Eastern Europe Cities by Population 2026

5 Most Populated Eastern Europe Cities

Russia Flag

Moscow

12,756,500

Russia Flag

Saint Petersburg

5,608,910

Ukraine Flag

Kiev

3,015,780

Belarus Flag

Minsk

2,075,900

Poland Flag

Warsaw

1,800,190
City
Country
Population ↓
Russia FlagMoscowRussia12,756,500
Russia FlagSaint PetersburgRussia5,608,910
Ukraine FlagKievUkraine3,015,780
Belarus FlagMinskBelarus2,075,900
Poland FlagWarsawPoland1,800,190
Hungary FlagBudapestHungary1,783,650
Romania FlagBucharestRomania1,749,920
Russia FlagNovosibirskRussia1,710,440
Russia FlagYekaterinburgRussia1,540,000
Ukraine FlagKharkivUkraine1,413,760
Czechia FlagPragueCzechia1,335,350
Russia FlagKazanRussia1,302,070
Bulgaria FlagSofiaBulgaria1,284,870
Russia FlagNizhniy NovgorodRussia1,249,590
Russia FlagChelyabinskRussia1,248,010
Russia FlagKrasnoyarskRussia1,181,270
Russia FlagOmskRussia1,181,100
Russia FlagSamaraRussia1,153,400
Russia FlagUfaRussia1,149,690
Russia FlagVoronezhRussia1,087,730
Russia FlagPermRussia1,087,440
Russia FlagRostov-na-DonuRussia1,074,482
Russia FlagKrasnodarRussia1,022,480
Ukraine FlagOdessaUkraine1,001,558
Russia FlagVolgogradRussia991,693
Russia FlagTyumenRussia933,297
Ukraine FlagDniproUkraine926,488
Ukraine FlagDonetskUkraine870,629
Russia FlagSaratovRussia837,212
Ukraine FlagZaporizhiaUkraine796,217
Poland FlagKrakowPoland769,354
Ukraine FlagLvivUkraine717,505
Russia FlagTol'yattiRussia702,879
Russia FlagIzhevskRussia653,118
Russia FlagIrkutskRussia649,403
Russia FlagKhabarovskRussia645,332
Poland FlagLodzPoland644,873
Russia FlagBarnaulRussia642,827
Poland FlagWroclawPoland642,099
Russia FlagUlyanovskRussia622,797
Russia FlagYaroslavlRussia613,635
Russia FlagTomskRussia613,376
Russia FlagVladivostokRussia610,078
Russia FlagMakhachkalaRussia603,284
Ukraine FlagKryvyi RihUkraine590,404
Russia FlagKhabarovsk VtoroyRussia578,303
Belarus FlagGomelBelarus577,688
Russia FlagBalashikhaRussia573,598
Russia FlagKemerovoRussia571,137
Russia FlagOrenburgRussia570,323
Kosovo FlagPristinaKosovo550,000
Russia FlagNovokuznetskRussia546,870
Russia FlagAstrakhanRussia534,947
Russia FlagKirovRussia520,957
Russia FlagKirovRussia520,957
Russia FlagPenzaRussia520,534
Russia FlagRyazan'Russia520,173
Russia FlagCheboksaryRussia518,153
Poland FlagPoznanPoland515,784
Ukraine FlagMykolayivUkraine510,840
Russia FlagNaberezhnyye ChelnyRussia509,870
Russia FlagKalininskiyRussia504,641
Russia FlagLipetskRussia502,685
Russia FlagKaliningradRussia496,049
Moldova FlagChisinauMoldova483,755
Russia FlagSochiRussia483,567
Russia FlagKurskRussia476,580
Ukraine FlagMykolaivUkraine474,969
Poland FlagGdanskPoland465,486
Russia FlagTulaRussia461,381
Russia FlagUlan-UdeRussia452,638
Slovakia FlagBratislavaSlovakia444,962
Russia FlagTverRussia427,675
Ukraine FlagMariupolUkraine423,423
Russia FlagBelgorodRussia421,107
Russia FlagMagnitogorskRussia421,085
Russia FlagSurgutRussia415,682
Ukraine FlagSevastopolUkraine401,452
Ukraine FlagKhmelnytskyiUkraine398,346
Russia FlagIvanovoRussia398,188
Poland FlagSzczecinPoland395,737
Russia FlagBryanskRussia390,441
Belarus FlagVitebskBelarus385,191
Ukraine FlagLuhanskUkraine383,182
Czechia FlagBrnoCzechia381,161
Ukraine FlagMakiyivkaUkraine376,610
Belarus FlagBrestBelarus371,715
Belarus FlagMahilyowBelarus369,200
Russia FlagChitaRussia364,351
Russia FlagStavropol'Russia363,064
Russia FlagVladimirRussia360,531
Russia FlagArkhangel'skRussia356,051
Russia FlagKalugaRussia353,296
Ukraine FlagVinnytsiaUkraine352,115
Bulgaria FlagPlovdivBulgaria346,883
Russia FlagPodolskRussia345,245
Russia FlagYakutskRussia344,869
Russia FlagNizhny TagilRussia343,377
Ukraine FlagSimferopolUkraine339,492
Russia FlagKrasnogvargeiskyRussia337,091
Poland FlagBydgoszczPoland337,052
Bulgaria FlagVarnaBulgaria334,055
Russia FlagSaranskRussia326,961
Russia FlagSmolenskRussia326,802
Poland FlagLublinPoland325,344
Russia FlagVolzhskiyRussia323,293
Ukraine FlagKhersonUkraine320,477
Russia FlagCherepovetsRussia319,577
Russia FlagMurmanskRussia319,263
Russia FlagVologdaRussia318,690
Ukraine FlagPoltavaUkraine317,847
Belarus FlagHrodnaBelarus317,365
Poland FlagKatowicePoland317,316
Romania FlagIasiRomania316,149
Russia FlagOrelRussia313,714
Czechia FlagOstravaCzechia313,088
Romania FlagCluj-NapocaRomania308,265
Ukraine FlagChernihivUkraine307,684
Romania FlagTimisoaraRomania306,374
Russia FlagKurganRussia305,330
Romania FlagCraiovaRomania304,142
Romania FlagConstantaRomania303,399
Ukraine FlagCherkasyUkraine297,568
Russia FlagVladikavkazRussia296,882
Ukraine FlagSumyUkraine294,456
Romania FlagGalatiRomania294,087
Poland FlagBialystokPoland291,855
Russia FlagTambovRussia290,933
Ukraine FlagZhytomyrUkraine282,192
Russia FlagYoshkar-OlaRussia279,100
Russia FlagTaganrogRussia279,056
Ukraine FlagHorlivkaUkraine278,550
Russia FlagKostromaRussia277,656
Romania FlagBrasovRomania276,088
Russia FlagKomsomolsk-on-AmurRussia275,908
Russia FlagNal'chikRussia272,800
Russia FlagSterlitamakRussia267,231
Russia FlagPetrozavodskRussia265,025
Russia FlagBratskRussia256,600
Ukraine FlagRivneUkraine255,106
Poland FlagGdyniaPoland253,730
Ukraine FlagKropyvnytskyiUkraine249,454
Ukraine FlagKamianskeUkraine248,575
Poland FlagCzestochowaPoland248,125
Russia FlagOrskRussia246,836
Russia FlagNizhnevartovskRussia244,937
Russia FlagAngarskRussia243,158
Russia FlagMar'inoRussia243,000
Russia FlagNovorossiyskRussia241,856
Russia FlagKhimkiRussia239,967
Slovakia FlagKosiceSlovakia236,563
Ukraine FlagChernivtsiUkraine236,250
Ukraine FlagTernopilUkraine235,676
Russia FlagNizhnekamskRussia234,297
Russia FlagDzerzhinskRussia233,126
Russia FlagSyktyvkarRussia230,139
Romania FlagPloiestiRomania228,851
Ukraine FlagKremenchukUkraine227,494
Poland FlagSosnowiecPoland227,295
Russia FlagStaryy OskolRussia226,977
Poland FlagRadomPoland226,794
Russia FlagGroznyyRussia226,100
Russia FlagShakhtyRussia221,312
Russia FlagBlagoveshchenskRussia221,296
Belarus FlagBabruyskBelarus220,517
Russia FlagProkop'yevskRussia219,000
Russia FlagRybinskRussia216,724
Russia FlagVykhino-ZhulebinoRussia216,000
Russia FlagZelenogradRussia215,727
Russia FlagBiyskRussia215,430
Russia FlagVelikiy NovgorodRussia215,062
Russia FlagCentralniyRussia214,625
Ukraine FlagLutskUkraine213,661
Romania FlagBrailaRomania213,569
Poland FlagMokotowPoland212,670
Poland FlagTorunPoland208,717
Poland FlagKielcePoland208,598
Romania FlagOradeaRomania206,614
Ukraine FlagIvano-FrankivskUkraine204,200
Hungary FlagDebrecenHungary204,124
Russia FlagVasyl'evsky OstrovRussia203,058
Russia FlagPskovRussia201,990
Cyprus FlagNicosiaCyprus200,452
Russia FlagSevernyyRussia200,000
Russia FlagBalakovoRussia199,572
Russia FlagArmavirRussia199,548
Ukraine FlagBila TserkvaUkraine199,163
Poland FlagGliwicePoland198,835
Russia FlagEngel'sRussia196,011
Bulgaria FlagBurgasBulgaria195,966
Russia FlagSeverodvinskRussia194,292
Poland FlagZabrzePoland192,177
Russia FlagZlatoustRussia191,366
Russia FlagSyzran'Russia189,338
Poland FlagBytomPoland189,186
Poland FlagPraga PoludniePoland187,845
Russia FlagPetropavlovsk-KamchatskyRussia187,282
Russia FlagKorolyovRussia183,402
Russia FlagKamensk-Ural'skiyRussia182,500
Russia FlagYasenevoRussia180,000
Poland FlagBielsko-BialaPoland176,515
Russia FlagYuzhno-SakhalinskRussia176,484
Ukraine FlagKramators'kUkraine173,700
Hungary FlagMiskolcHungary172,637
Russia FlagLyublinoRussia172,000
Poland FlagOlsztynPoland171,803
Kosovo FlagPrizrenKosovo171,464
Romania FlagBacauRomania171,396
Romania FlagAradRomania169,065
Belarus FlagBaranovichiBelarus168,772
Russia FlagBereznikiRussia167,748
Russia FlagVolgodonskRussia167,731
Romania FlagPitestiRomania167,669
Russia FlagMiassRussia167,500
Russia FlagAbakanRussia167,289
Russia FlagNovocherkasskRussia166,974
Hungary FlagSzegedHungary164,883
Czechia FlagPilsenCzechia164,180
Russia FlagNazran'Russia164,131
Russia FlagRubtsovskRussia161,065
Russia FlagMytishchiRussia160,542
Russia FlagSalavatRussia159,893
Russia FlagKhoroshevo-MnevnikiRussia159,000
Russia FlagBibirevoRussia159,000
Poland FlagRzeszowPoland158,382
Russia FlagGol'yanovoRussia158,000
Ukraine FlagMelitopolUkraine158,000
Russia FlagAdmiralteiskyRussia157,897
Russia FlagUssuriyskRussia157,068
Moldova FlagTiraspolMoldova157,000
Hungary FlagPecsHungary156,649
Bulgaria FlagRuseBulgaria156,238
Russia FlagLyubertsyRussia154,650
Russia FlagKovrovRussia154,224
Cyprus FlagLimassolCyprus154,000
Russia FlagStroginoRussia152,000
Romania FlagSibiuRomania151,894
Russia FlagZhulebinoRussia150,000
Ukraine FlagKerchUkraine148,932
Russia FlagKolomnaRussia147,690
Poland FlagUrsynowPoland147,676
Russia FlagNakhodkaRussia146,920
Romania FlagTargu-MuresRomania146,863
Poland FlagRuda SlaskaPoland146,189
Russia FlagElektrostal'Russia144,387
Russia FlagMaykopRussia144,055
Russia FlagBiryulevoRussia144,000
Russia FlagOrekhovo-BorisovoRussia144,000
Poland FlagWolaPoland143,996
Belarus FlagBarysawBelarus143,919
Bulgaria FlagStara ZagoraBulgaria143,431
Russia FlagNovyye Kuz'minkiRussia143,000
Russia FlagKuz'minkiRussia143,000
Russia FlagPyatigorskRussia142,865
Poland FlagRybnikPoland142,510
Russia FlagChertanovo YuzhnoyeRussia142,000
Russia FlagZheleznodorozhnyyRussia141,648
Russia FlagNorilskRussia140,800
Russia FlagAl'met'yevskRussia140,437
Russia FlagKorolevRussia139,798
Hungary FlagBudapest XI. kerueletHungary139,049
Russia FlagKolpinoRussia138,979
Russia FlagOdintsovoRussia137,041
Romania FlagBaia MareRomania136,553
Poland FlagBielanyPoland134,854
Russia FlagNevinnomysskRussia134,345
Poland FlagSrodmiesciePoland134,306
Russia FlagPervoural'skRussia133,600
Russia FlagKislovodskRussia132,771
Russia FlagDimitrovgradRussia132,226
Russia FlagNovomoskovskRussia130,982
Romania FlagBuzauRomania130,954
Belarus FlagPinskBelarus130,777
Poland FlagDabrowa GorniczaPoland130,601
Ukraine FlagNikopolUkraine130,500
Russia FlagPetrogradkaRussia130,455
Hungary FlagZugloHungary130,000
Poland FlagTychyPoland130,000
Russia FlagRamenkiRussia130,000
Ukraine FlagSyevyerodonets'kUkraine130,000
Russia FlagZyablikovoRussia129,000
Russia FlagKamyshinRussia128,626
Russia FlagNovocheboksarskRussia128,468
Hungary FlagGyorHungary128,265
Russia FlagSerpukhovRussia128,158
Russia FlagOrekhovo-Borisovo SevernoyeRussia128,000
Russia FlagIvanovskoyeRussia128,000
Poland FlagOpolePoland127,676
Poland FlagElblagPoland127,558
Poland FlagPlockPoland127,474
Poland FlagWalbrzychPoland127,431
Russia FlagMuromRussia126,931
Russia FlagKhasavyurtRussia126,829
Russia FlagNeftekamskRussia126,805
Belarus FlagOrshaBelarus125,347
Moldova FlagBaltiMoldova125,000
Russia FlagTyoply StanRussia125,000
Ukraine FlagSlovianskUkraine124,800
Poland FlagGorzow WielkopolskiPoland124,430
Poland FlagTargowekPoland124,316
Hungary FlagBudapest III. kerueletHungary123,723
Russia FlagTsaritsynoRussia123,000
Russia FlagVeshnyakiRussia122,000
Russia FlagPresnenskiyRussia122,000
Russia FlagZyuzinoRussia121,000
Poland FlagWloclawekPoland120,339
Belarus FlagNovoye MedvezhinoBelarus120,000
Russia FlagSolntsevoRussia120,000
Russia FlagOrekhovo-ZuyevoRussia120,000
Bulgaria FlagPlevenBulgaria118,675
Poland FlagZielona GoraPoland118,433
Ukraine FlagBerdyanskUkraine118,284
Russia FlagTroparevoRussia118,000
Ukraine FlagUzhgorodUkraine117,878
Poland FlagTarnowPoland117,799
Russia FlagAchinskRussia117,634
Hungary FlagNyiregyhazaHungary116,298
Russia FlagCherkesskRussia116,224
Russia FlagTaganskiyRussia116,000
Ukraine FlagAlchevs'kUkraine116,000
Russia FlagNoginskRussia115,979
Ukraine FlagPavlohradUkraine115,932
Russia FlagYeletsRussia115,688
Russia FlagNovo-PeredelkinoRussia115,536
Romania FlagBotosaniRomania114,783
Russia FlagOchakovo-MatveyevskoyeRussia114,000
Russia FlagTobol'skRussia113,800
Hungary FlagBudapest XIII. kerueletHungary113,531
Poland FlagChorzowPoland113,430
Russia FlagShchelkovoRussia113,000
Russia FlagNefteyuganskRussia112,632
Romania FlagSatu MareRomania112,490
Belarus FlagMazyrBelarus112,137
Russia FlagNovokuybyshevskRussia111,800
Ukraine FlagLysychans'kUkraine111,600
Moldova FlagBenderMoldova110,175
Russia FlagNoyabrskRussia110,000
Russia FlagBatayskRussia109,962
Hungary FlagKecskemetHungary109,847
Russia FlagSeverskRussia109,844
Russia FlagArzamasRussia109,479
Russia FlagSergiyev PosadRussia109,252
Russia FlagLeninsk-KuznetskyRussia109,023
Poland FlagKaliszPoland108,759
Russia FlagKyzylRussia108,240
Russia FlagOktyabr'skiyRussia108,200
Romania FlagRamnicu ValceaRomania107,558
Poland FlagKoszalinPoland107,450
Russia FlagObninskRussia107,392
Kosovo FlagMitroviceKosovo107,045
Russia FlagElistaRussia106,971
Russia FlagCheremushkiRussia106,587
Ukraine FlagYevpatoriyaUkraine106,202
Russia FlagNovotroitskRussia106,186
Poland FlagLegnicaPoland106,033
Russia FlagDerbentRussia105,965
Romania FlagSuceavaRomania105,796
Belarus FlagMalinovkaBelarus105,000
Ukraine FlagYenakiyeveUkraine104,101
Russia FlagIzmaylovoRussia104,000
Russia FlagKiselevskRussia104,000
Russia FlagAkademicheskoeRussia103,304
Russia FlagVelikiye LukiRussia103,149
Russia FlagBogorodskoyeRussia103,000
Ukraine FlagOleksandriyaUkraine103,000
Russia FlagPushkinoRussia102,816
Romania FlagPiatra NeamtRomania102,688
Poland FlagBemowoPoland102,393
Romania FlagDrobeta-Turnu SeverinRomania102,346
Russia FlagArtemRussia102,300
Russia FlagUkhtaRussia102,187
Russia FlagShchukinoRussia102,000
Russia FlagBrateyevoRussia102,000
Belarus FlagSalihorskBelarus101,614
Hungary FlagSzekesfehervarHungary101,600
Russia FlagKanskRussia101,502
Belarus FlagMaladzyechnaBelarus101,300
Czechia FlagOlomoucCzechia101,268
Russia FlagMezhdurechenskRussia101,026
Russia FlagRyazanskiyRussia101,000
Russia FlagNovyye CheremushkiRussia101,000
Belarus FlagNavapolatskBelarus100,885
Russia FlagSolikamskRussia100,812
Russia FlagGlazovRussia100,676
Russia FlagUst'-IlimskRussia100,271
Russia FlagTekstil'shchikiRussia100,000
Ukraine FlagKamianets-PodilskyiUkraine100,000
Russia FlagZelenodolskRussia99,600
Poland FlagGrudziadzPoland99,486
Russia FlagNovoshakhtinskRussia99,478
Russia FlagSarapulRussia98,830
Russia FlagVotkinskRussia98,633
Poland FlagSlupskPoland98,608
Russia FlagSerovRussia98,438
Hungary FlagBudapest IV. kerueletHungary98,374
Russia FlagBalashovRussia98,107
Belarus FlagLidaBelarus98,036
Russia FlagZheleznogorskRussia97,900
Czechia FlagLiberecCzechia97,770
Russia FlagZhukovskiyRussia97,200
Romania FlagTargu JiuRomania97,179
Poland FlagJaworznoPoland96,541
Bulgaria FlagSlivenBulgaria96,368
Czechia FlagCeske BudejoviceCzechia96,053
Russia FlagRamenskoyeRussia96,000
Poland FlagJastrzebie ZdrojPoland95,813
Russia FlagMagadanRussia95,282
Czechia FlagHradec KraloveCzechia95,195
Russia FlagOzerkiRussia95,000
Russia FlagNovogireyevoRussia95,000
Russia FlagVostochnoe DeguninoRussia95,000
Bulgaria FlagDobrichBulgaria94,831
Slovakia FlagPresovSlovakia94,718
Russia FlagNovyy UrengoyRussia94,212
Kosovo FlagGjakoveKosovo94,158
Czechia FlagUsti nad LabemCzechia94,105
Russia FlagNovoural'skRussia93,849
Russia FlagZheleznogorskRussia93,834
Russia FlagMichurinskRussia93,499
Hungary FlagBudapest XVIII. kerueletHungary93,225
Poland FlagOchotaPoland93,192
Poland FlagPraga PolnocPoland93,192
Russia FlagKineshmaRussia92,983
Russia FlagKrasnogorskRussia92,932
Russia FlagPushkinRussia92,889
Romania FlagTulceaRomania92,475
Russia FlagBugul'maRussia91,900
Ukraine FlagKonotopUkraine91,798
Ukraine FlagKostyantynivkaUkraine91,259
Russia FlagYaroslavskiyRussia91,000
Russia FlagLefortovoRussia91,000
Russia FlagKuznetskRussia90,480
Russia FlagKirovo-ChepetskRussia90,252
Russia FlagBerdskRussia90,250
Ukraine FlagKrasnyy LuchUkraine90,005
Russia FlagGatchinaRussia89,761
Poland FlagBialolekaPoland89,324
Russia FlagBiryulevo ZapadnoyeRussia89,000
Czechia FlagPardubiceCzechia88,741
Hungary FlagBudapest II. kerueletHungary88,729
Ukraine FlagBrovaryUkraine88,506
Romania FlagTargovisteRomania88,435
Russia FlagSarovRussia88,000
Russia FlagYeyskRussia87,814
Russia FlagBuzulukRussia87,714
Ukraine FlagUmanUkraine87,658
Poland FlagJelenia GoraPoland87,310
Bulgaria FlagShumenBulgaria87,283
Russia FlagGubkinRussia87,000
Russia FlagChaykovskiyRussia86,712
Slovakia FlagNitraSlovakia86,329
Ukraine FlagBerdychivUkraine86,250
Russia FlagLianozovoRussia86,000
Russia FlagBabushkinRussia86,000
Slovakia FlagZilinaSlovakia85,985
Russia FlagUsol'ye-SibirskoyeRussia85,900
Russia FlagSvetlanovskiyRussia85,508
Ukraine FlagShostkaUkraine85,432
Russia FlagYegor'yevskRussia85,200
Ukraine FlagKadiyivkaUkraine84,425
Poland FlagNowy SaczPoland84,376
Russia FlagYurgaRussia84,220
Russia FlagKomendantsky aerodromRussia84,052
Ukraine FlagChervonohradUkraine83,000
Czechia FlagHavirovCzechia82,768
Russia FlagAnzhero-SudzhenskRussia82,526
Ukraine FlagIzmayilUkraine82,485
Bulgaria FlagPernikBulgaria82,467
Russia FlagTroitskRussia82,338
Slovakia FlagBanska BystricaSlovakia82,336
Belarus FlagPolatskBelarus82,258
Hungary FlagBudapest VIII. kerueletHungary82,222
Russia FlagAzovRussia82,133
Russia FlagKaspiyskRussia81,752
Ukraine FlagMukacheveUkraine81,633
Romania FlagBistritaRomania81,318
Poland FlagKoninPoland81,258
Romania FlagResitaRomania81,228
Russia FlagOzerskRussia81,023
Russia FlagYessentukiRussia81,015
Russia FlagKlinRussia80,778
Ukraine FlagBakhmutUkraine80,500
Hungary FlagBudapest XV. kerueletHungary80,218
Poland FlagPiotrkow TrybunalskiPoland80,128
Bulgaria FlagYambolBulgaria80,116
Russia FlagVorkutaRussia80,039
Russia FlagFiliRussia80,000
Bulgaria FlagHaskovoBulgaria79,699
Russia FlagKropotkinRussia79,599
Hungary FlagSzombathelyHungary79,534
Russia FlagShadrinskRussia79,479
Ukraine FlagDrohobychUkraine79,406
Hungary FlagBudapest X. kerueletHungary79,270
Romania FlagSlatinaRomania78,988
Czechia FlagZlinCzechia78,759
Russia FlagVyborgRussia78,633
Russia FlagReutovRussia78,370
Hungary FlagBudapest XVII. kerueletHungary78,250
Russia FlagAlekseyevkaRussia78,000
Poland FlagInowroclawPoland77,597

Eastern Europe Cities Overview

Eastern Europe’s largest city is Moscow with 12.8M residents, followed by Saint Petersburg at 5.6M. Kyiv is the next largest major center with 3M inhabitants.

The region includes a dense tier of large capitals: Minsk (2.1M), Warsaw (1.8M), Budapest (1.8M), Bucharest (1.7M), Prague (1.3M), and Sofia (1.3M).

Russia contributes several additional high-population inland metros, including Novosibirsk (1.7M ), Yekaterinburg (1.5M ), and Kazan (1.3M ). In Ukraine, Kharkiv remains another major urban hub at 1.4M.

Sources

  1. World Population Prospects (2024 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.

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