Anapa is situated on the
Blask Sea coast of the Caucasus, 160 kilometres west of Krasnodar and 52
kilometres north-west of Novorossiisk. A seaside resort and a mud spa (mainly
for children). The population is 56.7 thousand people.
Arkhangelsk - a city 1,133 kilometers
north of Moscow on the bank of Severnaya Dvina river. Russian king Ivan
the Terrible ordered to built it in 1589 as the first Russian naval port.
Population-413,600.
Astrakhan - the centre of
the Astrakhan region, 1534 kilometres south-east of Moscow. It is situated
on the Caspian Depression, on the southern delta of the Volga river. It
was annexed by Russia in 1557. The population is 512.2 thousand people.
Bobrov - a city in the Voronezh
region, 148 kilometres south-east of Voronezh. It is situated on the southern
outskirts of Oka-Don Valley, on the Bityug River (the Don's tributary).
It was founded late in the 17th century on a place inhabited by beavers
(hence the name). The centre of a farming district. The population is 21.2
thousand people.
Cheboksary - the capital
of Chuvashia (a republic in the Volga region), 768 kilometres east of Moscow.
It is situated on the right bank of the Volga River. First mentioned in
1469. The population is 438.9 thousand people.
Irbit - a city in the Sverdlovsk
region, 204 kilometres north-east of Yekaterinburg. It is situated on the
West Siberian Plane in the Ob River basin. In the 17th - 19th centuries
- a big commercial centre where the Irbit fair was held. The population
is 51.8 thousand people.
Irkutsk - a city in the Eastern
Siberia 5,042 kilometers east of Moscow. Situated near the Baikal lake.
Founded as a prison in 1661. Population - 639,000.
Ivanovo - the centre of
the Ivanov region, 318 kilometres north-east of Moscow. It is situated
between the Volga and Klyazma Rivers. The city was formed in 1871 from
the village of Ivanovo and Voznesensky Posad. A big centre of textile industry.
The population is 480.4 thousand people.
Izhevsk - the capital of
Udmurtiya (a republic in the Volga region). It is situated 1129 kilometres
from Moscow on the Izh River (the Kama's tributary). It appeared in 1760
as an iron factory. A city since 1918. The population is 650.7 thousand
people.
Guelendzhik - a town in
the Krasnodar Territory, 177 km south-west of Krasnodar. Stands on the
coast of the Guelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea. Is surrounded with the spurs
of the Markhotsky ridge of the Great Caucasus. Is a seaside climatic resort.
Population - 49,500.
Kaliningrad - a city on the western
Russian boarder. Situated on the bank of Pregola river near the Baltic
sea 1,289 kilometers west from Moscow. Till 1946 had been known as Kenigsberg.
Population-410,700.
Kaluga - a town and regional center
in Central Russia 188 kilometers southwest of Moscow on the left bank of
the Oka river. Known since 1389. Pop. 346,800.
Kargopol - a town in Archangel
Region, 427 km south-west of Archangel. Located on the left bank of the
Onega River. Dates as a town from the 14th century. The first settlement
on the site dates from the 11th-12th century. Population - 13,100.
Kazan - the capital of the
republic of Tatarstan in the Volga region. It is situated on the left bank
of the Volga, 797 kilometres east of Moscow. It was founded in 1177. The
population is 1104 thousand people.
Kemerovo - a city in Western Siberia.
Straddles the Tom river 3,628 kilometers east of Moscow. Founded in 1918
in place of two old Siberian villages. A major industrial center in Siberia.
Kizhi, an island on Lake Onega
in Karelia. A state reserve of popular wooden architecture and ethnography.
Kostroma - the centre of
the Kostroma region, 372 kilometres north-east of Moscow. It is situated
on the Volga River. The city was founded in the 12th century. The population
is 282 thousand people.
Krasnodar - a city in southern
Russia. Stands on the right bank of the Kuban river which empties into
the Sea of Azov 1,539 kilometers south of Moscow. The Krasnodar region
is washed by the Baltic Sea and the Sea of Azov. Founded in 1793 as a Cossack
guardpost of Yekatirinodar. Pop. 634,500.
Krasnoturievsk - a town
in Sverdlovsk Region, 348 km north of Yekaterinburg. Located on the eastern
slope of the North Urals. Population - 67,000.
Krasnoyarsk - stands on both banks
of the Yenisei river in Eastern Siberia 3,955 kilometers east of Moscow.
Was founded as a fort and prison in 1628. Pop. 925,000.
Krymsk - a city in the Krasnodar
region. It is situated on the Adagum River (the Kuban's tributary), 87
kilometres west of Krasnodar, 100 kilometres from the Black Sea and the
Sea of Azov. It was founded in 1862. The population is 52 thousand people.
Makhachkala - the capital of the
southern Russian republic of Dagestan. Stands on the western shore of the
Caspian Sea 2,166 kilometers south of Moscow. Founded as a Russian fortress
in 1844. Pop. 339,300.
Murmansk - an ice-free seaport
on the east-western shore of the Kola inlet 30 miles from the Barents Sea
1,967 kilometers north of Moscow. Stands on permafrost beyond the Arctic
Circle. The biggest non-freezing port in Russia, Murmansk is often called
the Gateway to the Arctic. Founded in 1916. Pop. 468,300.
Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky in 1932-1991),
a regional center, located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers,
439 km east of Moscow. Founded in 1221 by Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of
Vladimir.
Novgorod - one of Russia's oldest
cities. Stands on the Volkhov river about two miles below its outfall from
Lake Ilmen 606 kilometers northwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 859.
Pop. 235,200.
Perm - the centre of the
Perm region, 1386 kilometres east of Moscow. It is situated in the Mid-Ural
Mountains on the Kama River. The city was founded in 1723. The biggest
city in the Kama region, a centre of heavy industry. The population is
1098.6 thousand people.
Pskov - the centre of the
Pskov region, 689 kilometres north-west of Moscow. It is situated on the
Velikaya River. First records date back to the year 903. A tourism centre.
The population is 208.5 thousand people.
Rostov-on-Don is situated on
the Don River 46 km from where the river falls into the Sea of Sea
and 1,226 km south-east of Moscow. The city is often referred to as
"The Gateway to the Caucasus". The population - 1,027,000.
During his Azov campaigns Peter the Great used to make a stop-over
on the site of the future city.
Ryazan - the centre of the
Ryazan region. It is situated 196 kilometres south-east of Moscow on Central
Russian Upland on the right bank of the Oka River. The capital of the Ryazan
principality in the Middle Ages. The population is 528.5 thousand people.
Saransk - the capital of
Mordovia (a republic in the Volga region), 642 kilometres east of Moscow.
It was founded in 1641. The population is 322 thousand people.
Saratov - a Central Russian city
on the bank of Volga river 858 kilometers southeast of Moscow. One of the
biggest port on the Volga river. Founded in 1590.
Severodvinsk - a city in
the Archangel region, 35 kilometres west of Archangel. It is situated on
the White Sea where one of the branches of the Severnaya Dvina River flows
into it. A port. The population is 249.8 thousand people.
Shatsk - a city in the Ryazan
region, 195 kilometres south-east of Ryazan. It is situated on the left
bank of the Shacha River (the Tsny's tributary), on the motorway from Moscow
to Samara. It was founded in 1552. The population is 7.9 thousand people.
Sochi - a city in the Krasnodar
region, 270 kilometres south-east of Krasnodar. It is situated on the Black
Sea. A resort and a mud spa. It developed as a resort beginning from the
20th century. The population is 344.2 thousand people.
Syktyvkar - the capital
of the republic of Komi, 1515 kilometres north-east of Moscow. First records
date back to 1586. It received the status of a city in 1780. The population
is 225.8 thousand people.
Tula - the centre of the
Tula region, 193 kilometres south of Moscow. It is situated on Central
Russian Upland on the Upa River (the Oka's tributary). First records date
back to 1146. Since the 17th century - a centre of iron industry and weapons
manufacturing. The population is 541.4 thousand people.
Vladivostok, center of the Maritime
Territory in the Far East, situated 9,302 km east of Moscow. A major port
on the Pacific Ocean. Founded in 1860. The most populated city of the Russian
Far East.
Volgograd - the centre of
the Volgograd region, situated 1073 kilometres south-east of Moscow on
Lower Volga. One of the major industrial centres in the Volga region. Formerly
known as Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad. The population is 1005 thousand people.
Voronezh is a Central Russian city
situated on the branch of Don river 490 kilometers southwest from Moscow.
Founded in1586. Pop.902,000.
Ukhta - a city in the republic
of Komi, 333 kilometres north-east of Syktyvkar. It is situated in the
southern part of the Timan mountain-ridge in the Pechora River basin. A
centre of oil and gas industry of Northern Russia. The population is 112.1
thousand people.
Ufa - the capital of Bashkiria,
a republic in the Russian Federation, is situated in the foothills
of the Ural Mountains in the valley of the Belaya River, 1,519 km east
of Moscow. Population - 1,097,200. The city was founded in 1574 as Russian
stronghol
Yamal, a peninsula in the north-west
of Siberia, in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. Washed by the gulfs
of the Kara Sea.
Yaroslavl - the centre of
the Yaroslavl region, 282 kilometres north-east of Moscow. It is situated
on the Volga River. Founded about 1010 on the site of an old settlement.
The population is 636.9 thousand people.
Yekaterinburg - the centre
of the Sverdlovsk region, 1667 kilometres east of Moscow. It is situated
on the eastern slope of the Mid-Ural mountains on the Iset River (the Tobol's
tributary). It was founded in 1721. At the present - one Russia's major
industrial centres. The population is 1370.7 thousand people.
Yelabuga - a town in the
Republic of Tataria in the Volga area, 215 km east of Kazan. Stands on
the Kama River. Appeared in the second half of the 16th century. Population
- 61,600.
Yoshkar-Ola - the capital
of the Marii-El republic in the Volga region. It is situated 862 kilometres
east of Moscow and 50 kilometres north of the Volga, on its left tributary.
It was founded as a fortress in 1584. The population is 249.2 thousand
people.
