In the Russian Federation, a city of federal importance[1][2] (Russian: город федерального значения, tr. 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. There are three federal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sevastopol. Two of them are the largest cities in the country: Moscow is the national capital and Saint Petersburg is a previous Russian capital and important port city in the Baltic Sea.[3] Sevastopol is the newest federal city, located in the disputed region of Crimea, which is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.
Map # | Code | ISO 3166-2 code | Name | Flag | Coat of arms | Federal district | Economic region | Area (km2)[4] | Population (2017 est.)[5] |
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1 | 77 | RU-MOW | Moscow | ![]() |
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Central | Central | 2,561.5 | 12,506,468 |
2 | 78 | RU-SPE | Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
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Northwestern | Northwestern | 1,439 | 5,351,935 |
3 | 92 | None (Russia) UA-40 (Ukraine) |
Sevastopol[a] | ![]() |
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Southern | North Caucasus | 864[6] | 436,670[6] |