ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · RUSSIA
Capital of Russia
The capital of Russia is Moscow. The largest, Moscow, has around 13,274,285 residents in the city proper — a mega-capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALMoscow
POPULATION13,274,285
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Moscow13,274,285 people
In context
Where Moscowsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+Moscow is here
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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