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There are 15 largest cities in Russia with a population of more than 1 million people. According to this indicator, Russia ranks third in the world. And their number continues to grow. More recently, Krasnoyarsk and Voronezh have been included in this category. We present you the top ten most densely populated Russian cities.
Population: 1,125 thousand people.
Rostov-on-Don became a million-plus city relatively recently - only thirty years ago. It is the only one among the ten largest cities in Russia that does not have its own subway. Its construction in 2018 will only be discussed. While the administration of Rostov is busy preparing for the upcoming World Cup.
Population: 1,170 thousand people.
In the penultimate place in the list of the largest cities in Russia in terms of population is the administrative center of the Volga region - Samara. True, starting from 1985, the population preferred to leave Samara as soon as possible, until the situation improved by 2005. And now the city even has a small migration increase.
Population: 1,178 thousand people.
The situation with migration in Omsk is not brilliant - many educated Omsk residents prefer to move to Moscow, St. Petersburg and neighboring Novosibirsk and Tyumen. However, since 2010, the population in the city has been steadily growing, mostly due to the redistribution of the population in the region.
Population: 1,199 thousand people.
Unfortunately, Chelyabinsk is experiencing problems with livability: residents complain about the abundance of dirt, giant puddles in spring and summer, when entire microdistricts turn into something like Venice due to broken storm sewers. It is not surprising that about 70% of Chelyabinsk residents are thinking about changing their place of residence.
Population: 1,232 thousand people.
The capital of the Republic of Tatarstan rightfully bears the title of one of the most comfortable cities in Russia. This is probably one of the reasons why the city has experienced a steady population growth since the mid-90s. And since 2009, Kazan has become a plus not only due to migration, but also in terms of natural growth.
Population: 1,262 thousand people.
The ancient and very beautiful city is going through hard times in terms of the number of residents. The peak was in 1991, when its population exceeded 1,445 thousand people, and since then it has only been falling. A slight increase was observed only in 2012-2015, when the population increased by about 10 thousand people.
Population: 1,456 thousand people.
The "Capital of the Urals" became a million-plus city exactly 50 years ago, in 1967. Since then, having experienced a population decline in the "hungry 90s", the city's population has been growing slowly but steadily. It is rising, as in all large cities of Russia, mainly due to migrants. But not the ones you think about - the replenishment of the population mainly (more than 50%) comes from the Sverdlovsk region.
Population: 1,602 thousand people.
The third place in the list of the largest cities in Russia is occupied by the center of the Novosibirsk region. In addition to the status of "millionaire", the city can also boast of entering the top 50 cities in the world with the longest traffic jams. True, Novosibirsk is hardly happy with such a record.
However, unlike traffic jams, things are more or less successful with the demographic situation in the city. Novosibirsk is implementing a number of regional and state programs aimed at increasing the birth rate and reducing mortality. For example, at the birth of a third or subsequent child, a family is awarded a regional certificate for 100,000 rubles.
According to the city authorities, if the current dynamics of population growth continues, then by 2025 the number of inhabitants of the Novosibirsk region will increase to 2.9 million people.
Population: 5,282 thousand people.
The cultural capital of Russia, where polite intellectuals bow to each other, raising their berets, and where such beasts as “bun” and “curb” live, demonstrates a steady increase in both area and population.
True, it was not always so; since the end of the USSR, the population preferred to leave St. Petersburg. And only since 2012, positive dynamics began to be observed. In the same year, the five millionth inhabitant was born in the city (for the second time in its history).
1. Moscow
Population: 12,381 thousand people.
It is unlikely that the answer to the question: "What is the largest city in Russia?" came as a surprise to some. Moscow is the largest city in Europe in terms of population, but is not included in the first.
More than 12 million people live here, and if we add to this the population of the Moscow suburbs, who regularly travel to Moscow for work and shopping, the figure is more than impressive - 16 million. Due to the current economic situation in the country, the population as a modern Babylon and the territories adjacent to it will only increase. According to experts' forecasts, by 2030 this number may reach 13.6 million people.
Muscovites are traditionally not happy with "come in large numbers", and "come in large numbers" shrug their shoulders: "I want to live, and I even want to live well."
The largest cities in Russia by area
It would seem that the list of the largest cities in Russia in terms of area should coincide with the list of the most populated cities, but this is not so. In addition to the simple population, the area of the city is influenced by many factors - from the historical way of increasing the territory up to the number of industrial enterprises within the city. Therefore, some positions in the ranking can surprise the reader.
Area: 541.4 km²
Opens the top 10 largest cities in Russia Samara. It stretches along the western bank of the Volga River for more than 50 km with a width of 20 km.
Area: 566.9 km²
The population of Omsk exceeded one million people back in 1979, the territory near the city is large and, according to the Soviet tradition, the city had to acquire a metro. However, the nineties broke out, and construction has been going on neither shaky nor rolls since then, but in general nothing at all. There is not even enough money for conservation.
Area: 596.51 km²
Voronezh became a million-plus city quite recently - in 2013. Some areas in it are almost exclusively a private sector - houses, from comfortable cottages to village ones, garages, vegetable gardens.
Area: 614.16 km²
Thanks to the historically established radial-ring building Kazan is a fairly compact city with a convenient layout. Despite its size, the capital of Tatarstan is the only one millionaire in Russia that completely recycles its waste and has managed to maintain a more or less favorable environmental situation.
Area: 621 km²
The only regional city that is not an administrative center and a millionaire, Orsk seems to have been included in this rating by mistake. Its population is only 230 thousand people, which occupy an area of 621 km2, with a very low density (only 370 people per km2). The reason for such a vast territory with a small number of inhabitants is a large number of industrial enterprises within the city.
Area: 707.93 km²
Residents of Ufa live spaciously - each has 698 m2 of the total area of the city. At the same time, Ufa has the lowest density of the street network among Russian megacities, which often manifests itself in huge multi-kilometer traffic jams.
Area: 799.68 km²
Perm became a millionaire in 1979, then in the nineties, due to a general decline in the population, it lost this status for more than 20 years. Only in 2012 was it possible to return it. Permians live freely (population density is not too high, 1310 people per km2) and green - the total area of green spaces is more than a third of the citywide.
Area: 859.4 km²
Although Volgograd became a million-plus city relatively recently - in 1991, however, in terms of the size of the territory, it has long been one of the top three. The reason is the historically developed uneven urban development, where apartment buildings, village houses with plots and empty steppe spaces alternate with each other.
Area: 1439 km²
Unlike the compact radial-beam "old" Moscow, St. Petersburg is freely spread out at the mouth of the Neva. The length of the city is more than 90 km. One of the features of the city is the abundance of water spaces, occupying 7% of the entire territory.
1. Moscow
Area: 2561.5 km²
And unconditional first place among the largest cities in Russia is given to Moscow. Its area is 1.5 times larger than the area of the second place in the rating, St. Petersburg. True, until 2012 the territory of Moscow was not so impressive - only 1100 km2. So it has grown significantly due to the annexation of the southwestern territories, the total area of which reaches 1480 km2.
Russia is a country with a fairly high level of urbanization. Today in our country there are 15 million-plus cities. Which Russian cities are leading in terms of population at the moment? You will find the answer to this question in this fascinating article.
Urbanization and Russia
Is urbanization an achievement or a scourge of our modernity? It is difficult to answer this question. After all, this process is characterized by great inconsistency, provoking both positive and negative consequences.
This concept in a broad sense means the growth of the role of the city in human life. This process, bursting into our lives in the 20th century, fundamentally changed not only the reality around us, but also the person himself.
Mathematically speaking, urbanization is a measure of the proportion of the urban population of a country or region. Highly urbanized are those countries in which this figure exceeds 65%. In the Russian Federation, about 73% of the population lives in cities. You can find a list of cities in Russia by below.
It should be noted that the processes of urbanization in Russia took place (and are taking place) in two aspects:
- The emergence of new cities that covered new spaces of the country.
- Expansion of already existing cities and formation of large agglomerations.
History of Russian cities
In 1897, within the boundaries of modern Russia, the All-Russian counted 430 cities. Most of them were small towns, there were only seven large ones at that time. And all of them were up to the line of the Ural Mountains. But in Irkutsk - the current center of Siberia - there were hardly 50 thousand inhabitants.
A century later, the situation with cities in Russia has changed dramatically. It is quite possible that the main reason for this was the quite reasonable regional policy pursued by the Soviet authorities in the 20th century. One way or another, but by 1997 the number of cities in the country had increased to 1087, and the proportion of the urban population had grown to 73 percent. At the same time, cities increased twenty-three times! And today almost 50% of the total population of Russia lives in them.
Thus, only a hundred years have passed, and Russia has been transformed from a country of villages into a state of large cities.
Russia is a country of megacities
The largest cities of Russia in terms of population are distributed quite unevenly over its territory. Most of them are located in the most populated part of the country. Moreover, in Russia there is a steady trend towards the formation of agglomerations. It is they who form the framework grid (socio-economic and cultural) on which the entire system of settlement, as well as the country's economy, is strung.
850 cities (out of 1087) are located within European Russia and the Urals. In terms of area, this is only 25% of the territory of the state. But in the vast Siberian and Far Eastern expanses - only 250 cities. This nuance greatly complicates the process of developing the Asian part of Russia: the shortage of large metropolitan areas is felt especially acutely here. After all, there are colossal deposits of minerals. However, there is simply no one to develop them.
The Russian North also cannot boast of a dense network of large cities. This region is also characterized by focal settlement of the population. The same can be said about the south of the country, where in the mountainous and foothill regions only lonely and brave brave cities "survive".
So can Russia be called a country of big cities? Of course. Nevertheless, in this country, with its vast expanses and colossal natural resources, there is still a shortage of large cities.
The largest cities in Russia by population: TOP-5
As mentioned above, as of 2015, there are 15 million-plus cities in Russia. Such a title, as you know, is given to that settlement, the number of inhabitants of which has exceeded one million.
So, we list the largest cities in Russia by population:
- Moscow (from 12 to 14 million inhabitants according to various sources).
- St. Petersburg (5.13 million people).
- Novosibirsk (1.54 million people).
- Yekaterinburg (1.45 million people).
- Nizhny Novgorod (1.27 million people).
If you carefully analyze the population (namely, its upper part), you will notice one interesting feature. We are talking about a fairly large gap in the number of residents between the first, second and third lines of this rating.
Thus, over twelve million people live in the capital, and about five million live in St. Petersburg. But the third largest city in Russia - Novosibirsk - is inhabited by only one and a half million inhabitants.
Moscow is the largest metropolis on the planet
The capital of the Russian Federation is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. It is very difficult to say how many people live in Moscow. Official sources speak of twelve million people, unofficial sources give other figures: from thirteen to fifteen million. Experts, in turn, predict that in the coming decades, the population of Moscow may even increase to twenty million people.
Moscow is included in the list of 25 so-called "global" cities (according to Foreign Policy magazine). These are the cities that make the most significant contribution to the development of world civilization.
Moscow is not only a significant industrial, political, scientific, educational and financial center of Europe, but also a tourist center. Four objects of the Russian capital are included in the UNESCO heritage list.
Finally...
In total, about 25% of the country's population lives in 15 million-plus cities in Russia. And all these cities continue to attract more and more people.
The largest cities in Russia are, of course, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk. All of them have significant industrial, cultural, as well as scientific and educational potential.
About 147 million people - that's how many people live in Russia today. How many of them are women, men, children and pensioners? What nationalities are the most numerous in the country? What are the characteristics of the rural and urban population of Russia? Let's try to answer all these questions.
The population of Russia: some dry numbers
The Russian Federation is the first country in the world in terms of area and the ninth in terms of population. The main demographic indicators of the state (as of 2016):
- 146,544,710 - the population of Russia (as of January 1, 2016);
- 1.77 - total fertility rate (for 2015);
- 18,538 - increase in the population of the country for the first 11 months of 2016;
- 8.57 people/sq. km. - average population density;
- 20-24 years - the average age of the birth of the first child (for women);
- more than 200 nations and ethnic groups live in modern Russia.
Registration of the population in the Russian Federation
Population census data make it possible to compile the most complete and accurate demographic picture of the country. This information helps to analyze the dynamics of general demographic indicators in the state or its specific region.
A population census is a labor-intensive and unified process of collecting, systematizing, analyzing and processing data on the population of a country or region. This event is carried out on the basis of the principles of confidentiality, universality and strict centralization of the entire process.
The first general in the history of Russia was held in 1897 under the guidance of the scientist and geographer P.P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. In Soviet times, the inhabitants of the country were "counted" nine more times. After the collapse of the USSR, the population census in Russia was carried out twice - in 2002 and 2010.
In addition to censuses, registration of demographic indicators in Russia is carried out by Rosstat, territorial offices of registry offices, as well as passport offices.
The current demographic situation in Russia
The total population of the Russian Federation: almost 143 million people and another 90,000 citizens staying abroad. These are the data of the last population census conducted in the country in autumn 2010. Compared to the 2002 census, the population of Russia has decreased by more than two million.
In general, the current demographic situation in Russia can be characterized as a crisis. Although it is too early to talk about the "extinction of the nation". Moreover, in recent years, a positive natural increase in the population (albeit insignificant) has been recorded. The life expectancy in the country is also increasing. So, since 2010, it has grown from 68.9 to 70.8 years.
According to the most pessimistic scenarios, by 2030 the population of Russia will be reduced to about 142 million people. According to optimistic demographers, its population will grow to 152 million inhabitants.
Sex and age structure of the population
According to the latest census, there are 10.8 million more women in Russia than men. And this “chasm” between the sexes is only widening every year. The main reason for this situation is the increased mortality among men of mature (working) age. Moreover, more than half of these deaths occur due to diseases of the cardiovascular system.
The current age composition of the Russian population is as follows:
- group of children and minors (0-14 years old): 15%;
- citizens of working age (15-64 years old): 72%
- pensioners (over 65): about 13%.
Ethnic composition of the population
In accordance with the current Constitution, Russia is a multinational state. The data of the latest population censuses once again confirm this thesis.
So, in Russia there are more than two hundred nationalities and ethnic groups. The most numerous nation in the country are Russians (about 80%). However, they are dispersed across the territory of the Russian Federation rather unevenly. The smallest number of Russians is in the Chechen Republic (no more than 2%).
Other nations whose population within Russia exceeds one percent:
- Tatars (3.9%);
- Ukrainians (1.4%);
- Bashkirs (1.2%);
- Chuvash (1%);
- Chechens (1%).
Citizens of the Russian Federation speak several hundred languages and various dialects. The most common of them are Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Belarusian, Tatar. But 136 languages on the territory of modern Russia are under a serious threat of complete extinction (according to the international organization UNESCO).
Rural and urban population of Russia
Today in Russia there are 2386 cities and more than 134 thousand 74% of the country's inhabitants live in cities, 26% - in villages and villages. The rural and urban population of Russia differ greatly in ethnic, gender and age composition, level and way of life.
In modern Russia, two seemingly incompatible trends are combined in an amazing way. On the one hand, the number of villages in the country is rapidly declining, and “rural Russia”, glorified in poetry and prose, is gradually dying out. On the other hand, the country is characterized by the so-called de-urbanization (within 0.2% per year). Russia is one of the few countries in the world where people are actively moving from cities to villages for permanent residence.
As of the beginning of 2016, the urban population of Russia is almost 109 million people.
Cities of Russia
If a locality has a population of at least 12,000 people, provided that 85% of them are not employed in agriculture, then it can be considered a city. All cities in Russia by population are divided into:
- small (up to 50,000 inhabitants);
- medium (50-100 thousand);
- large (100-250 thousand);
- large (250-500 thousand);
- the largest (500-1000 thousand);
- "millionaires" (with a population of over one million people).
To date, the list of millionaire cities in Russia consists of 15 names. And in these fifteen settlements almost 10% of the population of the Russian Federation is concentrated.
Many large Russian cities are developing very rapidly, acquiring satellite settlements and forming urban agglomerations with stable economic and social relationships.
Villages of Russia
There are five types of rural settlements on the territory of Russia:
- villages;
- villages;
- farms;
- villages;
- villages.
About half of all rural settlements in the country belong to the smallest (the population of which does not exceed 50 people).
The traditional one is slowly dying out. And this is one of the most painful demographic problems of modern Russia. Since 1991, about 20 thousand villages and villages have disappeared from the map of the state. Impressive and scary figure!
The last population census, conducted in 2010, once again proved the sad statistics: from many Russian villages, only names and empty houses remained. And we are talking here not only about the villages of Siberia or the Far East. Just a few hundred kilometers from Moscow, you can find recently abandoned villages. The saddest situation is observed in the Tver region, which is located just in the middle between the two capitals of the country - Moscow and St. Petersburg. Large migrations to these two promising megacities, combined with high mortality rates, lead to the extinction of dozens of small settlements.
Why is the Russian village dying out? There are many reasons, although they are all closely related. Lack of work, normal medicine and infrastructure, total inconvenience and the impossibility of self-realization are driving villagers to big cities.
Population of Crimea: total number, national, linguistic and religious composition
As of the beginning of 2016, 2.3 million people live within the Republic of Crimea. During 2014-2016, about 22 thousand people migrated from the territory of the peninsula to mainland Ukraine (for political reasons). During the same period of time, at least 200,000 refugees from the war-torn cities and villages of Donbass moved to Crimea.
The population of Crimea is representatives of 175 nationalities. The most numerous among them are Russians (68%), Ukrainians (16%), Crimean Tatars (11%), Belarusians, Azerbaijanis and Armenians. The most widely spoken language on the peninsula is Russian. In addition to him, here you can often hear the Crimean Tatar, Armenian, Ukrainian speech.
Most of the population of Crimea professes Orthodoxy. as well as Uzbeks and Azerbaijanis are adherents of the Muslim religion. The local peoples of the Karaites and Krymchaks are Judaists by religion. Today, there are more than 1,300 religious communities and organizations on the peninsula.
The level of urbanization in the republic is quite low - only 51%. In recent decades, the total number of rural areas has increased significantly due to the Crimean Tatars, who at that time actively returned to their historical homeland and settled mainly in villages. Today there are 17 cities in Crimea. The largest of them (along Sevastopol, Kerch, Evpatoria and Yalta.
Conclusion
26% / 74% - this is the ratio of the rural and urban population of Russia today. There are a lot of acute demographic problems in the state, the solution of which should be approached comprehensively. One of them is the process of extinction of villages and small towns in modern Russia.
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 most populated cities in Russia.
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.
Ten facts about Moscow:
- a major international center of economy and trade;
- a major industrial hub of the country;
- one of the best and largest educational centers for Russian and foreign students;
- a large number of research institutes are located in Moscow;
- more than 50 directions in religion;
- a major cultural and historical center of the European part of Russia;
- the country's largest transport interchange: 3 river ports (in Soviet times Moscow was called the "port of 5 seas"), 9 railway stations, 5 airports with directions to all corners of the planet;
- Moscow is “kilometer zero”, all roads lead here;
- tourist center of the country;
- the capital is one of the "five" cities in the world in terms of the number of dollar billionaires living in it.
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. Populationis 5,225,690 people with a population density of 3631 people. per square kilometer with a total city area of 1439 km².
Ten facts about St. Petersburg:
- northern Venice - the second name of the northern capital because of the huge number of large and small rivers, tributaries and canals and the similarity with the Venetian streets;
- Petersburg is listed in the Red Book according to the total length of tram lines in the city - it is 600 kilometers;
- the deepest subway in the world, the depth of some stations reaches 80 meters;
- "White Nights" is one of the main attractions that attract tourists to the cultural capital;
- in St. Petersburg there is the highest cathedral in Russia - the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the height of the spire of which is 122.5 meters;
- The Hermitage is a world-famous museum that attracts tourists from all over the world, has a length of its corridors of 20 kilometers, and a tourist who wants to get acquainted with all the exhibits of the museum will need several years to complete this mission;
- the question that every tourist in the city asks is what is the total number of bridges in St. Petersburg? 447, this is the number in the register of the Mostotrest company, which maintains the bridges of the city;
- Peterhof is a marvel of engineering. Fountain park, which was laid out in the time of Peter the Great, but to this day none of the fountains has a pumping unit, but only a carefully thought-out pipeline;
- Peter himself "chooses" the inhabitants, and not the resident chooses him. The damp and humid climate of the city, which at times is very gray and foggy, not every person can withstand;
- The architecture of St. Petersburg is similar to the architecture of the neighboring countries of the European Union - Tallinn on the Estonian side and Helsinki on the Finnish side.
3. Novosibirsk
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 km².
Novosibirsk is a city with a very developed infrastructure and economy, and it is a point of attraction for those migrating from nearby cities, regions, republics, and even neighboring states.
Five interesting facts about Novosibirsk:
- The longest metro bridge is located in the capital of the Siberian Federal District;
- the opera and ballet theater in Novosibirsk is the theatrical building, which is the first largest in Russia and the second largest in the world;
- Planirovochnaya Street is both parallel and perpendicular to itself, forming 2 intersections;
- the only museum of the Sun in Russia is located in the city;
- Novosibirsk Academgorodok is a large educational and research center in the Siberian Federal District.
4. Yekaterinburg
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.
5. Nizhny Novgorod
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: a meteorological hyperionic brick, Kaganovichgrad, a 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!
An important and rather large industrial and transport center, where the well-known oil refinery is located both in Russia and abroad. Omsk is also a significant city for tourists: the Cathedral of the Assumption for foreigners is on the list of "the main attractions in the world", and the Vatican has included the Okunevskoe Sanctuary among the holy places of world significance. The population of the administrative center-capital of the Omsk region is 1,178,079, while the area of Omsk is only 572.9,572 km².
The millionaire city, formerly called Kuibyshev, is known for its historically important places that have become attractions: the Iversky Convent, the Lutheran Church, the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cathedral Square - now Kuibyshev Square - the first in size in Europe and the fifth in the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people from the country come here for the Grushinsky festival of bard songs. The population of 1170910 people lives in the city, the area of which is 382 sq. km.
10. Rostov-on-Don
Rostov, popularly called "Rostov-Papa" is a city of federal significance for the south of Russia. It's big, beautiful, noisy. The phrase often cuts the ear: “Rostov-dad, Odessa-mother” - this is a historical expression - both cities were criminal capitals competing with each other. With a rather small city area of 348 square kilometers, the population of Rostov is 1,119,875 people. and ranks 10th in the ranking of the largest cities in Russia in terms of population.
