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 Russia[3]
Bendery Bessarabia Governorate 32,934 Moldova Moldova
Berdicheff Kiev Governorate 53,728 Ukraine Ukraine
Bobruisk Minsk Governorate 34,820 Belarus Belarus
Brest-Litovsk Grodno Governorate[4] 47,757 Belarus Belarus
Byelostok (Białystok) Grodno Governorate 63,927 Poland Poland
Cherkassy Kiev Governorate 29,620 Ukraine Ukraine
Kronstadt Saint Petersburg Governorate 59,539 Northwestern Federal District, Russia Russia
Czenstochowa (Częstochowa) Petrokov Governorate 45,130 Poland Poland
Dorpat (Tartu) Governorate of Livonia 42,421 Estonia Estonia
Dünaburg (Daugavpils) Vitebsk Governorate 72,231 Latvia Latvia
Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) Yekaterinoslav Governorate 121,216 Ukraine Ukraine
Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi) Kherson Governorate 61,841 Ukraine Ukraine
Gomel Mogilev Governorate 41,231 Belarus Belarus
Grodno Grodno Governorate 48,881 Belarus Belarus
Ivanoff-Voznesensk Vladimir Governorate 35,930 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Izmail Bessarabia Governorate 31,293 Ukraine Ukraine
Kaluga Kaluga Governorate 49,727 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi) Podolia Governorate 34,483 Ukraine Ukraine
Kazan Kazan Governorate 131,508 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Kerch Taurida Governorate 43,726 Crimean Federal District, Russia Russia /
Ukraine Ukraine
Kharkoff (Kharkiv) Kharkov Governorate 170,682 Ukraine Ukraine
Kherson Kherson Governorate 69,219 Ukraine Ukraine
Kieff (Kiev) Kiev Governorate 248,750 Ukraine Ukraine
Kishineff (Chișinău) Bessarabia 108,506 Moldova Moldova
Kostroma Kostroma Governorate 40,670 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Kovno (Kaunas) Kovno Governorate 78,543 Lithuania Lithuania
Krementchug Poltava Governorate 57,879 Ukraine Ukraine
Kursk Kursk Governorate 52,908 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Libau (Liepāja) Courland Governorate 64,500 Latvia Latvia
Lodz Petrokov Governorate[4] 314,780 Poland Poland
Lublin Lublin Governorate 46,224 Poland Poland
Mariupol Yekaterinoslav Governorate 31,772 Ukraine Ukraine
Minsk Minsk Governorate 91,113 Belarus Belarus
Mitau (Jelgava) Courland Governorate 35,011 Latvia Latvia
Moghilev on Dnieper Mogilev Governorate 43,106 Belarus Belarus
Moscow Moscow Governorate 988,610 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Nizhny-Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Governorate 98,503 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia[5]
Nikolaieff (Mykolaiv) Kherson Governorate 92,060 Ukraine Ukraine
Novotcherkask Don Host Oblast 52,005 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Nezhin Chernigov Governorate 31,892 Ukraine Ukraine
Odessa Kherson Governorate[4] 404,651 Ukraine Ukraine
Oryol Oryol Governorate 68,557 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Orenburg Orenburg Governorate 72,740 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Penza Penza Governorate 55,680 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Perm Perm Governorate 45,403 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Petrokow (Piotrków) Petrokov Governorate 30,372 Poland Poland
Poltava Poltava Governorate 53,060 Ukraine Ukraine
Pskov Pskov Governorate 29,555 Northwestern Federal District, Russia Russia[6]
Reval (Tallinn) Estonia Governorate[4] 64,578 Estonia Estonia
Riga Governorate of Livonia[4] 282,943 Latvia Latvia
Rostov on Don Don Host Oblast[4] 119,889 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Ryazan Ryazan Governorate 33,110 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Governorate 1,267,023 Northwestern Federal District, Russia Russia[6]
Samara Samara Governorate 91,659 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Saratov Saratov Governorate 133,116 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Sebastopol Taurida Governorate[4] 54,442 Crimean Federal District, Russia Russia /
Ukraine Ukraine[7]
Simbirsk Simbirsk Governorate 41,702 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Simferopol Taurida Governorate[4] 48,821 Crimean Federal District, Russia Russia /
Ukraine Ukraine
Smolensk Smolensk Governorate 46,889 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Syzran Simbirsk Governorate 32,377 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Taganrog Don Host Oblast 51,748 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Tambov Tambov Governorate 48,134 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) Saratov Governorate[4] 55,914 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Tula Tula Governorate 111,048 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Tver Tver Governorate 53,477 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Ufa Ufa Governorate 50,576 Volga Federal District, Russia Russia
Vilna (Vilnius) Vilna Governorate 159,568 Lithuania Lithuania
Vitebsk Vitebsk Governorate 66,143 Belarus Belarus
Voronezh Voronezh Governorate 84,015 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Warsaw Warsaw Governorate 614,752 Poland Poland
Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Governorate 70,610 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Yeisk Kuban Oblast 35,446 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Yelets Oryol Governorate 37,455 Central Federal District, Russia Russia
Zhitomir Volhynian Governorate 65,452 Ukraine Ukraine

Russia in Asia

City Governorate Population[2] Status (2015)
Alexandropol Erivan Governorate 30,735 Armenia Armenia
Andijan Fergana Oblast 46,680 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Baku Baku Governorate 112,253 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Barnaul Tomsk Governorate 29,408 Siberian Federal District, Russia Russia
Batumi Kutaisi Governorate 26,417 Georgia (country) Georgia
Ekaterinburg Perm Governorate 43,052 Ural Federal District, Russia Russia
Ekaterinodar Kuban Oblast 65,697 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Elisabethpol Elisabethpol Governorate 33,022 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Erivan Erivan Governorate 28,910 Armenia Armenia
Irkutsk Irkutsk Governorate 51,484 Siberian Federal District, Russia Russia
Kars Kars Oblast 20,891 Turkey Turkey
Khodzent (Khujand) Samarkand Oblast 30,076 Tajikistan Tajikistan
Kokand Fergana Oblast 54,452 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Krasnoyarsk Yeniseysk Governorate 26,600 Siberian Federal District, Russia Russia
Kutais Kutaisi Governorate 32,492 Georgia (country) Georgia
Maikop Kuban Oblast 33,276 Southern Federal District, Russia Russia
Nakhichevan Elisabethpol Governorate 29,312 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Namangan Fergana Oblast 61,906 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Old Marghelan Fergana Oblast 36,592 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Omsk Akmolinsk Oblast 37,470 Siberian Federal District, Russia Russia
Osh Fergana Oblast 35,918 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Samarkand Samarkand Oblast[4] 54,900 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Semipalatinsk Semipalatinsk Oblast 26,353 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Shusha Erivan Governorate 25,656 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Stavropol Stavropol Governorate 41,621 North Caucasian Federal District, Russia Russia
Tashkent Syr-Darya Oblast 156,506 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Tiflis (Tbilisi) Tiflis Governorate 159,862 Georgia (country) Georgia
Tobolsk Tobolsk Governorate 20,427 Ural Federal District, Russia Russia
Tomsk Tomsk Governorate 52,430 Siberian Federal District, Russia Russia
Tyumen Tobolsk Governorate 29,588 Ural Federal District, Russia Russia
Uralsk Ural Oblast 36,597 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Vladikavkaz Terek Oblast 48,843 North Caucasian Federal District, Russia Russia
Vladivostok Primorskaya Oblast 28,896 Far Eastern Federal District, Russia Russia
Verny Semirechye Oblast 22,982 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Finland

City Governorate Population (1894)[2] Status (2015)
Abo (Turku) Abo-Byorneborg Governorate 32,184 Finland Finland
Helsingfors (Helsinki) Nyuland Governorate 66,734 Finland Finland
Tammerfors (Tampere) Tavastgus Governorate 22,169 Finland Finland
Vyborg Vyborg Governorate 21,290 Northwestern Federal District, Russia Russia[6]

See also

References

  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, ISSN 1726-2887
  2. 1 2 3 "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898.
  3. ↑ Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
  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
  5. ↑ "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. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. 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. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. ↑ Reuters (2 April 2014), "U.N. Will Treat Crimea as Part of Ukraine, Not Russia: U.S.", New York Times

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