Highest Major Cities in Russia

Cities in Russia with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇷🇺 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Tyrnyauz20,104 people · Kabardino-Balkariya Republic

1,291 m

Uchkeken15,118 people · Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic

939 m

Zelenchukskaya21,117 people · Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic

931 m

Karachayevsk20,264 people · Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic

924 m

Neryungri66,320 people · Sakha

840 m

Kislovodsk132,771 people · Stavropol Kray

815 m

Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy19,713 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

789 m

Lermontov23,369 people · Stavropol Kray

746 m

Kyakhta18,431 people · Buryatiya Republic

742 m

Aldan24,426 people · Sakha

698 m

Borzya30,421 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

696 m

Chita349,005 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

690 m

Vladikavkaz306,258 people · North Ossetia–Alania

681 m

Aginskoye17,496 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

675 m

Surkhakhi16,215 people · Ingushetiya Republic

651 m

Krasnokamensk54,316 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

647 m

Staryy Malgobek46,334 people · Ingushetiya Republic

644 m

Yessentukskaya19,956 people · Stavropol Kray

630 m

Yessentuki81,015 people · Stavropol Kray

629 m

Ust’-Dzheguta34,001 people · Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic

628 m

Kyzyl116,983 people · Republic of Tyva

612 m

Alagir19,665 people · North Ossetia–Alania

610 m

Bakal21,762 people · Chelyabinsk

597 m

Mezgor'e15,861 people · Bashkortostan Republic

587 m

Stavropol433,931 people · Stavropol Kray

586 m

Cheremkhovo57,395 people · Irkutsk Oblast

567 m

Sayansk43,949 people · Irkutsk Oblast

553 m

Gusinoozyorsk24,083 people · Buryatiya Republic

548 m

Cherkessk122,395 people · Karachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic

544 m

Kantyshevo17,363 people · Ingushetiya Republic

542 m

Pyatigorsk142,865 people · Stavropol Kray

542 m

Ekazhevo25,549 people · Ingushetiya Republic

541 m

Severobaykal’sk25,800 people · Buryatiya Republic

537 m

Ulan-Ude360,278 people · Buryatiya Republic

536 m

Zheleznovodsk24,632 people · Stavropol Kray

530 m

Uchaly37,788 people · Bashkortostan Republic

524 m

Nazran164,131 people · Ingushetiya Republic

523 m

Aykhal15,267 people · Sakha

514 m

Goryachevodskiy35,075 people · Stavropol Kray

505 m

Beloretsk70,468 people · Bashkortostan Republic

499 m

Baykal’sk15,600 people · Irkutsk Oblast

495 m

Svobody17,661 people · Stavropol Kray

495 m

Tynda37,335 people · Amur Oblast

488 m

Beslan35,604 people · North Ossetia–Alania

486 m

Nerchinsk15,360 people · Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

484 m

Tulun51,330 people · Irkutsk Oblast

484 m

Inozemtsevo28,779 people · Stavropol Kray

483 m

Baymak17,493 people · Bashkortostan Republic

482 m

Slyudyanka18,809 people · Irkutsk Oblast

477 m

Chegem18,000 people · Kabardino-Balkariya Republic

476 m

Highlights

Within Russia, Tyrnyauz ranks first in 2026 with 1,291 m, followed by Uchkeken (939 m) and Zelenchukskaya (931 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,291 m (Tyrnyauz) to 476 m (Chegem), with a median of 577 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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