Non-Russians, what are the first ten Russian cities that come to mind (besides Moscow and St. Petersburg)?

[erasure]

Originally Posted by grega94

Stalingrad has been renamed to its original name, volgograd. Just like leningrad is now st petersburg.

Volgograd is not an original name of the city -its' relatively new name. The original name was Tzaritsyn (from 1589 to 1925.) It was actually an old city on Volga, from Imperial times ( hence the original name.)

[grega94]

Originally Posted by erasure

Volgograd is not an original name of the city -its' relatively new name. The original name was Tzaritsyn (from 1589 to 1925.) It was actually an old city on Volga, from Imperial times ( hence the original name.)

Thanks for correcting me. But I knew it was an old city. Wasn't it originally a fort to hold on to the area after the Russians sacked Sarai (capital of Golden Horde)?

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by grega94

Thanks for correcting me. But I knew it was an old city. Wasn't it originally a fort to hold on to the area after the Russians sacked Sarai (capital of Golden Horde)?

Sarai is another city south of Volgograd. As many frontier cities Tsaritsyn was originally a fort defending the border.

[Amercity]

Originally Posted by mrconfusion87

Probably just about anyone has heard of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Because of that, I want to know what are other Russians cities that are known among non-Russians besides the big two! Please list up to 10 so I can have a better idea which Russian cities (other than the big two) are most known outside of the country. Thanks.

1. Moscow
2. St. Petersburg
3. Novosibirsk
4. Nizhny Novgorod
5. Magadan
6. Vladivosotok
7. Tula
8. Sochi
9. Norlisk
10. Kazan

[erasure]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Sarai is another city south of Volgograd. As many frontier cities Tsaritsyn was originally a fort defending the border.

You know what, Ariete? Since I was not familiar with the name of such city in modern history, I had to look it up. I was not familiar with it for a reason, because according to Wiki, (Ru) Ivan the terrible destroyed it in 1556, when I was nowhere around yet. He destroyed the New Sarai, since there was older Sarai before that. But it doesn't matter, because it brings us actually to yet one more historically-important Russian city, that was that fort ( south of Volgograd,) you were talking about, and that had anything and everything to do with Khazaria and Golden Horde. The name of this city is actually Astrakhan'. ( How could I have forgotten about that one )

"The oldest economic and cultural center of the Lower Volga,[19] it is often called the southernmost outpost of Russia[20] and the Caspian capital. The city is a member of the Eurasian Regional Office of the World Organization "United Cities and Local Governments"[21] Its population is diverse and includes one hundred ethnicities and fourteen religious denominations.[19]
The city is located in the upper part of the Volga delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression. The distance to Moscow by road is 1,411 kilometers (877 mi).[22]"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrakhan

Yep.

[erasure]

Originally Posted by grega94

Thanks for correcting me. But I knew it was an old city. Wasn't it originally a fort to hold on to the area after the Russians sacked Sarai (capital of Golden Horde)?

I think I've figured it all out))))

[ulta]

Vladivostock
Volgogrado (because of Stalingrad)
Novosibirsk
Omsk

can't think of others

I am from south america so russia is a bit far

[Cent0089]

Volgogra
Omsk
Ufa
Perm
Kazan
Vladivostok
Chabarovsk
Nizhny Novgorod
Yekaterinburg
Samara

[Davy-040]

I find it strange that Rostov (-on-Don) is like one of the first Russian cities on my mind after Moscow and St.Petersburg but most people here don't have it in their top 10.