Cities in Russia

According to official data from 2011, Russia had more than 160 cities with a population of over 100 thousand. residents. The capital city of Moscow is the only city had a population of over 10 million inhabitants; 12 cities with a population of 1 ÷ 5 million.; 23 cities with a population of 500 ÷ 1000 thousand.; and the rest of the towns with less than 500 thousand. residents. 

For comparison, the number of cities in Russia according to different years.

Year	Number of cities	Less 50 000	50 000 - 99 999	100 000 and more
1926	461	404	37	20
1979	999	709	138	152
1989	1037	710	163	164
2002	1108	768	163	167
2004	1097	770	162	165
2007	1095	774	154	167