List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1897
The following is a list of the largest cities in the Russian Empire according to the 1897 Russian Imperial Census.
European Russia
City |
Governorate of the Russian Empire[1] |
Population[2] |
Status (2015) |
Astrakhan |
Astrakhan Governorate |
113,075 |
Southern Federal District, Russia[3] |
Bendery |
Bessarabia Governorate |
32,934 |
Moldova |
Berdicheff |
Kiev Governorate |
53,728 |
Ukraine |
Bobruisk |
Minsk Governorate |
34,820 |
Belarus |
Brest-Litovsk |
Grodno Governorate[4] |
47,757 |
Belarus |
Byelostok (Białystok) |
Grodno Governorate |
63,927 |
Poland |
Cherkassy |
Kiev Governorate |
29,620 |
Ukraine |
Kronstadt |
Saint Petersburg Governorate |
59,539 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia |
Czenstochowa (Częstochowa) |
Petrokov Governorate |
45,130 |
Poland |
Dorpat (Tartu) |
Governorate of Livonia |
42,421 |
Estonia |
Dünaburg (Daugavpils) |
Vitebsk Governorate |
72,231 |
Latvia |
Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) |
Yekaterinoslav Governorate |
121,216 |
Ukraine |
Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi) |
Kherson Governorate |
61,841 |
Ukraine |
Gomel |
Mogilev Governorate |
41,231 |
Belarus |
Grodno |
Grodno Governorate |
48,881 |
Belarus |
Ivanoff-Voznesensk |
Vladimir Governorate |
35,930 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Izmail |
Bessarabia Governorate |
31,293 |
Ukraine |
Kaluga |
Kaluga Governorate |
49,727 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi) |
Podolia Governorate |
34,483 |
Ukraine |
Kazan |
Kazan Governorate |
131,508 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Kerch |
Taurida Governorate |
43,726 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia / Ukraine |
Kharkoff (Kharkiv) |
Kharkov Governorate |
170,682 |
Ukraine |
Kherson |
Kherson Governorate |
69,219 |
Ukraine |
Kieff (Kiev) |
Kiev Governorate |
248,750 |
Ukraine |
Kishineff (Chișinău) |
Bessarabia |
108,506 |
Moldova |
Kostroma |
Kostroma Governorate |
40,670 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Kovno (Kaunas) |
Kovno Governorate |
78,543 |
Lithuania |
Krementchug |
Poltava Governorate |
57,879 |
Ukraine |
Kursk |
Kursk Governorate |
52,908 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Libau (Liepāja) |
Courland Governorate |
64,500 |
Latvia |
Lodz |
Petrokov Governorate[4] |
314,780 |
Poland |
Lublin |
Lublin Governorate |
46,224 |
Poland |
Mariupol |
Yekaterinoslav Governorate |
31,772 |
Ukraine |
Minsk |
Minsk Governorate |
91,113 |
Belarus |
Mitau (Jelgava) |
Courland Governorate |
35,011 |
Latvia |
Moghilev on Dnieper |
Mogilev Governorate |
43,106 |
Belarus |
Moscow |
Moscow Governorate |
988,610 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Nizhny-Novgorod |
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate |
98,503 |
Volga Federal District, Russia[5] |
Nikolaieff (Mykolaiv) |
Kherson Governorate |
92,060 |
Ukraine |
Novotcherkask |
Don Host Oblast |
52,005 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Nezhin |
Chernigov Governorate |
31,892 |
Ukraine |
Odessa |
Kherson Governorate[4] |
404,651 |
Ukraine |
Oryol |
Oryol Governorate |
68,557 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Orenburg |
Orenburg Governorate |
72,740 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Penza |
Penza Governorate |
55,680 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Perm |
Perm Governorate |
45,403 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Petrokow (Piotrków) |
Petrokov Governorate |
30,372 |
Poland |
Poltava |
Poltava Governorate |
53,060 |
Ukraine |
Pskov |
Pskov Governorate |
29,555 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia[6] |
Reval (Tallinn) |
Estonia Governorate[4] |
64,578 |
Estonia |
Riga |
Governorate of Livonia[4] |
282,943 |
Latvia |
Rostov on Don |
Don Host Oblast[4] |
119,889 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Ryazan |
Ryazan Governorate |
33,110 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Saint Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg Governorate |
1,267,023 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia[6] |
Samara |
Samara Governorate |
91,659 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Saratov |
Saratov Governorate |
133,116 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Sebastopol |
Taurida Governorate[4] |
54,442 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia / Ukraine[7] |
Simbirsk |
Simbirsk Governorate |
41,702 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Simferopol |
Taurida Governorate[4] |
48,821 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia / Ukraine |
Smolensk |
Smolensk Governorate |
46,889 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Syzran |
Simbirsk Governorate |
32,377 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Taganrog |
Don Host Oblast |
51,748 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Tambov |
Tambov Governorate |
48,134 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) |
Saratov Governorate[4] |
55,914 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Tula |
Tula Governorate |
111,048 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Tver |
Tver Governorate |
53,477 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Ufa |
Ufa Governorate |
50,576 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Vilna (Vilnius) |
Vilna Governorate |
159,568 |
Lithuania |
Vitebsk |
Vitebsk Governorate |
66,143 |
Belarus |
Voronezh |
Voronezh Governorate |
84,015 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Warsaw |
Warsaw Governorate |
614,752 |
Poland |
Yaroslavl |
Yaroslavl Governorate |
70,610 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Yeisk |
Kuban Oblast |
35,446 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Yelets |
Oryol Governorate |
37,455 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Zhitomir |
Volhynian Governorate |
65,452 |
Ukraine |
Russia in Asia
City |
Governorate |
Population[2] |
Status (2015) |
Alexandropol |
Erivan Governorate |
30,735 |
Armenia |
Andijan |
Fergana Oblast |
46,680 |
Uzbekistan |
Baku |
Baku Governorate |
112,253 |
Azerbaijan |
Barnaul |
Tomsk Governorate |
29,408 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
Batumi |
Kutaisi Governorate |
26,417 |
Georgia |
Ekaterinburg |
Perm Governorate |
43,052 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
Ekaterinodar |
Kuban Oblast |
65,697 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Elisabethpol |
Elisabethpol Governorate |
33,022 |
Azerbaijan |
Erivan |
Erivan Governorate |
28,910 |
Armenia |
Irkutsk |
Irkutsk Governorate |
51,484 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
Kars |
Kars Oblast |
20,891 |
Turkey |
Khodzent (Khujand) |
Samarkand Oblast |
30,076 |
Tajikistan |
Kokand |
Fergana Oblast |
54,452 |
Uzbekistan |
Krasnoyarsk |
Yeniseysk Governorate |
26,600 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
Kutais |
Kutaisi Governorate |
32,492 |
Georgia |
Maikop |
Kuban Oblast |
33,276 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Nakhichevan |
Elisabethpol Governorate |
29,312 |
Azerbaijan |
Namangan |
Fergana Oblast |
61,906 |
Uzbekistan |
Old Marghelan |
Fergana Oblast |
36,592 |
Uzbekistan |
Omsk |
Akmolinsk Oblast |
37,470 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
Osh |
Fergana Oblast |
35,918 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Samarkand |
Samarkand Oblast[4] |
54,900 |
Uzbekistan |
Semipalatinsk |
Semipalatinsk Oblast |
26,353 |
Kazakhstan |
Shusha |
Erivan Governorate |
25,656 |
Azerbaijan |
Stavropol |
Stavropol Governorate |
41,621 |
North Caucasian Federal District, Russia |
Tashkent |
Syr-Darya Oblast |
156,506 |
Uzbekistan |
Tiflis (Tbilisi) |
Tiflis Governorate |
159,862 |
Georgia |
Tobolsk |
Tobolsk Governorate |
20,427 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
Tomsk |
Tomsk Governorate |
52,430 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
Tyumen |
Tobolsk Governorate |
29,588 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
Uralsk |
Ural Oblast |
36,597 |
Kazakhstan |
Vladikavkaz |
Terek Oblast |
48,843 |
North Caucasian Federal District, Russia |
Vladivostok |
Primorskaya Oblast |
28,896 |
Far Eastern Federal District, Russia |
Verny |
Semirechye Oblast |
22,982 |
Kazakhstan |
See also
References
- ↑ "The First General Census of the Russian Empire of 1897. Breakdown of population by mother tongue and districts in 50 Governorates of the European Russia", Demoscope Weekly, ISSN 1726-2887
- 1 2 3 "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898.
- ↑ Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Hathi Trust
- ↑ "Volga Federal District" (in Russian). Nizhny Novgorod: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District. Retrieved March 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Северо-Западный федеральный округ" [Northwestern Federal District] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Northwestern Federal District. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ Reuters (2 April 2014), "U.N. Will Treat Crimea as Part of Ukraine, Not Russia: U.S.", New York Times
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