List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1897

The following is a list of the largest cities (over 25,000 inhabitants) in the Russian Empire according to the 1897 Russian Imperial Census.

City  | Governorate[1] | Population[2] | Status (2015)

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Astrakhan | Astrakhan Governorate | 112,880  | Southern Federal District,  Russia[3]
Belgorod | Kursk Governorate | 26,564  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Bendery | Bessarabia Governorate | 31,797  |  Moldova
Berdiansk | Taurida Governorate[4] | 26,496  |  Ukraine
Berdichev (Berdychiv)  | Kiev Governorate | 53,351  |  Ukraine
Akkerman (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi)  | Bessarabia Governorate | 28,258  |  Ukraine
Bobruisk | Minsk Governorate | 34,336  |  Belarus
Brest-Litovsk | Grodno Governorate[4] | 46,568  |  Belarus
Byelostok (Białystok)  | Grodno Governorate | 66,032  |  Poland
Cherkassy (Cherkasy)  | Kiev Governorate | 29,600  |  Ukraine
Chernigov (Chernihiv)  | Chernigov Governorate | 27,716  |  Ukraine
Kronstadt | Saint Petersburg Governorate | 59,525  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia
Chestokhov (Częstochowa)  | Petrokov Governorate | 45,045  |  Poland
Dorpat (Tartu)  | Governorate of Livonia | 42,308  |  Estonia
Dünaburg (Daugavpils)  | Vitebsk Governorate | 69,675  |  Latvia
Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro)  | Yekaterinoslav Governorate | 112,839  |  Ukraine
Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi)  | Kherson Governorate | 61,488  |  Ukraine
Gomel | Mogilev Governorate | 36,775  |  Belarus
Grodno | Grodno Governorate | 46,919  |  Belarus
Ivanoff-Voznesensk (Ivanovo)  | Vladimir Governorate | 54,208  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Kaluga | Kaluga Governorate | 49,513  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi)  | Podolia Governorate | 35,934  |  Ukraine
Kazan | Kazan Governorate | 129,959  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Kerch | Taurida Governorate | 33,347  | Crimean Federal District,  Russia /
Ukraine
Kharkov (Kharkiv)  | Kharkov Governorate | 173,989  |  Ukraine
Kherson | Kherson Governorate | 59,076  |  Ukraine
Kiev (Kyiv)  | Kiev Governorate | 247,723  |  Ukraine
Kishineff (Chișinău)  | Bessarabia | 108,483  |  Moldova
Kostroma | Kostroma Governorate | 41,336  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Kovno (Kaunas)  | Kovno Governorate | 70,920  |  Lithuania
Kozlov (Michurinsk)  | Tambov Governorate | 40,297  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Krementchug (Kremenchuk)  | Poltava Governorate | 63,007  |  Ukraine
Kursk | Kursk Governorate | 75,721  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Libau (Liepāja)  | Courland Governorate | 64,489  |  Latvia
Lodz (Łódź)  | Petrokov Governorate | 314,020  |  Poland
Lomzha (Łomża)  | Łomża Governorate | 26,093  |  Poland
Lublin | Lublin Governorate | 50,385  |  Poland
Mariupol | Yekaterinoslav Governorate | 31,116  |  Ukraine
Minsk | Minsk Governorate | 90,912  |  Belarus
Mitau (Jelgava)  | Courland Governorate | 35,131  |  Latvia
Moghilev on Dnieper | Mogilev Governorate | 43,119  |  Belarus
Morshansk | Tambov Governorate | 26,458  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Moscow | Moscow Governorate | 1,038,591  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Nakhichevan-on-Don | Don Host Oblast | 28,427  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Nizhny-Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod Governorate | 90,053  | Volga Federal District,  Russia[5]
Nikolayev (Mykolaiv)  | Kherson Governorate | 92,012  |  Ukraine
Veliky Novgorod | Novgorod Governorate | 25,736  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia
Novotcherkask | Don Host Oblast | 51,963  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Nezhin (Nizhyn)  | Chernigov Governorate | 32,113  |  Ukraine
Odessa (Odesa)  | Kherson Governorate[4] | 403,815  |  Ukraine
Oryol | Oryol Governorate | 69,735  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Orenburg | Orenburg Governorate | 72,425  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Pabianice | Petrokov Governorate | 26,765  |  Poland
Penza | Penza Governorate | 59,981  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Perm | Perm Governorate | 45,205  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Pinsk | Minsk Governorate | 28,368  |  Belarus
Petrokov (Piotrków)  | Petrokov Governorate | 31,182  |  Poland
Plotsk (Płock)  | Plotsk Governorate | 26,966  |  Poland
Poltava | Poltava Governorate | 53,703  |  Ukraine
Pskov | Pskov Governorate | 30,478  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia[6]
Radom | Radom Governorate[4] | 29,896  |  Poland
Reval (Tallinn)  | Estonia Governorate[4] | 64,572  |  Estonia
Riga | Governorate of Livonia[4] | 282,230  |  Latvia
Rostov on Don | Don Host Oblast[4] | 119,476  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Ryazan | Ryazan Governorate | 46,122  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Rybinsk | Yaroslavl Governorate | 25,290  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg Governorate | 1,264,920  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia[6]
Samara | Samara Governorate | 89,999  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Saratov | Saratov Governorate | 137,147  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Serpukhov | Moscow Governorate | 30,571  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Sebastopol | Taurida Governorate[4] | 53,595  | Crimean Federal District,  Russia /
Ukraine[7]
Siedlce | Siedlce Governorate[4] | 26,234  |  Poland
Simbirsk | Simbirsk Governorate | 41,684  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Simferopol | Taurida Governorate[4] | 49,078  | Crimean Federal District,  Russia /
Ukraine
Smolensk | Smolensk Governorate | 46,699  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Sumy | Kharkov Governorate | 27,564  |  Ukraine
Syzran | Simbirsk Governorate | 32,383  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Taganrog | Don Host Oblast | 51,437  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Tambov | Tambov Governorate | 48,015  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Tiraspol | Kherson Governorate | 31,616  |  Moldova
Tsaritsyn (Volgograd)  | Saratov Governorate[4] | 55,186  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Tula | Tula Governorate | 114,733  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Tver | Tver Governorate | 53,544  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Ufa | Ufa Governorate | 49,275  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Uman | Kiev Governorate | 31,016  |  Ukraine
Vilna (Vilnius)  | Vilna Governorate | 154,532  |  Lithuania
Vinnytsia | Podolia Governorate | 30,563  |  Ukraine
Vitebsk | Vitebsk Governorate | 65,871  |  Belarus
Vladimir | Vladimir Oblast | 28,479  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Vologda | Vologda Governorate | 27,705  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia
Volsk | Saratov Governorate | 27,058  | Volga Federal District,  Russia
Voronezh | Voronezh Governorate | 80,599  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Vyatka (Kirov)  | Vyatka Governorate | 25,008  | Volga Federal District,  Russia[5]
Varshava (Warsaw, or Warszawa)  | Warsaw Governorate | 683,692  |  Poland
Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl Governorate | 71,616  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Yeisk | Kuban Oblast | 35,446  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Yelets | Oryol Governorate | 46,956  | Central Federal District,  Russia
Zhitomir (Zhytomyr)  | Volhynian Governorate | 65,895  |  Ukraine
Alexandropol (Gyumri)  | 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
Batum (Batumi)  | Kutais Governorate | 26,417  |  Georgia
Ekaterinburg | Perm Governorate | 43,239  | Ural Federal District,  Russia
Yekaterinodar (Krasnodar)  | Kuban Oblast | 65,697  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
Yelisavetpol (Ganja)  | Elizavetpol Governorate | 33,022  |  Azerbaijan
Erivan (Yerevan)  | 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 | Kutais Governorate | 32,492  |  Georgia
Maikop | Kuban Oblast | 33,276  | Southern Federal District,  Russia
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
Abo (Turku)  | Abo-Byorneborg Governorate | 32,184  |  Finland
Helsingfors (Helsinki)  | Nyuland Governorate | 66,734  |  Finland
Tammerfors (Tampere)  | Tavastgus Governorate | 22,169  |  Finland
Vyborg | Vyborg Governorate | 21,290  | Northwestern Federal District,  Russia[6]

## See also

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* History of Russia (1892–1917)
* List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1840 (in Russian)
* List of cities in the USSR in 1926 (in Russian)
* List of cities and towns in Russia in 2010
* List of renamed cities and towns in Russia

## References

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1. ^ "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 [ru], ISSN 1726-2887, archived from the original on 2014-10-06+[ru]&rft.atitle=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&rft.issn=1726-2887&rft_id=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd_eng.php&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+cities+of+the+Russian+Empire+in+1897" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. hdl:2027/njp.32101020157267.
3. ^ Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t56d5rp04 - via Hathi Trust
5. ^ a b "Volga Federal District" (in Russian). Nizhny Novgorod: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District, Volga Federal District. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
6. ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
7. ^ "U.N. Will Treat Crimea as Part of Ukraine, Not Russia: U.S.", New York Times, Reuters, 2 April 2014

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.

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Subdivisions of the Russian Empire

Governorates
(List)|

* Azov¹
* *Altai²
* Arkhangelsk
* Archangelgorod
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bessarabia
* Bratslav
* Belarus
* Caucasus
* Chernigov
* Grodno
* Finland
* Iziaslav
* Ingermanland
* Irkutsk
* Kazan
* Kaluga
* Kiev (1708)
* Kiev
* Kharkov
* Kherson
* Kholm
* Kovno
* Kolyvan
* Kostroma
* Kursk
* Lithuania
* Little Russia (1764)
* Little Russia (1796)
* Minsk
* Mogilev
* Moscow
* Nikolayev
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Novgorod-Seversky
* Novgorod
* Novorossiya
* Olonets
* Orenburg
* Oryol
* Penza
* Perm
* *Petrograd²
* Podolia
* Polotsk
* Poltava
* Pskov
* Ryazan
* Samara
* Saint Petersburg
* Saratov
* Siberia
* Simbirsk
* Sloboda Ukraine
* Slonim
* Smolensk
* Stavropol
* Taurida
* Tambov
* Tver
* Tobolsk
* Tomsk
* Tula
* Ufa
* Vilna
* Vitebsk
* Vladimir
* Voznesensk
* Vologda
* Volhynia
* Voronezh
* Vyatka
* Vyborg
* Yaroslavl
* Yekaterinoslav
* Yeniseysk

Oblasts|

* Amur
* Belostok
* Bessarabia
* Don Host
* Transbaikal
* Kamchatka
* Caspian
* Kwantung
* Orenburg Kirgiz
* Omsk
* Primorskaya
* Sakhalin
* Taurida
* Tarnopol
* Turgay
* Ural
* Yakut

Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai|

* Akmolinsk
* Siberia Kirgiz
* Semipalatinsk

Oblasts of Turkestan Krai|

* Transcaspian
* Samarkand
* Semirechye Oblast
* Syr-Darya Oblast
* Turkestan
* Fergana

Caucasus Viceroyalty|

* Baku (Governorate)
* Black Sea
* Derbent
* Elizavetpol
* Erivan
* Georgia-Imeretia
* Georgia
* Kutaisi
* Shemakha
* Tiflis
* Armenian
* Batum
* Dagestan
* Imeretia
* Kars
* Kuban
* Terek
* Sukhumi
* Zakatal
* Baku (Gradonachalstvo)

Baltic Governorates³|

* Courland
* Livonia
* Reval
* Riga
* Estonia

Governorates of Finland|

* Abo-Byorneborg
* Vaza
* Vyborg
* Kuopio
* Nyuland
* Sankt-Mikhel
* Tavastgus
* Uleaborg

Governorates of Poland|

* Avgustov
* Warsaw
* Kalish
* Keltsy
* Krakov
* Lomzha
* Lyublin
* Mazovia
* Petrokov
* Plotsk
* Podlyashye
* Radom
* Sandomir
* Sedlets
* Suvalki

Governorates of
Galicia and Bukovina|

* Lvov
* Peremyshl
* Tarnopol
* Chernovtsy

Dependencies|

* Bukey Horde
* Emirate of Bukhara
* Khanate of Kokand
* Russian America
* *Uryankhay Krai²
* Khanate of Khiva
* Zeravshan Okrug

¹ Italics indicates renamed or abolished governorates, oblasts, etc on 1 January 1914.
² An asterisk (*) indicates governorates formed or created with renaming after 1 January 1914.
³ Ostsee or Baltic general-governorship was abolished in 1876.
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