Federal cities of Russia
{{Short description|Type of federal subject of Russia}}
{{Distinguish|City of federal subject significance}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}
In the Russian Federation, a city of federal importance{{cite web|url=http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm|title=Chapter 3. The Federal Structure - The Constitution of the Russian Federation|website=www.constitution.ru}}{{Cite web | url=http://eng.constitution.kremlin.ru/ | title=Конституция Российской Федерации}} ({{langx|ru|город федерального значения|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 has three federal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sevastopol,{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/russia/724785|title=Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia|publisher=ITAR TASS|date=21 March 2014|access-date=21 March 2014}} which was annexed in 2014 but remains internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes in Status of Crimea Region {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2014/ga11493.doc.htm |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=press.un.org}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Gritsai |first1=Olga |last2=van der Wusten |first2=Herman |title=Moscow and St. Petersburg, a sequence of capitals, a tale of two cities |journal=GeoJournal |date=2000 |volume=51 |issue=1/2 |pages=33–45 |jstor=41147495 |doi=10.1023/A:1010849220006 |s2cid=154264277 }} Currently, Sevastopol houses the Sevastopol Naval Base, the main port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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!Map # ! Code ! ISO code ! Name ! Flag ! Coat of arms ! Area (km2){{cite web |url=http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm |title=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) |access-date=2008-04-18 |author=Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) |date=2004-05-21 |work=Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181511/http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }} ! Population (2017 est.){{cite web |url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/PrPopul.xls |title=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) |access-date=2014-01-25 |author=Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) |date=2014-01-01 |work=Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service |language=ru }} |
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|align="center"|77 |align="center"|RU-MOW |align="center"|45x45px |align="center"|45x45px |align="right"|2,561.5 |align="right"|12,506,468 |
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|align="center"|78 |align="center"|RU-SPE |align="center"|45x45px |align="center"|45x45px |align="right"|1,439 |align="right"|5,351,935 |
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|align="center"|92 |align="center"|UA-40 |Sevastopol{{efn|name=CrimeaDisputed|Annexed by Russia in 2014; recognized internationally as a part of Ukraine.}} |align="center"|45x45px |align="center"|45x45px |
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