Capital and Major Cities of Russia

MOSCOW  is the capital city of Russia with a population of some 9,500,000.
   
The other main cities in descending order of size are:


     ST. PETERSBURG (Leningrad);    approximately          5,100,000
   
     NOVOSIBIRSK                            approximately          1,400,000
   
     NIZHNY NOVGOROD                approximately          1,400,000
   
     YEKATERINBURG                       approximately         1,310,000