Introduction. The study of urbanization, agglomeration and growth of cities in Russia is very important. However, for spatially distributed data classical methods of regression analysis can give incorrect results and conclusions, so spatially inhomogeneous data necessary to apply special methods of analysis. Preliminary analysis. Group held cities in terms of population and analyzed the dynamics of population growth of cities in Russia, depending on their size and region (European part of Russia and Siberia and the Far East).
