostovskaya Oblast’ · 240,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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BlagoveshchenskAmurskaya Oblast’ · 240,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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LyubertsyMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 236,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Komsomol'sk-na-AmureKhabarovskiy Kray · 234,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KorolevMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 226,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Velikiy NovgorodNovgorodskaya Oblast’ · 223,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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BratskIrkutskaya Oblast’ · 219,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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ShakhtyRostovskaya Oblast’ · 219,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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AngarskIrkutskaya Oblast’ · 217,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Staryy OskolBelgorodskaya Oblast’ · 216,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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DzerzhinskNizhegorodskaya Oblast’ · 213,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KrasnogorskMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 193,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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PskovPskovskaya Oblast’ · 185,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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OrskOrenburgskaya Oblast’ · 185,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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ArmavirKrasnodarskiy Kray · 185,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Yuzhno-SakhalinskSakhalinskaya Oblast’ · 182,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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BalakovoSaratovskaya Oblast’ · 181,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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UssuriyskPrimorskiy Kray · 179,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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NorilskKrasnoyarskiy Kray · 176,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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ProkopyevskKemerovskaya Oblast’ · 170,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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RybinskYaroslavskaya Oblast’ · 170,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyKamchatskiy Kray · 163,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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VolgodonskRostovskaya Oblast’ · 163,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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NovocherkasskRostovskaya Oblast’ · 161,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Kamensk-Ural'skiySverdlovskaya Oblast’ · 160,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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SyzranSamarskaya Oblast’ · 160,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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ZlatoustChelyabinskaya Oblast’ · 157,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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DomodedovoMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 157,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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SeverodvinskArkhangel’skaya Oblast’ · 155,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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Orekhovo-Borisovo YuzhnoyeMoskva · 148,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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OdintsovoMoskovskaya Oblast’ · 148,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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MiassChelyabinskaya Oblast’ · 147,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KolpinoSankt-Peterburg · 144,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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KopeyskChelyabinskaya Oblast’ · 144,000 · Smaller city (100K-300K)
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City list source: Simplemaps World Cities. Individual city guides add other relevant data sources where available.

Frequently asked questions

What is included in each city guide?

Each city has one guide. It starts with the pros and cons of living there, with useful visiting evidence included in the same pros and cons when it is relevant.

Are visiting, family, student, moving and retirement pages separate?

No. Those considerations are combined into one city guide so the same evidence is not repeated across multiple near-duplicate URLs.

Does this list include every place in Russia?

No. It focuses on the cities covered by CityVerdict. Smaller towns, resorts and rural destinations may not appear here.

Choose a city, then use its single guide for living pros and cons and practical visiting context. Updated September 2026.