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Classification of inhabited localities in Russia

The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries.

and towns (город, gorod; pl. города, goroda). Cities and towns are classified by their level of jurisdiction (district/federal subject/federal). The Russian language has no separate words for "town" and "city" ("город" is used for both). Some translators prefer the word "city" for urban populated places with population of at least 100,000 persons.

Cities

Urban-type settlements

City of federal subject significance

List of terms for administrative divisions

Lists of rural localities in Russia

Political divisions of Russia

Town of district significance

Doukhobor Genealogy Website. Jonathan J. Kalmakoff. Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.

Index of Russian Geographic Terms