Highest Elevation in Russia

Top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation

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Highest Elevation - Russia

1 Kurush 17 8,301 ft
2 Kosh-Agach 03 5,741 ft
3 Andi 17 5,089 ft
4 Ulluaya 17 4,665 ft
5 Karata 17 4,567 ft
6 Tyrnyauz 22 4,236 ft
7 Levashi 17 4,032 ft
8 Ansalta 17 3,757 ft
9 Verkhnyaya Balkariya 22 3,661 ft
10 Zakamensk 11 3,622 ft
11 Tereze 27 3,399 ft
12 Akhty 17 3,386 ft
13 Pervomayskoye 27 3,228 ft
14 Sosnovo-Ozërskoye 11 3,130 ft
15 Uchkeken 27 3,081 ft
16 Zelenchukskaya 27 3,054 ft
17 Khadzhalmakhi 17 3,048 ft
18 Karachayevsk 27 3,031 ft
19 Storozhevaya 27 3,028 ft
20 Kardonikskaya 27 2,913 ft
21 Vershino-Darasunskiy 93 2,867 ft
22 Untsukul’ 17 2,867 ft
23 Mednogorskiy 27 2,848 ft
24 Gundelen 22 2,822 ft
25 Zandak 12 2,818 ft
26 Dubki 17 2,782 ft
27 Shebalino 03 2,759 ft
28 Neryungri 63 2,756 ft
29 Ak-Dovurak 79 2,736 ft
30 Khilok 93 2,733 ft
31 Onguday 03 2,717 ft
32 Pregradnaya 27 2,707 ft
33 Kamennomostskoye 22 2,694 ft
34 Chadan 79 2,680 ft
35 Kislovodsk 70 2,674 ft
36 Kurdzhinovo 27 2,657 ft
37 Petrovsk-Zabaykal’skiy 93 2,589 ft
38 Kumysh 27 2,585 ft
39 Krasnyy Chikoy 93 2,585 ft
40 Bada 93 2,569 ft
41 Dyshne-Vedeno 12 2,516 ft
42 Gornyi 93 2,500 ft
43 Kyren 11 2,464 ft
44 Dul’durga 93 2,454 ft
45 Lermontov 70 2,448 ft
46 Kyakhta 11 2,434 ft
47 Ulety 93 2,428 ft
48 Ali-Berdukovskiy 27 2,421 ft
49 Kizhinga 11 2,402 ft
50 Lechinkay 22 2,382 ft
51 Chul’man 63 2,349 ft
52 Ali-Yurt 19 2,339 ft
53 Pervomayskiy 93 2,336 ft
54 Sorsk 31 2,333 ft
55 Verkhneye Kazanishche 17 2,326 ft
56 Zayukovo 22 2,326 ft
57 Zabaykal’sk 93 2,300 ft
58 Sherlovaya Gora 93 2,300 ft
59 Aldan 63 2,290 ft
60 Borzya 93 2,283 ft
61 Kashkhatau 22 2,280 ft
62 Chita 93 2,264 ft
63 Khabez 27 2,257 ft
64 Sarmakovo 22 2,251 ft
65 Sunzha 68 2,247 ft
66 Petropavlovka 11 2,234 ft
67 Vladikavkaz 68 2,234 ft
68 Yutsa 70 2,228 ft
69 Aginskoye 93 2,215 ft
70 Mogoytuy 93 2,211 ft
71 Atamanovka 93 2,201 ft
72 Dylym 17 2,201 ft
73 Domna 93 2,198 ft
74 Chikola 68 2,188 ft
75 Shamil’kala 17 2,182 ft
76 Bichura 11 2,178 ft
77 Khorinsk 11 2,165 ft
78 Dorgeli 17 2,156 ft
79 Surkhakhi 19 2,136 ft
80 Krasnokamensk 93 2,123 ft
81 Staryy Malgobek 19 2,113 ft
82 Gizel’ 68 2,106 ft
83 Baley 93 2,100 ft
84 Kambileyevskoye 68 2,073 ft
85 Yessentukskaya 70 2,067 ft
86 Yessentuki 70 2,064 ft
87 Ust’-Dzheguta 27 2,060 ft
88 Nizhniy Dzhengutay 17 2,054 ft
89 Novokruchininskiy 93 2,047 ft
90 Nogir 68 2,044 ft
91 Yasnogorsk 93 2,041 ft
92 Kaa-Khem 79 2,021 ft
93 Psebay 38 2,011 ft
94 Kyzyl 79 2,008 ft
95 Darasun 93 2,005 ft
96 Alagir 68 2,001 ft
97 Zalukokoazhe 22 1,995 ft
98 Mikhaylovskoye 68 1,985 ft
99 Mogocha 93 1,982 ft
100 Karymskoye 93 1,978 ft

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation in Russia.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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