Urban areas[edit]

See also: List of cities and towns in Russia by population and List of cities and towns in Russia

Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia

 

Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital and the second-largest city

 

Yekaterinburg, the fourth-largest city in the country.

Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with roughly 75% of its total population
living in urban areas.[10] Moscow, the capital and largest city, has a population estimated at 12.4
million residents within the city limits,[11] while over 17 million residents in the urban area,[12] and
over 20 million residents in the metropolitan area.[13] Moscow is among the world's largest cities,
being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe,
[12]
 the most populous metropolitan area in Europe,[13] and also the largest city by land area on the
European continent.[14] Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a
population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants.[15] Other major urban areas
are Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk.