The following is a list of the largest cities (over 20,000 inhabitants) in the Russian Empire according to the 1897 Russian Imperial Census.

City Governorate Population Status (2015) Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk Governorate 20,882 Northwestern Federal District, Astrakhan Astrakhan Governorate 112,880 Southern Federal District, Balta Podolia Governorate 23,363 Belgorod Kursk Governorate 26,564 Central Federal District, Bendery Bessarabia Governorate 31,797 Bendin (Będzin) Petrokov Governorate 23,757 Berdiansk Taurida Governorate 26,496 Berdichev (Berdychiv) Kiev Governorate 53,351 Akkerman (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) Bessarabia Governorate 28,258 Bobruisk Minsk Governorate 34,336 Bolkhov Oryol Governorate 21,446 Central Federal District, Borisoglebsk Voronezh Governorate 22,309 Central Federal District, Brest-Litovsk Grodno Governorate 46,568 Bryansk Oryol Governorate 24,781 Central Federal District, Byelostok (Białystok) Grodno Governorate 66,032 Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Kiev Governorate 29,600 Chernigov (Chernihiv) Chernigov Governorate 27,716 Chistopol Kazan Governorate 20,104 Volga Federal District, Kronstadt Saint Petersburg Governorate 59,525 Northwestern Federal District, Chestokhov (Częstochowa) Petrokov Governorate 45,045 Yuryev (Tartu) Governorate of Livonia 42,308 Dvinsk (Daugavpils) Vitebsk Governorate 69,675 Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro) Yekaterinoslav Governorate 112,839 Yelizavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi) Kherson Governorate 61,488 Feodosia Taurida Governorate 24,096 Crimean Federal District, / Gomel Mogilev Governorate 36,775 Grodno Grodno Governorate 46,919 Ivanovo-Voznesensk (Ivanovo) Vladimir Governorate 54,208 Central Federal District, Izmail Bessarabia Governorate 22,295 Kalish (Kalisz) Kalisz Governorate 24,418 Kaluga Kaluga Governorate 49,513 Central Federal District, Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi) Podolia Governorate 35,934 Kazan Kazan Governorate 129,959 Volga Federal District, Kerch Taurida Governorate 33,347 Crimean Federal District, / Kharkov (Kharkiv) Kharkov Governorate 173,989 Kherson Kherson Governorate 59,076 Proskurov (Khmelnytskyi) Volhynia Governorate 22,855 Keltsy (Kielce) Kielce Governorate 23,178 Kiev (Kyiv) Kiev Governorate 247,723 Kishineff (Chișinău) Bessarabia 108,483 Kolomna Moscow Governorate 20,277 Central Federal District, Kostroma Kostroma Governorate 41,336 Central Federal District, Kovno (Kaunas) Kovno Governorate 70,920 Kozlov (Michurinsk) Tambov Governorate 40,297 Central Federal District, Kremenchug (Kremenchuk) Poltava Governorate 63,007 Kursk Kursk Governorate 75,721 Central Federal District, Kuznetsk Saratov Governorate 20,473 Volga Federal District, Libava (Liepāja) Courland Governorate 64,489 Lipetsk Tambov Governorate 20,254 Central Federal District, Livny Oryol Governorate 20,448 Central Federal District, Lodz (Łódź) Petrokov Governorate 314,020 Lomzha (Łomża) Łomża Governorate 26,093 Lugansk (Luhansk) Yekaterinoslav Governorate 20,404 Southern Federal District, / Lyublin (Lublin) Lublin Governorate 50,385 Mariupol Yekaterinoslav Governorate 31,116 Minsk Minsk Governorate 90,912 Mitava (Jelgava) Courland Governorate 35,131 Mogilev on Dnieper Mogilev Governorate 43,119 Mogilev on Dniester (Mohyliv-Podilskyi) Podolia Governorate 22,315 Morshansk Tambov Governorate 26,458 Central Federal District, Moscow Moscow Governorate 1,038,591 Central Federal District, Nakhichevan-on-Don Don Host Oblast 28,427 Southern Federal District, Nizhny-Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Governorate 90,053 Volga Federal District, Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) Kherson Governorate 92,012 Veliky Novgorod Novgorod Governorate 25,736 Northwestern Federal District, Novocherkassk Don Host Oblast 51,963 Southern Federal District, Nezhin (Nizhyn) Chernigov Governorate 32,113 Odessa (Odesa) Kherson Governorate 403,815 Akhtyrka (Okhtyrka) Kharkov Governorate 23,399 Oryol Oryol Governorate 69,735 Central Federal District, Orenburg Orenburg Governorate 72,425 Volga Federal District, Ostrogozhsk Voronezh Governorate 20,983 Central Federal District, Pabianice Petrokov Governorate 26,765 Penza Penza Governorate 59,981 Volga Federal District, Perm Perm Governorate 45,205 Volga Federal District, Pinsk Minsk Governorate 28,368 Petrokov (Piotrków) Petrokov Governorate 31,182 Plotsk (Płock) Plotsk Governorate 26,966 Polotsk Vitebsk Governorate 20,294 Poltava Poltava Governorate 53,703 Pskov Pskov Governorate 30,478 Northwestern Federal District, Radom Radom Governorate 29,896 Reval (Tallinn) Estonia Governorate 64,572 Riga Governorate of Livonia 282,230 Romny Poltava Governorate 22,510 Rovno (Rivne) Volhynia Governorate 24,573 Rostov on Don Don Host Oblast 119,476 Southern Federal District, Ryazan Ryazan Governorate 46,122 Central Federal District, Rybinsk Yaroslavl Governorate 25,290 Central Federal District, Rzhev Tver Governorate 21,265 Central Federal District, Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Governorate 1,264,920 Northwestern Federal District, Samara Samara Governorate 89,999 Volga Federal District, Sarapul Vyatka Governorate 21,398 Volga Federal District, Saratov Saratov Governorate 137,147 Volga Federal District, Serpukhov Moscow Governorate 30,571 Central Federal District, Sebastopol Taurida Governorate 53,595 Crimean Federal District, / Sedlets (Siedlce) Siedlce Governorate 26,234 Simbirsk Simbirsk Governorate 41,684 Volga Federal District, Simferopol Taurida Governorate 49,078 Crimean Federal District, / Smolensk Smolensk Governorate 46,699 Central Federal District, Sumy Kharkov Governorate 27,564 Suvalki (Suwałki) Suwałki Governorate 22,648 Syzran Simbirsk Governorate 32,383 Volga Federal District, Taganrog Don Host Oblast 51,437 Southern Federal District, Tambov Tambov Governorate 48,015 Central Federal District, Tiraspol Kherson Governorate 31,616 Tomashov (Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Petrokov Governorate 21,005 Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) Saratov Governorate 55,186 Southern Federal District, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) Saint Petersburg Governorate 22,480 Northwestern Federal District, Tula Tula Governorate 114,733 Central Federal District, Tver Tver Governorate 53,544 Central Federal District, Ufa Ufa Governorate 49,275 Volga Federal District, Uman Kiev Governorate 31,016 Vilna (Vilnius) Vilna Governorate 154,532 Vinnytsia Podolia Governorate 30,563 Vitebsk Vitebsk Governorate 65,871 Vladimir Vladimir Oblast 28,479 Central Federal District, Vologda Vologda Governorate 27,705 Northwestern Federal District, Volsk Saratov Governorate 27,058 Volga Federal District, Voronezh Voronezh Governorate 80,599 Central Federal District, Vyatka (Kirov) Vyatka Governorate 25,008 Volga Federal District, Varshava (Warsaw, or Warszawa) Warsaw Governorate 683,692 Vlotslavsk (Włocławek) Warsaw Governorate 22,907 Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Governorate 71,616 Central Federal District, Yeisk Kuban Oblast 35,446 Southern Federal District, Yelets Oryol Governorate 46,956 Central Federal District, Zhitomir (Zhytomyr) Volhynian Governorate 65,895 Alexandropol (Gyumri) Erivan Governorate 30,616 Andijan Fergana Oblast 47,627 Baku Baku Governorate 112,253 Barnaul Tomsk Governorate 21,073 Siberian Federal District, Batum (Batumi) Kutais Governorate 28,508 Blagoveshchensk Amur Oblast 32,834 Far Eastern Federal District, Ekaterinburg Perm Governorate 43,239 Ural Federal District, Yekaterinodar (Krasnodar) Kuban Oblast 65,697 Southern Federal District, Yelisavetpol (Ganja) Elizavetpol Governorate 33,625 Erivan (Yerevan) Erivan Governorate 29,006 Irbit Perm Governorate 20,062 Ural Federal District, Irkutsk Irkutsk Governorate 51,484 Siberian Federal District, Kars Kars Oblast 20,891 Khodzent (Khujand) Samarkand Oblast 30,076 Kokand Fergana Oblast 81,354 Krasnoyarsk Yeniseysk Governorate 26,600 Siberian Federal District, Kutais Kutais Governorate 32,492 Maikop Kuban Oblast 34,327 Southern Federal District, Old Marghelan Fergana Oblast 36,490 Namangan Fergana Oblast 61,906 Nukha (Shaki) Elizavetpol Governorate 24,734 Omsk Akmolinsk Oblast 37,470 Siberian Federal District, Osh Fergana Oblast 34,157 Samarkand Samarkand Oblast 54,900 Semipalatinsk Semipalatinsk Oblast 26,353 Shemakha (Shamakhi) Baku Governorate 20,007 Shusha Erivan Governorate 25,881 Stavropol Stavropol Governorate 41,621 North Caucasian Federal District, Tashkent Syr-Darya Oblast 156,506 Tiflis (Tbilisi) Tiflis Governorate 159,862 Tobolsk Tobolsk Governorate 20,425 Ural Federal District, Tomsk Tomsk Governorate 52,430 Siberian Federal District, Troitsk Tobolsk Governorate 23,299 Ural Federal District, Tyumen Tobolsk Governorate 29,588 Ural Federal District, Uralsk Ural Oblast 36,466 Uratyube (Istaravshan) Samarkand Oblast 20,621 Vladikavkaz Terek Oblast 43,740 North Caucasian Federal District, Vladivostok Primorskaya Oblast 28,896 Far Eastern Federal District, Verny Semirechye Oblast 22,744 Zlatoust Ufa Governorate 20,502 Ural Federal District, Abo (Turku) Abo-Byorneborg Governorate 32,184 Helsingfors (Helsinki) Nyuland Governorate 66,734 Tammerfors (Tampere) Tavastgus Governorate 22,169 Vyborg Vyborg Governorate 21,290 Northwestern Federal District,

See also History of Russia (1892–1917) List of cities of the Russian Empire in 1840 (in Russian) List of cities in the USSR in 1926 (in Russian) List of cities and towns in Russia in 2010 List of renamed cities and towns in Russia

References

This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia.