the metropolitan area. Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, and also the largest city by land area on the European continent. Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants. Other major urban areas are Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk. See also Demographic history of Russia Demographics of Siberia Demographic crisis of Russia List of federal subjects of Russia by total fertility rate List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy Genetic studies on Russians Health in Russia Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East Russian cross Russian nationality law Census information: Soviet Census Russian Empire Census (1897) Russian Census (2002) Russian Census (2010) Russian Census (2021) List of cities and towns in Russia by population Notes References Further reading Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe. In: P. Uhlenberg (Editor), International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2009, pp. 113–131. Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E., Evdokushkina G.N., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilov L.A. Russian Mortality Crisis and the Quality of Vital Statistics. Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27: 551–574. Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Ivanova, A.E. 2005. Patterns of violent crime in Russia. In: Pridemore, W.A. (ed.). Ruling Russia: Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman & Littlefield Publ., Inc, 117–145 Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia. Population Research and Policy Review, 2000, 19: 397–419. External links Igor Beloborodov, Demographic situation in Russia in 1992–2010 (report at the Moscow Demographic Summit — June 2011) Nicholas Eberstadt, Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications (National Bureau of Asian Research Project Report, May 2010) Edited by Julie DaVanzo, Gwen Farnsworth Russia's Demographic "Crisis" 1996 RAND Jessica Griffith The Regional Consequences of Russia's Demographic Crisis University of Leicester Results of population policy and current demographic situation (2008) Interactive statistics for all countries, site of United States Census Bureau. 2009 World Population Data Sheet by the Population Reference Bureau Population density and distribution maps (text is in Russian; the topmost map shows population density based on 1996 data) Ethnic groups of Russia Problems with mortality data in Russia V. Borisov "Demographic situation