Monotowns in Russia

Tolyatti or Togliatti, known before 1964 as Stavropol, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which is neither the administrative center of a federal subject, nor the largest city of a subject. Population: The city is best known as the home of Russia's largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ (Lada). For this reason, Tolyatti is often dubbed "'''Russia's motor city" or "Russia's Motown'''" (in reference to Detroit in the United States—the spiritual home of the American automotive industry). It was renamed after Italian communist politician Palmiro Togliatti in 1964, upon

Cherepovets () is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River (a tributary of the Volga River) and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 312,310, making it the most populous city in the oblast.

Norilsk () is an industrial closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk is 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and 2,400 km from the North Pole. It has a permanent population of 176,735 as of 2024, and up to 220,000 including temporary inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region after Krasnoyarsk. It is the world's northernmost city with more than 180,000 inhabitants, and the second-largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. N

Kaspiysk (; Lezgin: Каспи ['''']; ; ) is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the fourth-largest in Dagestan. It is a working-class satellite city to Makhachkala.

Kamensk-Uralsky () is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kamenka and Iset Rivers (Ob's basin). Population: 173,000 (1972); 51,000 (1939).

town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Belebey (; , Bäläbäy ) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Usen River, from Ufa. Population:

human settlement in Svobodny Urban Okrug, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

city in Russia

Prokopyevsk () is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population:

Kondopoga () is a town and the administrative center of Kondopozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located by the northern tip of the Kondopoga Bay of Lake Onega, near the mouth of the Suna River and Kivach Nature Reserve, about from Petrozavodsk. Population:

Anzhero-Sudzhensk () is a town in the Kuznetsk Basin in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located to the north of the oblast's administrative center of Kemerovo and to the east of the Tom River, on the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population:

human settlement in Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Pervouralsk (, lit. the first in the Urals) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Chusovaya River (Kama's tributary) west of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 122,000 (1974); 90,000 (1959); 44,000 (1939).

Kumertau (; , Kümertaw) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located from Ufa and from Sterlitamak. Population:

Baykalsk () is a town in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Slyudyanka, the administrative center of the district. Population:

human settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Novotroitsk () is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of and along the Ural River, from Orenburg, on the border with Kazakhstan. In the east Novotroitsk almost borders Orsk: the distance between the two cities is less than . Population:

Kanash (; , Kanaş, lit. soviet) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located at a major railway junction from Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. Population:

Chernogorsk (; Khakas: , Xaratas) is a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. Population:

Krasnoturyinsk () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River (Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg. Population:

Gukovo () is a mining town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located close to the border with Ukraine. Population:

Chusovoy (; Komi Permyak: Чусва, Čusva) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Usva and Vilva Rivers with the Chusovaya River, east of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population:

human settlement in Karabash Urban Okrug, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Karpinsk () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Turya River (Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: The town is named for mineralogist and geologist Alexander Karpinsky.

Yurga () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. The population is 77 thousand people in 2025.

Volchansk () is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River (a right tributary of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Gavrilov-Yam () is a town and the administrative center of Gavrilov-Yamsky (or Gavrilov-Yamskiy) District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Kotorosl River. Population:

Severouralsk (, lit. (a town) in the Northern Urals) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vagran River (Ob's basin) at its confluence with the Kolonga River, north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 29,263.

Krasnovishersk (; Komi-Permyak: Вишера, Višera; Komi-Yazva: Вишöра, Višöra) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnovishersky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the western slopes of the Northern Urals, north of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 16,099.

town in Tver Oblast, Russia

Dalnegorsk (, lit. far in the mountains) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population:

thumb|Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Shelekhov Shelekhov () is a town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. It is located on the plains between the rivers Irkut and Olha. The official day of the city is celebrated on 12 July.

Raychikhinsk () is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located in the Zeya–Bureya basin, about from the Amur River and the border with China, and about east of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Pitkyaranta (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Pitkyarantsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ladoga. Population:

Ust-Katav () is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population:

human settlement in Belokholunitsky District, Kirov Oblast, Russia

human settlement in Pestovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia

human settlement in Kameshkovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia

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Kuvandyk () is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Sakmara River at the southern end of the Ural Mountains, east of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

town in Russia

Tashtagol (; ) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Kondoma River south of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast.

human settlement in Verkhny Ufaley Urban Okrug, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Nytva () is a town and the administrative center of Nytvensky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Nytva River near its confluence with the Kama, west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population:

Ochyor (), alternatively spelled Ocher, is a town and the administrative center of Ochyorsky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Ochyor River (Kama's tributary), west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population:

Pudozh (; ; ; or '''') is a town and the administrative center of Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Vodla River east of Petrozavodsk, but traveling by the road around Lake Onega. Population: 8,000 (1970).

town in Leningrad Oblast in Boksitogorsky District , Russia

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Nyazepetrovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nyazepetrovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Nyazya River (a tributary of the Ufa), northwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Suoyarvi (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population:

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town in Russia

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Nikel (; , , , formerly Kolosjoki) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Kuetsyarvi northwest of Murmansk and from the Norwegian border on E105. Population: 18,000 (1973).

Selenginsk (; , Selengyn, , Selenge) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located at the head of the Selenga River delta about from Lake Baikal and about northwest of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 14,546.

human settlement in Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Nadvoitsy (; ; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Voitskoye, north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,372.

thumb|Flag of Chegdomyn Chegdomyn () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: