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Russian cities are cities that can be founded by the Russian civilization in Call to Power II. The first city founded is the capital, and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.

The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.

List of cities[]

Founding Order City Name Notes
1 Moscow Capital of Russia from 1389 to 1712, 1728 to 1732, and 1917 to present; founded in 1147 by Grand Prince of Kiev and Vladimir Yuri as a fortress; home to Bolshoi Theatre, Kremlin, and St. Basil's Cathedral
2 Kiev
3 St. Petersburg Second largest city and former imperial capital; home of the Hermitage
4 Sevastopol
5 Smolensk One of the oldest Russian cities; served as an important fortress to Kievan princes, Lithuanian dukes, Polish kings, Muscovite tsars, Russian emperors, and even Soviet leaders in World War II and now an administrative center of Smolensk Oblast
6 Minsk
7 Novosibirsk Third-largest city; located on important Trans-Siberian routes, large center of science and industry
8 Astrakhan Former capital of Astrakhan Khanate, captured in 1556; one of Stenka Razin's rebellion centers from 1670 to 1671; now an administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast and important port on the Caspian Sea
9 Saratov Administrative center of Saratov Oblast
10 Novgorod First capital of the Rurikid dynasty and capital of the Novgorod Republic from 1136 to 1478; known as Veliky Novgorod ("Great Novgorod") since 1999
11 Tblisi
12 Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg; fourth largest city in Russia and administrative city of Sverdlovsk Oblast; known as Sverdlovsk from 1924 to 1991; one of the oldest cities in Ural Mountains and important industrial center
13 Samara One of the largest cities on the Volga
14 Kursk The city in the European part of Russia
15 Vladivostok Principal port in the Russian Far East, located by the Sea of Japan
16 Odessa
17 Kazan Former capital of Kazan Khanate, captured by Ivan the Terrible in 1552; now a capital of the Republic of Tatarstan populated by Kazan Tatars and Russians and called Russia's "third capital"
18 Chelyabinsk One of the main metallurgical cities in Russia
19 Bryansk Administrative center of Bryansk Oblast
20 Tyumen
21 Tomsk
22 Barnaul
23 Tver Administrative center of Tver Oblast and dormer capital of Tver principality; Moscow's main rival in obtaining the right to possession of Grand Prince of Vladimir's throne in 14th century
24 Irkutsk Administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast; founded by Cossacks during Russia's conquest of Siberia and one of the region's oldest and largest cities
25 Akademgorodok
26 Khabarovsk Second-largest city in the Russian Far East, located on Amur River
27 Magnitogorsk The only city in Russia that is located both in Europe and Asia. Known for its mineral deposits
28 Taganrog
29 Kalingrad
30 Omsk Administrative center of Omsk Oblast
Added in Apolyton Edition
31 Stavropol
32 Grozny
33 Ufa
34 Yekaterinburg Fourth largest city in Russia and administrative city of Sverdlovsk Oblast; known as Sverdlovsk from 1924 to 1991; one of the oldest cities in Ural Mountains and important industrial center
35 Orsk
36 Nizhniy Tagil
37 Kirov
38 Kostroma Administrative center of Kostroma Oblast
39 Arkhangelsk Administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast; Russia's main seaport until foundation of St. Petersburg
40 Murmansk Important ice-free port of northern Russia
41 Kaluga
42 Orel
43 Penza
44 Tambov Administrative center of Tambov Oblast
45 Donetsk
46 Dnipropetrovsk
47 Vladimir
48 Nizhniy Novgorod Center of Russians' rebellion against foreign occupiers in Time of Troubles and merchant capital in Tsarist times; known as Gorky from 1932 to 1990 and now an administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
49 Murom
50 Pskov Administrative center of Pskov Oblast and birthplace of St. Olga of Kiev, Russia's first Christian leader; former capital of Pskov Republic and famous for skilled architects in Late Middle Ages

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