City
|
Governorate of the Russian Empire[1]
|
Population[2]
|
Status (2015)
|
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
|
Berdyansk
|
Taurida Governorate[4]
|
26,496
|
Ukraine
|
Berdicheff
|
Kiev Governorate
|
53,351
|
Ukraine
|
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
|
Kiev Governorate
|
29,600
|
Ukraine
|
Chernihiv
|
Chernigov Governorate
|
27,716
|
Ukraine
|
Kronstadt
|
Saint Petersburg Governorate
|
59,525
|
Northwestern Federal District, Russia
|
Czenstochowa (Częstochowa)
|
Petrokov Governorate
|
45,045
|
Poland
|
Dorpat (Tartu)
|
Governorate of Livonia
|
42,308
|
Estonia
|
Dünaburg (Daugavpils)
|
Vitebsk Governorate
|
69,675
|
Latvia
|
Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk)
|
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
|
Kharkoff (Kharkiv)
|
Kharkov Governorate
|
173,989
|
Ukraine
|
Kherson
|
Kherson Governorate
|
59,076
|
Ukraine
|
Kieff (Kiev)
|
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
|
Poltava Governorate
|
63,007
|
Ukraine
|
Kursk
|
Kursk Governorate
|
75,721
|
Central Federal District, Russia
|
Libau (Liepāja)
|
Courland Governorate
|
64,489
|
Latvia
|
Lodz
|
Petrokov Governorate
|
314,020
|
Poland
|
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]
|
Nikolaieff (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
|
Chernigov Governorate
|
32,113
|
Ukraine
|
Odessa
|
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
|
Petrokow (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]
|
Warsaw
|
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
|
Volhynian Governorate
|
65,895
|
Ukraine
|