Every 100,000+ City In The USSR In 1989

Can you name all cities in the USSR with a population of over 100,000 in 1989?
Sources: Wikipedia and citypopulation.de
Cities in italics are estimated and at their lowest estimation
Both former and current names of cities will be accepted
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Population
City
8,967,232
Moscow
5,023,506
Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)
2,587,945
Kiev (Kyiv)
2,095,525
Tashkent
1,609,959
Kharkov (Kharkiv)
1,589,436
Minsk
1,438,133
Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod)
1,436,516
Novosibirsk
1,364,621
Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg)
1,254,460
Kuybyshev (Samara)
1,243,150
Tbilisi
1,201,539
Yerevan
1,191,971
Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro)
1,150,055
Baku
1,148,418
Omsk
1,141,777
Chelyabinsk
1,127,884
Alma-Ata (Almaty)
1,115,371
Odessa
1,109,102
Donetsk
1,100,772
Perm
1,094,378
Kazan
1,082,052
Ufa
1,019,305
Rostov-On-Don
998,894
Volgograd
912,629
Krasnoyarsk
910,445
Riga
904,643
Saratov
886,844
Voronezh
883,909
Zaporizhia
790,908
Lvov (Lviv)
763,109
Kryvyi Rih
667,082
Kishinev (Chisinau)
635,109
Izhevsk
633,838
Vladivostok
632,991
Yaroslavl
630,543
Tolyatti
626,135
Irkutsk
625,155
Ulyanovsk
620,516
Krasnodar
613,797
Karaganda
610,630
Frunze (Bishkek)
601,811
Barnaul
600,623
Khabarovsk
599,947
Novokuznetsk
595,820
Dushanbe
576,747
Vilnius
546,501
Orenburg
542,612
Penza
539,980
Tula
520,263
Kemerovo
518,933
Zhdanov (Mariupol)
514,638
Ryazan
509,210
Astrakhan
502,776
Mykolaiv
501,963
Tomsk
500,846
Gomel
500,309
Nabarezhnye Chelny
496,813
Voroshilovgrad (Luhansk)
481,042
Ivanovo
480,020
Murmansk
478,974
Tallinn
476,869
Tyumen
452,160
Bryansk
450,941
Kalinin (Tver)
449,635
Lipetsk
440,321
Magnitogorsk
440,240
Kirov
439,521
Nizhny Tagil
438,532
Ashgabat
430,201
Makiivka
424,239
Kursk
419,592
Cheboksary
418,087
Kaunas
415,921
Arkhangelsk
401,280
Kaliningrad
399,688
Grozny
392,977
Shymkent
374,304
Vinnytsia
367,031
Samarkand
365,754
Chita
359,188
Magilyov
356,123
Sevastopol
355,517
Kurgan
355,379
Kherson
352,530
Ulan-Ude
350,004
Vitebsk
349,702
Vladimir
343,565
Simferopol
341,483
Smolensk
338,106
Horlivka
336,862
Orel
336,514
Sochi
334,402
Semipalatinsk (Semey)
330,748
Pavlodar
324,478
Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen)
318,298
Stavropol
317,475
Makhachkala
315,325
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
314,740
Poltava
312,128
Saransk
311,399
Kaluga
310,463
Cherepovets
306,715
Dzhambul (Taraz)
305,585
Namangan
304,600
Tambov
300,408
Belgorod
300,198
Vladikavkaz
296,347
Chernihiv
293,227
Andijan
292,097
Zhytomyr
291,622
Taganrog
291,264
Sumy
290,340
Cherkasy
285,071
Dzerzhinsk
282,802
Vologda
281,925
Dniprodzerzhynsk (Kamianske)
278,756
Podolsk
278,414
Kostroma
277,365
Tselinograd (Astana)
277,284
Volzhsky
273,838
Prokopyevsk
270,711
Orsk
270,535
Grodno
270,006
Kirovabad (Ganja)
269,803
Kirovohrad (Kropyvnytskyi)
269,485
Petrozavodsk
268,747
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
265,835
Angarsk
258,016
Brest
256,644
Chernivtsi
255,705
Bratsk
253,532
Aktyubinsk (Aqtobe)
251,442
Andropov (Rybinsk)
248,670
Severodvinsk
247,823
Sergut
247,457
Sterlitamak
241,601
Yoshkar-Ola
241,457
Nizhnevartovsk
241,360
Petropavlovsk (Petropavl)
236,938
Khmelnytskyi
236,495
Kremenchuk
234,547
Nalchik
232,510
Kutaisi
232,117
Syktyvkar
231,104
Sumqayit
229,126
Veliky Novgorod
227,925
Rivne
225,797
Shakhty
224,598
Kustanay (Kostanay)
223,934
Bukhara
221,166
Bobruysk
214,021
Ivano-Frankivsk
212,382
Termitay
211,045
Osh
207,794
Zlatoust
207,780
Kamensk-Uralsky
205,553
Blagoveshchensk
204,845
Ternopil
203,789
Pskov
202,929
Klaipeda
201,213
Berezniki
200,373
Fergana
199,835
Uralsk (Oral)
198,094
Kramatorsk
197,724
Lutsk
197,391
Balakovo
196,878
Bila Tserkva
190,793
Nizhnekamsk
187,973
Novocherkassk
186,626
Yakutsk
185,938
Novorossiysk
183,958
Tiraspol
182,073
Kokand
181,201
Engels
175,593
Volgodonsk
174,673
Norilsk
174,365
Kerch
174,335
Syzran
173,917
Stary Oskol
173,385
Melitopol
171,792
Rubtsovsk
170,362
Nukus
167,839
Miass
165,478
Lyubertsy
161,881
Kolomna
160,893
Armavir
160,799
Carjew (Turkmenabat)
160,458
Leninabad (Khujand)
160,056
Nakhodka
159,942
Kovrov
159,869
Mytishchi
159,363
Korolyov
159,315
Baranovichi
159,299
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
159,245
Shevchenko (Aktau)
159,016
Rustavi
158,517
Balti
158,016
Ussuriysk
157,608
Nikopol
157,119
Karshi
156,654
Chirchik
154,092
Abakan
152,463
Elektrostal
151,791
Kzyl-Orda (Kyzylorda)
149,627
Salavat
149,261
Guryev (Atyrau)
148,608
Maykop
146,302
Novomoskovsk
145,629
Siauliai
143,792
Borisov
143,618
Serpukhov
142,193
Pervouralsk
137,198
Orekhovo-Zuyevo
136,900
Batumi
136,757
Kokchetav (Kokshetau)
135,841
Balashikha
135,300
Sloviansk
134,627
Ekibastuz
132,902
Khimki
132,644
Berdiansk
131,970
Angren
131,414
Pavlohrad
131,376
Sievierodonetsk
129,969
Bender
129,499
Pyatigorsk
129,008
Almetyevsk
128,000
Mozyr
126,503
Lysychansk
126,500
Panevezys
126,380
Urgench
125,502
Kommunarsk (Alchevsk)
125,149
Odintsovo
124,910
Daugavpils
124,847
Margilan
124,300
Rudny
124,229
Murom
123,570
Dimitovgrad
123,128
Orsha
123,020
Noginsk
122,587
Leninakan (Gyumri)
122,463
Kamyshin
121,355
Nevinnomyssk
120,332
Yenakiieve
119,149
Taldy-Kurgan (Taldykorgan)
119,050
Sokhumi
118,636
Pinsk
117,061
Uzhhorod
114,760
Novocheboksarsk
114,486
Liepaja
114,414
Kislovodsk
114,331
Almalik
113,420
Tartu
113,278
Khrustalni
113,060
Cherkessk
112,023
Stakhanov (Kadiivka)
111,406
Tashauz (Dashoguz)
109,225
Shchyolkovo
108,951
Arzamas
108,821
Dzezkazgan
107,792
Yevpatoria
107,772
Novoshakhtinsk
107,562
Kostiantynivka
107,115
Navoi
106,801
Neftekamsk
106,087
Dzhizak
104,732
Oktyabrsky
102,611
Oleksandriia
102,236
Kamianets-Podilskyi
100,609
Zhukovsky
100,178
Obninsk
100,000
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