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Russian cities are cities that can be founded by the Russian civilization in Civilization IV and its expansions. The first city founded is the Capital 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.

Founding Order City Name Notes
1 Moscow Current capital and most populous city of Russia, and home of the Kremlin
2 St. Petersburg Second most populous city and former imperial capital
3 Novgorod Russian trade city founded by Vikings
4 Rostov Economic city in southern Russia
5 Yaroslavl' Religious city north of Moscow
6 Yekaterinburg City where the Tsar family was killed in 1918, located in the Urals
7 Yakutsk River port city in Siberia
8 Vladivostok Major seaport city in Eastern Russia
9 Smolensk City in Western Russia home to the Lopatinsky Garden
10 Orenburg Border city along Kazakhstan
11 Krasnoyarsk Second most populous city in Siberia
12 Khabarovsk Waterfront city in Eastern Russia
13 Bryansk Trade city in Western Russia, once seat of Chernigov Principality
14 Tver' Capital of Tver Principality
15 Novosibirsk Most populous city in Siberia
16 Magadan Forced-labor prison camp, gold mine and port in eastern Siberia
17 Murmansk Largest city north of the Arctic Circle, near Finland
18 Irkutsk City north of Lake Baikal
19 Chita City in Siberia
20 Samara Soviet capital should Moscow fall, at the Samara and Volga rivers
21 Arkhangel'sk Russia’s main medieval seaport, on the White Sea
22 Chelyabinsk Second largest city in the Urals, after Yekaterinburg
23 Tobol'sk Historic capital of Siberia
24 Vologda Northern city of Grand Duchy of Moscow
25 Omsk Third most populous city in Siberia
26 Astrakhan' Fortress town along the Volga River
27 Kursk City on the Kur river, where the Soviet-German struggle happened
28 Saratov City in Southwestern Russia holding religious artifacts
29 Tula City home to Tula Kremlin and cathedrals, industrial arms center
30 Vladimir Medieval capital in Western Russia
31 Perm' Industrial city in the Urals, near copper
32 Voronezh Birthplace of the Russian fleet, named for the river
33 Pskov Capital of medieval Pskov Republic
34 Staraya Russa Major city under medieval Novgorod Republic
35 Kostroma City on the Volga river, between Yaroslavl' and Nizhniy Novgorod
36 Nizhniy Novgorod Fifth most populous urban area in Russia
37 Suzdal Co-capital of a principality before Grand Duchy of Moscow
38 Magnitogorsk Industrial city in the Urals, near iron

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