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)
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]

References

^ "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
^ "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. hdl:2027/njp.32101020157267.
^ Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.
^ ^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
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "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.

[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

[statesman1898-2] "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. hdl:2027/njp.32101020157267.

[territories2012-3] Territories of the Russian Federation. Europa Territories of the World (13th ed.). Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-85743-646-4.

[beable1919-4] ^ ^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

[pfo-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 24 March 2015.

[szfo-6] "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

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v t e 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 Kirghiz Omsk Primorskaya Sakhalin Taurida Tarnopol Turgay Ural Yakutsk
Oblasts of Stepnoy Krai	Akmolinsk Siberian Kirghiz 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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