Russia Capital and Main Cities
Moscow
Moscow is the capital city of Russia with a population of some 12,680,000.The other main cities in descending order of size are:
ST. Petersburg (Leningrad) approximately 5,561,000
Novosibirsk approximately 1,695,000
Nizhny novgorod approximately 1,251,000
Yekaterinburg approximately 1,528,000
Perm approximately 1,082,000