City |
Governorate of the Russian Empire[1] |
Population[2] |
Status (2015) |
Astrakhan |
Astrakhan Governorate |
113,075 |
Southern Federal District, Russia[3] |
Bendery |
Bessarabia Governorate |
32,934 |
Moldova |
Berdicheff |
Kiev Governorate |
53,728 |
Ukraine |
Bobruisk |
Minsk Governorate |
34,820 |
Belarus |
Brest-Litovsk |
Grodno Governorate[4] |
47,757 |
Belarus |
Byelostok (Białystok) |
Grodno Governorate |
63,927 |
Poland |
Cherkassy |
Kiev Governorate |
29,620 |
Ukraine |
Kronstadt |
Saint Petersburg Governorate |
59,539 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia |
Czenstochowa (Częstochowa) |
Petrokov Governorate |
45,130 |
Poland |
Dorpat (Tartu) |
Governorate of Livonia |
42,421 |
Estonia |
Dünaburg (Daugavpils) |
Vitebsk Governorate |
72,231 |
Latvia |
Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) |
Yekaterinoslav Governorate |
121,216 |
Ukraine |
Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi) |
Kherson Governorate |
61,841 |
Ukraine |
Gomel |
Mogilev Governorate |
41,231 |
Belarus |
Grodno |
Grodno Governorate |
48,881 |
Belarus |
Ivanoff-Voznesensk |
Vladimir Governorate |
35,930 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Izmail |
Bessarabia Governorate |
31,293 |
Ukraine |
Kaluga |
Kaluga Governorate |
49,727 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi) |
Podolia Governorate |
34,483 |
Ukraine |
Kazan |
Kazan Governorate |
131,508 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Kerch |
Taurida Governorate |
43,726 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia /
Ukraine |
Kharkoff (Kharkiv) |
Kharkov Governorate |
170,682 |
Ukraine |
Kherson |
Kherson Governorate |
69,219 |
Ukraine |
Kieff (Kiev) |
Kiev Governorate |
248,750 |
Ukraine |
Kishineff (Chișinău) |
Bessarabia |
108,506 |
Moldova |
Kostroma |
Kostroma Governorate |
40,670 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Kovno (Kaunas) |
Kovno Governorate |
78,543 |
Lithuania |
Krementchug |
Poltava Governorate |
57,879 |
Ukraine |
Kursk |
Kursk Governorate |
52,908 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Libau (Liepāja) |
Courland Governorate |
64,500 |
Latvia |
Lodz |
Petrokov Governorate[4] |
314,780 |
Poland |
Lublin |
Lublin Governorate |
46,224 |
Poland |
Mariupol |
Yekaterinoslav Governorate |
31,772 |
Ukraine |
Minsk |
Minsk Governorate |
91,113 |
Belarus |
Mitau (Jelgava) |
Courland Governorate |
35,011 |
Latvia |
Moghilev on Dnieper |
Mogilev Governorate |
43,106 |
Belarus |
Moscow |
Moscow Governorate |
988,610 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Nizhny-Novgorod |
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate |
98,503 |
Volga Federal District, Russia[5] |
Nikolaieff (Mykolaiv) |
Kherson Governorate |
92,060 |
Ukraine |
Novotcherkask |
Don Host Oblast |
52,005 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Nezhin |
Chernigov Governorate |
31,892 |
Ukraine |
Odessa |
Kherson Governorate[4] |
404,651 |
Ukraine |
Oryol |
Oryol Governorate |
68,557 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Orenburg |
Orenburg Governorate |
72,740 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Penza |
Penza Governorate |
55,680 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Perm |
Perm Governorate |
45,403 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Petrokow (Piotrków) |
Petrokov Governorate |
30,372 |
Poland |
Poltava |
Poltava Governorate |
53,060 |
Ukraine |
Pskov |
Pskov Governorate |
29,555 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia[6] |
Reval (Tallinn) |
Estonia Governorate[4] |
64,578 |
Estonia |
Riga |
Governorate of Livonia[4] |
282,943 |
Latvia |
Rostov on Don |
Don Host Oblast[4] |
119,889 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Ryazan |
Ryazan Governorate |
33,110 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Saint Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg Governorate |
1,267,023 |
Northwestern Federal District, Russia[6] |
Samara |
Samara Governorate |
91,659 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Saratov |
Saratov Governorate |
133,116 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Sebastopol |
Taurida Governorate[4] |
54,442 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia /
Ukraine[7] |
Simbirsk |
Simbirsk Governorate |
41,702 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Simferopol |
Taurida Governorate[4] |
48,821 |
Crimean Federal District, Russia /
Ukraine |
Smolensk |
Smolensk Governorate |
46,889 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Syzran |
Simbirsk Governorate |
32,377 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Taganrog |
Don Host Oblast |
51,748 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Tambov |
Tambov Governorate |
48,134 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) |
Saratov Governorate[4] |
55,914 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Tula |
Tula Governorate |
111,048 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Tver |
Tver Governorate |
53,477 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Ufa |
Ufa Governorate |
50,576 |
Volga Federal District, Russia |
Vilna (Vilnius) |
Vilna Governorate |
159,568 |
Lithuania |
Vitebsk |
Vitebsk Governorate |
66,143 |
Belarus |
Voronezh |
Voronezh Governorate |
84,015 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Warsaw |
Warsaw Governorate |
614,752 |
Poland |
Yaroslavl |
Yaroslavl Governorate |
70,610 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Yeisk |
Kuban Oblast |
35,446 |
Southern Federal District, Russia |
Yelets |
Oryol Governorate |
37,455 |
Central Federal District, Russia |
Zhitomir |
Volhynian Governorate |
65,452 |
Ukraine |