1: MOSCOW
Moscow is the capital of Russia. It's the most populous city of Russia and Europe with around 12.2 million residents. Moscow is famous for its unique architecture. There are a number of museum, cathedrals and Moscow owns the record of having largest forest in its boundaries too (Nearly 40% of the city is covered with greenery). Moscow has the 4th largest Metro system in the world too.
There are a number of universities and research institutions. The world famous " Lomonosov Moscow State University" which hold 30th spot in ranking among the world universities is located in Moscow too. Then there are more precious universities including Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Bauman Moscow State University, National Research University Higher School Of Economics, Peoples Friendship university of Russia and the list goes on.
The point is that the ranking of Russian universities has just started to take off and there will be a number of universities in top 100, most of them are going to be from Moscow.
2: SAINT PETERSBURG
Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia after Moscow. It also contains Russian most important port located on the Baltic Sea. The Hermitage is also located in Saint Petersburg which is one of the most largest museum in the world. There are a number of consulates, businesses, international corporations and world famous people located in this city. It's also a great visitor's attraction place too.
Saint Petersburg is the home to a number of Russian most Ranked Universities. The world famous Russian president "Putin" and Russian Prime Minister "Dmitry Medvedev" both studied from the "Saint Petersburg State University". There are other universities including technical, state of the art, medical, aerospace, film and televisions, constitutional and other universities located in the city. They also hold a number of Nobel prizes too.
3: TOMSK
Tomsk take third place in my list of best cities for studies in russia. It's also one of the oldest towns in Siberia. Tomsk has a number of drama theaters, conservatory concert hall, tomsk palace of sport and cultural centers dedicated to German, Polish and Tatar languages and culture.
More than 72000 people in Tomsk take classes from higher institutions which make every eighth citizen of Tomsk a student. There are four universities within 1.5 kilometers (It's Fascinating). The most known higher institution is National Research University with two Nobel prizes and the title of NRU. Other famous universities include the Polytechnic, control systems, architecture, medical and pedagogical.
4: NOVOSIBIRSK
4: NOVOSIBIRSK
Novosibirsk is the third most populous city in Russia after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. It's also one of the most fastest growing cities in Russia thus it holds a great potential for investments. There is a famous opera and Ballet hall located in Novosibirsk. It's also famous for a ZOO. It also has the world largest metro bridge. Another thing Novosibirsk is known for "The Akademgorodok".
The most famous university is "National Research University Novosibirsk State University". It was created as a research program in world war 2. There are a variety of research schools in there. Other universities include technical, pedagogical, medical and transport universities.
5: KAZAN
Kazan is one the most historical city of Russia. There are a number of famous places in kazan. Temple of all religions is one the most known part of kazan. There are mosques, lakes, tower, cathedrals and other number of sites which adds essence to the city of Kazan. Kazan is also known as the third capital and sports capital of Russia.
The Kazan Federal University is one of the oldest and well known university of Russia. The revolutionary politician Lenin studied there and one of the greatest writer of all time Tolstoy also studied from KFU. There are a number of higher educational institute in Kazan including medical, architecture, law, Islam, culture and arts, conservatory, management, theological, humanities, aerospace and a few other universities in KAZAN.
6: Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is the fourth largest city of Russia. It's located on the border of Europe and Asia. There are a number of attractive places including cathedrals, park, theaters and museums.
Yekaterinburg is home to eminent universities. The most known university is "Ural Federal University". There are other universities including law, economics, pedagogical, medical, mining, liberal arts, architecture, transport, conservatory and a few other great universities.
7: Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth largest city of Russia. It is an important industrial, cultural and economic region of Russia. There are museums, monastery, park and lakes in the beautiful city.
Nizhny is the home to a number of finest universities. The most known university is named as Nizhny Novgorod University. A number of other universities include medical, pedagogical, architecture, linguistic, transport, legal, agricultural and a few other.
8: Vladivostok
It's the home to largest port in Russia. China and North Korea are not very far from her. So, there is a huge potential of trade in this city.
Far Easter Federal University is the mot known university of the region. There are a number of universities including medical, economic, maritime, technical, cultural, arts, naval and a few other.
This is the list of best cities to study in Russia. The cities holds a great potential in terms of education, progression and living standards.
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