Russian city

Kremlin's home turf

A Russian city is a major urban center in Russia, typically with substantial population and administrative significance.

The phrase appears in contexts ranging from travel writing to geopolitics: Moscow is the largest Russian city, sanctions targeted several Russian cities.

Sometimes used to distinguish from cities in other former Soviet states.

MoscowRussia's capital city
Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
onion domesBulb-shaped architectural rooftops
Saint PetersburgMajor Russian Baltic port

white nights · Peter the Great · folk festivals · Soviet architecture · Soviet era · financial districts · Volga River · metro systems · agricultural markets · street vendors · babushka · matryoshka dolls · fur hats · cold winters · borscht · Trans-Siberian Railway · tram networks

Opposites

settlement size/urbanization

Russian cityRussian steppes

Vast northern grassland plains

national/geographic identity

Russian cityChinese city

Municipality in China

Japanese city · German city · French city · Polish city · Brazilian city

geopolitical alignment

Russian cityWashington D.C.

United States capital city

London · Brussels

Family

Russian, Russia, Russification, city, cities, citywide, cityscape

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G