The following is a list of the largest cities (over 25,000 inhabitants) in the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
according to the 1897
Russian Imperial Census
The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...
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See also
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History of Russia (1892–1917)
The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start-date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians. Staraya Ladoga and Novgorod became ...
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List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1840 (in Russian)
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List of cities in the USSR in 1926 (in Russian)
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List of cities and towns in Russia
This is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2010 Russian Census, there are 1,117 cities and towns in Russia. After the Census, Innopolis, a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, was established in 2012 and granted town s ...
in 2010
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List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
This is a list of Russian towns and cities that were renamed.
Background
Historical reasons behind geographical renaming were
*a particularly large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917
*more re ...
References
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Russian Wikipedia.''
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
Histories of cities in Russia
Demographics of Russia
1897 in the Russian Empire
cities
Local government in the Russian Empire