List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1897
The following is a partial list of cities in the Russian Empire, according to the 1897 Russian Imperial Census. Towns with smaller populations might not be included.
European Russia
| City |
Governorate of the Russian Empire[1] |
Population[2] |
Status (2015) |
|---|
| Astrakhan |
Astrakhan Governorate |
113,075 |
Southern Federal District,  Russia[3] |
| Bendery |
|
32,934 |
 Moldova |
| Berdicheff |
|
53,728 |
 Ukraine |
| Bobrinsk |
|
34,820 |
 Belarus |
| Brest-Litovsk |
Grodno Governorate[4] |
47,757 |
Belarus |
| Byelostok (Białystok) |
|
63,927 |
 Poland |
| Cherkassy |
|
29,620 |
Ukraine |
| Cronstadt |
|
59,539 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia |
| Czerstochowo (Częstochowa) |
|
45,130 |
Poland |
| Dorpat (Tartu) |
|
42,421 |
 Estonia |
| Dünaburg (Daugavpils) |
|
72,231 |
 Latvia |
| Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) |
Yekaterinoslav Governorate |
121,216 |
Ukraine |
| Elizabetherad (Kirovohrad) |
|
61,841 |
Ukraine |
| Gomel |
|
41,231 |
Belarus |
| Grodno |
Grodno Governorate |
48,881 |
Belarus |
| Ivanoff-Voznesensk |
|
35,930 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
| Izmail |
|
31,293 |
Ukraine |
| Kaluga |
Kaluga Governorate |
49,727 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
| Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi) |
|
34,483 |
Ukraine |
| Kazan |
Kazan Governorate |
131,508 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
| Kerch |
|
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 |
|
57,879 |
Ukraine |
| Kursk |
Kursk Governorate |
52,908 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
| Libau (Liepāja) |
|
64,500 |
Latvia |
| Lodz |
Piotrków Governorate[4] |
314,780 |
Poland |
| Lublin |
Lublin Governorate |
46,224 |
Poland |
| Mariupol |
|
31,772 |
Ukraine |
| Minsk |
Minsk Governorate |
91,113 |
Belarus |
| Mitau (Jelgava) |
|
35,011 |
Latvia |
| Moghilev on Dnieper |
Mogilev Governorate |
43,106 |
Belarus |
| Moscow |
Moscow Governorate |
988,610 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
| Nijni-Novgorod |
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate |
98,503 |
Volga Federal District, Russia[5] |
| Nikolaieff (Mykolaiv) |
|
92,060 |
Ukraine |
| Novotcherkask |
|
52,005 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
| Nyezhin |
|
31,892 |
Ukraine |
| Odessa |
Kherson Governorate[4] |
404,651 |
Ukraine |
| Orel |
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 |
| Piotrkow |
Piotrków 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 |
Livonia Governorate[4] |
282,943 |
Latvia |
| Rostov on Don |
Don Province[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 |
|
32,377 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
| Taganrog |
|
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 |
|
35,446 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
| Yelets |
|
37,455 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
| Zhitomir |
|
65,452 |
Ukraine |
|
Russia in Asia
| City |
Governorate |
Population[2] |
Status (2015) |
|---|
| Alexandropol |
|
30,735 |
 Armenia |
| Andijan |
|
46,680 |
 Uzbekistan |
| Baku |
Baku |
112,253 |
 Azerbaijan |
| Barnaul |
|
29,408 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
| Batum |
|
26,417 |
 Georgia |
| Ekaterinburg |
|
43,052 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
| Ekaterinodar |
|
65,697 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
| Elisabethpol |
Elisabethpol |
33,022 |
Azerbaijan |
| Erivan |
Erivan |
28,910 |
Armenia |
| Irkutsk |
Irkutsk Governorate |
51,484 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
| Kars |
|
20,891 |
 Turkey |
| Khojent |
|
30,076 |
 Tajikistan |
| Kokand |
|
54,452 |
Uzbekistan |
| Krasnoyarsk |
|
26,600 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
| Kutais |
Kutaisi |
32,492 |
Georgia |
| Maikop |
|
33,276 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
| Nakhichevan |
|
29,312 |
Azerbaijan |
| Namangan |
|
61,906 |
Uzbekistan |
| Old Marghelan |
|
36,592 |
Uzbekistan |
| Omsk |
|
37,470 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
| Osh |
|
35,918 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
| Samarcand |
Samarkand Oblast[4] |
54,900 |
Uzbekistan |
| Semipalatinsk |
|
26,353 |
 Kazakhstan |
| Shusha |
|
25,656 |
Azerbaijan |
| Stavropol |
Stavropol |
41,621 |
North Caucasian Federal District, Russia |
| Tashkend |
|
156,506 |
Uzbekistan |
| Tiflis (Tbilisi) |
Tiflis |
159,862 |
Georgia |
| Tobolsk |
Tobolsk |
20,427 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
| Tomsk |
Tomsk Governorate |
52,430 |
Siberian Federal District, Russia |
| Tyumen |
|
29,588 |
Ural Federal District, Russia |
| Uralsk |
|
36,597 |
Kazakhstan |
| Vladikavkaz |
|
48,843 |
North Caucasian Federal District, Russia |
| Vladivostok |
|
28,896 |
Far Eastern Federal District, Russia |
| Vyernyi |
|
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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