Oblasts are divided into raions (districts), cities of oblast significance (district-equivalent independent cities), and autonomous okrugs, which are legally federal subjects equal to an oblast but are administratively subservient to one.

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia and parts of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine with a population of over 50,000 as of the 2021 Census. The figures are for the population within the limits of the city/town proper, not the urban area or metropolitan area.

This is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis, a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, was established in 2012 and granted town status in 2015.

There are currently 46 oblasts (48 if counting Kherson and Zaporozhye oblasts, which are internationally recognized as legally a part of Ukraine). It is the most common type of the 85 federal subjects of Russia.

Russian regions, oblasts, republics, cities and towns in alphabetical order

Russia has 1,117 cities spread across its vast territory, with approximately 75% of the country's population living in urban areas. Moscow, the capital and largest city, has a population of over 13 million people, making it the most populous city in Europe.

This is an alphabetically ordered list of cities and towns in Russia organized by republic, kray (territory), okrug (district), and oblast (province).

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Oblasts are divided into raions (districts), cities of oblast significance (district-equivalent independent cities), and autonomous okrugs, which are legally federal subjects equal to an oblast but are administratively subservient to one.

These numbers are city proper populations, instead of urban area or metro area populations. This list includes the federal city of Sevastopol and cities and towns in the Republic of Crimea, which are de facto part of Russia but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.