Smaller Russian Cities You May Know #1

82,943

Was a Genoese colony with a port called Balzimachi (Bacinaci)

Krasnodar Krai

81,924

Was previously known as Azak

Rostov Oblast

72,530

Was founded as a medieval fortress in Finland under Swedish rule during the Third Swedish Crusade

Leningrad Oblast

70,064

Was planned by the Swiss architect Hannes Meyer and established in 1931

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

56,985

Coal-mining city in the Komi Republic

Komi Republic

55,757

The uppermost city situated on the Volga River

Tver Oblast

55,225

One of the chief centers of the cotton and linen industries in central Russia

Ivanovo Oblast

35,929

Known for school hostage crisis on September 4, 2004

North Ossetia- Alania Republic

32,719

Derived from the Russian word ugol (a corner, a nook)

Yaroslavl Oblast

27,487

After Pskov became independent, ***** became the second most important town and trade center of the Novgorod Republic after Novgorod itself

Novgorod Oblast

10,827

Modern locality was founded by Zaporozhian Cossacks on August 25, 1792

Krasnodar Krai

10,247

Most western Russian city without counting Kaliningrad Oblast

Pskov Oblast

9,861

Located on the east bank of Narva River

Leningrad Oblast

9,286

Was served as a capital at the time when Moscow has been described as 'still a cluster of cowsheds'

Vladimir Oblast

5,127

The city was occupied by Ukraine on August 15, 2024

Kursk Oblast

5,031

Alexei Navalny died while imprisoned at Polar Wolf penal colony on February 16, 2024

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

3,955

Was established on December 24, 2012 as a technology park (IT Village)

Tatarstan

2,012

Was dominated by Varangians who known as the Rus'

Leningrad Oblast

863

Was renamed in honor of Soviet partisan in 1944

Tula Oblast

422

Originally had a name 'Private city Goodwill'

Vladimir Oblast