The welfare and pricing policy of each Russian city depends on the territorial location, population, industry and stability of enterprises.
The Federal State Statistics Service of Russia conducts a rigorous calculation of the cost of living index. LIU characterizes the price situation of settlements, taking into account tariffs and prices for consumer goods, services and purchasing power. Based on these studies, we can distinguish the most expensive cities in Russia.
10. Sochi
Due to the 2014 Olympics, Sochi hit the top ten most expensive Russian cities. In 2012, he ranked 22nd in the ranking table. The cost of services and essential goods has increased significantly due to the large influx of fans. A little more than 400,000 people live in Sochi, and about 5 million people have visited tourists over the past year. The price of real estate is inferior to Moscow, but comparable to St. Petersburg:
- Housing: one-room apartment - 3 million rubles, and one-room apartment - 5.8 million.
- Payments for utilities are from 4 to 6 thousand rubles per month.
- Travel in public transport - 22 rubles.
- Food - at least 15,000 rubles per month per person.
- Hotel accommodation: one-star two-room suite - from 1000 to 4500 rubles per day, five-star - from 10,000 to 15,000.
- The average salary in Sochi is 32,000.
9. Khabarovsk
On average, residents of cities with a million people spend 12500 rubles a month on products of social significance. IN Khabarovsk this figure reaches 16500 rubles. Tariffs for utilities, maintenance and repair of vehicles, real estate are higher than in Moscow. Compared to other cities, drug prices are up 30%.
- Utilities payments range from 5,000 to 7,000 rubles.
- A new apartment can be bought at a price of 75,000 - 85,000 rubles per square meter.
- The average salary in Khabarovsk is 38,500 rubles.
- Also great prices for airline tickets and transportation. To go on a vacation, you first need to save up money for a ticket.
8. Nadym
The city of permafrost and gas and oil fields. IN Nadym one tenth of all Russian gas is produced.
- The apartments here are relatively inexpensive: one-room - from 1 million rubles, two-room - from 1.5 to 3.5 million.
- Housing and communal services prices - 3800 rubles per month, for a two-room apartment.
But the prices for clothes, food and household appliances are very high. Due to climatic conditions, these goods have to be delivered by air and rail, which affects the price.
The city has a poorly developed communication structure, insufficient educational institutions and jobs. There are 9 comprehensive schools in Nadym, a college, a gymnasium and a branch of the Moscow Psychological and Social University.
- About 45,000 people live here.
- The average salary is 80,000 rubles.
7. Peaceful
In the 60s of the last century, a diamond deposit was discovered here. Mostly city Peaceful lives off of the extraction and production of stones.
- The average salary is 40 - 45 thousand rubles. Miners receive up to 100,000 rubles a month.
- Prices for apartments: one-room - from 1.5 million rubles, two-room - from 2.5 million rubles.
- Travel by public transport is 26 rubles.
- Prices for food, clothing, rent, building materials are very high. For example: a bottle of kefir costs 200 rubles, bread - 40 rubles, tomatoes and cucumbers - 350 rubles.
- There is no railway in the city, and products are delivered only by plane.
- The population is about 35.5 thousand people.
6. Dudinka
Dudinka It is one of the northernmost cities on the planet and the largest port of Siberia.
- The population is about 22,000 people.
- The advantage of this locality is the low price of apartments: one-room - from 800,000 rubles, two-room - from 1, million rubles, three-room - from 1.5 million rubles.
- But utility bills are very high - about 7000-8000 rubles per month.
- The average salary is 40,000 rubles. Specialists at the port can earn 80,000.
- Teachers and medical workers have a salary 2 times higher than in other regions.
- In connection with the territorial location, the price of food is high.
- Travel in public transport - 24 rubles.
- In Dudinka is well established, relatively inexpensive communications and the Internet.
5. Salekhard
The only city that is located on the border of the Arctic Circle.
- Population Salekhard about 50 thousand people.
- The city has a developed gold mining industry, there is a fish cannery and a river port. It also produces meat and milk.
- The average income of the population is 60,000 rubles. Miners and skilled workers in the port earn up to 80,000.
- Housing prices: one-room apartment - from 3.5 million, two-room apartment - from 5.5 million.
- Travel by transport (in the city) - 25 rubles.
- A person spends about 20 thousand a month on food.
- Sky-high food prices: tomatoes - 1300 rubles, sweet cherries - 4000 per kilogram.
- Also sky-high prices for the Internet (2000 rubles per month), gasoline and utilities.
4. Naryan-Mar
This city is located in the permafrost zone.
- The population is about 25,000 people.
- Food products can be delivered here only by air. Medicine prices in Naryan-Mare higher than in other regions by 20-25%.
- Prices for apartments are also not small: a one-room apartment - from 2 million rubles, a two-room apartment - from 3.3 million rubles.
- Due to the constant increase in fuel prices, travel in public transport costs 35-40 rubles.
- The average wage is 55,000-65,000 rubles.
- The cost of living is 20-22 thousand.
- Housing services are also very high - up to 7000 rubles for a two-room apartment.
- The cost of food, as well as the location of the city is polar.
3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- The population is 183,000 people.
- An apartment here can be bought at the rate of 12,000 rubles per square meter.
- The average salary is 35,000 rubles.
- Travel in public transport - 20 rubles.
- Prices for housing services and products are high. For a two-room apartment, housing and communal services amount to 8-9 thousand rubles per month.
- Cost of living - 20,000 rubles.
IN Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky there is practically no farm infrastructure and, therefore, prices for meat and dairy products are sky-high. Over the past 20 years, the population has decreased by almost 100 thousand people.
2. Anadyr
A city with a population of about 15,000 people is the capital of Chukotka. To live in Anadyr very expensive. Compared to Moscow, food and gas prices are almost 2 times higher. The city has one of the largest wind farms in Russia. Ore and gold are also mined here. Well developed fisheries.
- In Anadyr, just inconceivable prices for communication and the Internet.
- The average salary is 50,000 rubles.
- The cost of living is 22,000.
- Prices for apartments - from 600,000.
- The cost of some products: apples - 300 rubles per 1 kilogram, bananas - 280, doctor's sausage - 750, liter of juice - 250, tangerines - 600.
- The cost of utilities per month for a one-room apartment is 5000 rubles.
- You can get to the city only by helicopter.
1. Bilibino
The city ranks first in the ranking table of the most expensive cities in Russia. Here is one of the largest gold mining enterprises.
- The population is 5300 people.
- An apartment can be bought at a price of 20 thousand rubles per square meter.
- The average salary is 25 thousand rubles.
- The cost of living is 22 thousand.
- Prices for medicines, food, building materials, clothing, services and fuel are very high.
IN Bilibino almost no agriculture and livestock. All goods are delivered from other regions - hence the fabulous prices. For example: buckwheat - 185 rubles per 1 kilogram, vegetable oil - 170 per 1 liter, tomatoes and cucumbers - 500, tangerines - 540.
The younger generation does not want to live in such conditions, they are moving to less expensive regions.