The rating offered by the Russian Reporter magazine does not include Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Job prospects, ecology, the economy, and local authorities all factor in.

Tyumen, a city in Siberia (2,000 km to the east of Moscow), ranks first in the fresh ranking of Russia's best places to live, released by the Russian Reporter magazine in May 2017.

The research focused on cities with populations over 600,000. The ranking is informed by the life quality statistics, and also by the results of a popular vote on the SuperJob job vacancy aggregator.

The authors decided against including Moscow and St. Petersburg, explaining that both cities have their budgets formed differently from elsewhere in Russia.

1. Tyumen