Federal cities of Russia

Not to be confused with City of federal subject significance.

In the Russian Federation, a city of federal importance^[1][2] (Russian: город федерального значения, romanized: gorod federalnogo znacheniya), also known as a federal city, is a city that has a status of both an inhabited locality and a constituent federal subject. Russia claims three federal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Sevastopol,^[3] which was annexed in 2014 and remains internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.^[4]

Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the largest cities in the country: Moscow is the national capital and Saint Petersburg is a former Russian capital and an important port city by the Baltic Sea.^[5] Currently, Sevastopol houses the Sevastopol Naval Base, the main port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Map #	Code	ISO code	Name	Flag	Coat of arms	Federal district	Economic region	Area (km^2)[6]	Population (2017 est.)[7]
1	77	RU-MOW	Moscow			Central	Central	2,561.5	12,506,468
2	78	RU-SPE	Saint Petersburg			Northwestern	Northwestern	1,439	5,351,935
3	92	UA-40	Sevastopol[a]			Southern	North Caucasus	864[8]	436,670[8]

Notes

1. Annexed by Russia in 2014; recognized internationally as a part of Ukraine.

References

1. "Chapter 3. The Federal Structure - The Constitution of the Russian Federation". www.constitution.ru.
2. "Конституция Российской Федерации".
3. "Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia". ITAR TASS. March 21, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
4. "General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes in Status of Crimea Region | UN Press". press.un.org. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
5. Gritsai, Olga; van der Wusten, Herman (2000). "Moscow and St. Petersburg, a sequence of capitals, a tale of two cities". GeoJournal. 51 (1/2): 33–45. doi:10.1023/A:1010849220006. JSTOR 41147495. S2CID 154264277.
6. Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
7. Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (January 1, 2014). "Оценка численности населения на 1 января 2014 года и в среднем за 2013 год (Estimated population of Russia on 1 January 2014 and the average for 2013)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
8. "A General data of the region". Sevastopol City State Administration. Archived from the original on February 11, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.