City profile · Russia · Europe
Velikiy Novgorod
City population
222,868
#86
in Russia
#1
in Novgorod Oblast
#2,586
worldwide
58.521, 31.271 · 491 km from Moscow
About Velikiy Novgorod
Velikiy Novgorod is a city in Novgorod Oblast, Russia with a population of 222,868. It is the 86th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 2,586th largest worldwide. It lies 491 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
35 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
58.521, 31.271
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 980 in RussiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.