# List of trolleybus systems in Russia

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Russia. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

## List of trolleybus systems
### Central Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots (as of July 2021) | Routes | Vehicles (as of July 2021) | Notes |
| Belgorod obl. | Belgorod | 3 Dec 1967 | 30 Jun 2022 | 1 | 4 | 53 | Operated by LLC 'Best' at time of closing. |
| Belgorod obl. | Stary Oskol | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in 1989, not completed. |
| Bryansk obl. | Bryansk | 3 Dec 1960 | - | 1 | 11 | 93 | - |
| Vladimir obl. | Vladimir | 5 Nov 1952 | - | 1 | 9 | 70 | 'Officially' opened on 7 November 1952 |
| Vladimir obl. | Kovrov | 6 Mar 1975 | - | 1 | 6+2 special | 57 | - |
| Voronezh obl. | Voronezh | 6 Nov 1960 | - | 1 | 4 | 61 | Only 33 in actual service |
| Ivanovo obl. | Ivanovo | 5 Nov 1962 | - | 1 | 11 | 138 | 108 in service |
| Kaluga obl. | Kaluga | 30 Mar 1956 | - | 1 | 14 | 107 | 70 in service |
| Kostroma obl. | Kostroma | 10 Jan 1974 | 30 Jun 2023 | 1 | 7 | 53 | Operated by MUE 'Trolleybusnoe Upravlenie' |
| Kursk obl. | Kursk | 21 Aug 1972 | - | 1 | 8 | 80 | - |
| Lipetsk obl. | Lipetsk | 1 Feb 1972 | 15 Aug 2017 | 1 | 5 | 39 | Trolleybuses were operated by MUP 'Lipetskpassazhirtrans' Statistics at time of closing |
| Moscow | Moscow | 15 Nov 1933 | 25 Aug 2020 | 3 | 6 | 649 | Numbers given are at the time of closure. The first trolleybus system in Russia and in former USSR, it was the largest trolleybus system in the world for many years, from circa the mid-1950s until 2017. One trolleybus route retained as an attraction. |
| Moscow obl. | Khimki (Khimki trolleybus) | 24 Jul 1997 | - | 1 | 3 | 45 | 2 routes (out of 3) run between Khimki and Moscow city Operated by MUP 'Khimkielektrotrans' |
| Moscow obl. | Podolsk | 1 May 2001 | - | 1 | 5 | 47 | Operated by MUE “Podolskiy Trolleybus” |
| Moscow obl. | Vidnoye | 9 Sep 2000 | - | 1 | 3 | 21 | Operated by MUE 'Vidnoe Trolleybus Depot' |
| Oryol obl. | Oryol | 29 Oct 1968 | - | 1 | 4 | 59 | Operated by MUP 'Tram and trolleybus enterprise' |
| Ryazan obl. | Ryazan | 13 Nov 1949 | - | 2 | 15 | 188 | Another depot is not in use, but not 'closed'. 126 vehicles in use |
| Smolensk obl. | Smolensk | 8 Apr 1991 | - | 1 | 4 | 102 | Operated by Smolensk Municipal Unitary Tram and Trolleybus Enterprise |
| Tambov obl. | Tambov | 5 Nov 1955 | - | 1 | 3 | 15 | Operated by ME 'Tambovgorstrans' 7 vehicles in operation |
| Tver obl. | Tver | 5 May 1967 | 14 April 2020 | 1 | 7 | 104 | - |
| Tula obl. | Tula | 5 Nov 1962 | - | 1 | 7 | 100 | Operated by MUE 'Tulgorelectrotrans' |
| Yaroslavl obl. | Rybinsk | 14 Dec 1976 | - | 1 | 4 | 61 | Operated by JSC Rybinskelectrotrans |
| Yaroslavl obl. | Yaroslavl | 7 Nov 1949 | - | 1 | 7 | 107 | Operated by JSC 'Yargorelectrotrans' |

### Far Eastern Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Amur obl. | Blagoveshchensk | 22 Aug 1979 | 08 July 2016 | 1 | 2 | 31 | - |
| Khabarovsk krai | Khabarovsk | 17 Jan 1975 | - | 1 | 4 | 54 | - |
| Primorsky krai | Vladivostok | 29 Jan 1965 | - | 1 | 4 | 38 | - |

### Northwestern Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Arkhangelsk obl. | Arkhangelsk | 14 Oct 1974 | 11 Apr 2008 | - | - | - | Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007. |
| Vologda obl. | Cherepovets | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in 1992; stopped ca. 1996, remaining infrastructure dismantled 2008 |
| Vologda obl. | Vologda | 22 Aug 1979 | - | 1 | 6 | 90 | - |
| Kaliningrad obl. | Chernyakhovsk | 27 Nov 1936 | Jan 1945 | - | - | - | Operated by Stadtwerke Omnibusbetrieb Insterburg Closed because of war damage. During the period of operation of the trolleybus network, the city was known as Insterburg. |
| Kaliningrad obl. | Kaliningrad | 15 Oct 1943 | 27 Jan 1945 | - | - | - | Closed because of war damage |
| Kaliningrad obl. | Kaliningrad | 5 Nov 1975 | - | 1 | 4 | 60 | - |
| Karelia | Petrozavodsk | 5 Sep 1961 | - | 1 | 8 | 121 | See Trolleybuses in Petrozavodsk |
| Leningrad obl. | Gatchina | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in 2004; following plans drawn up in the late 1980s. Construction was suspended in 2005 and is not expected to resume. |
| Leningrad obl. | Tosno | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002. |
| Murmansk obl. | Murmansk | 11 Feb 1962 | - | 2 | 5 | 141 | World's northernmost trolleybus system. |
| Novgorod obl. | Veliky Novgorod | 3 Dec 1995 | - | 1 | 5 | 40 | - |
| Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | 21 Oct 1936 | - | 6 | 44 | 742 | Operation suspended Nov 1941 - 1945 because of war. |

### Siberian Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Altai krai | Barnaul | 19 Oct 1973 | - | 1 | 5 | 57 | - |
| Altai krai | Rubtsovsk | 28 Dec 1973 | - | 1 | 2 | 49 | - |
| Zabaykalsky krai | Chita | 30 Dec 1970 | - | 1 | 5 | 77 | - |
| Irkutsk obl. | Irkutsk | 6 Nov 1970 | - | 1 | 5 | 40 | - |
| Irkutsk obl. | Bratsk | 1 Feb 1975 | - | 1 | 5 | 50 | - |
| Kemerovo obl. | Kemerovo | 25 Sep 1970 | - | 1 | 10 | 88 | - |
| Kemerovo obl. | Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 11 Jan 1984 | - | 1 | 3 | 31 | - |
| Kemerovo obl. | Novokuznetsk | 1 Jan 1978 | - | 1 | 4 | 53 | - |
| Krasnoyarsk krai | Krasnoyarsk | 5 Nov 1959 | - | 2 | 8 | 140 | - |
| Novosibirsk obl. | Novosibirsk | 11 Nov 1957 | - | 4 | 14 | 322 | - |
| Omsk obl. | Omsk | 5 Nov 1955 | - | 2 | 10 | 216 | - |
| Tomsk obl. | Tomsk | 7 Nov 1967 | - | 1 | 8 | 93 | - |
| Khakassia | Abakan | 31 Dec 1980 | - | 1 | 12 | 24 | - |

### Southern Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Adygea | Maykop | 29 Nov 1974 | - | 1 | 12 | 53 | - |
| Astrakhan obl. | Astrakhan | 5 Nov 1967 | 30 Oct 2017 | 1 | 3 | 40 | - |
| Volgograd obl. | Volgograd | 31 Dec 1960 | - | 4 | 15 | 357 | - |
| Volgograd obl. | Kamyshin | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started 1985 and stopped 1991. |
| Volgograd obl. | Volzhsky | - | - | - | - | - | Construction started in early 1990s; stopped 1998. |
| Dagestan | Makhachkala | 3 Feb 1973 | - | 1 | 3 | 46 | - |
| Kabardino-Balkaria | Nalchik | 22 Nov 1980 | - | 1 | 4 | 52 | - |
| Karachay–Cherkessia | Cherkessk | 19 Dec 1988 | - | 1 | 9 | 42 | - |
| Krasnodar krai | Armavir | 16 Jun 1973 | - | 1 | 5 | 44 | - |
| Krasnodar krai | Krasnodar | 28 Jul 1950 | - | 2 | 17 | 209 | - |
| Krasnodar krai | Novorossiysk | 1 Apr 1969 | - | 1 | 14 | 79 | - |
| North Ossetia | Vladikavkaz | 1 Feb 1977 | 8 Aug 2010 | 1 | 2 | 12 | A PKTS-6281.00 'Admiral' trolleybus was delivered on May 30, 2022. |
| Stavropol krai | Stavropol | 24 Jul 1964 | - | 1 | 9 | 96 | - |
| Rostov obl. | Rostov-on-Don | 18 Mar 1936 | - | 2 | 8 | 108 | - |
| Rostov obl. | Shakhty | 30 Sep 1975 | 27 Oct 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| Rostov obl. | Taganrog | 25 Dec 1977 | - | 1 | 7 | 35 | Operated by MUE 'TTU' Trolleybus traffic suspended since May 2022 due to repairs on electricity substations. |
| Rostov obl. | Volgodonsk | 4 Oct 1977 | - | 1 | 6 | 32 | - |
| Chechnya | Grozny | 31 Dec 1975 | Dec 1994 | - | - | - | Closed because of war damage. |

### Urals Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Kurgan obl. | Kurgan | 24 Nov 1965 | 29 Apr 2015 | 1 | 4 | 33 | - |
| Sverdlovsk obl. | Kachkanar | 11 Nov 1972 | Dec 1985 | - | - | - | - |
| Sverdlovsk obl. | Kamensk-Uralsky | 1 Nov 1956 | 3 Mar 2015 | 1 | 3 | 59 | - |
| Sverdlovsk obl. | Nizhny Tagil | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by only one source as under construction. Other sources state that construction was planned for 1996 but did not start. |
| Sverdlovsk obl. | Yekaterinburg | 17 Oct 1943 | - | 2 | 19 | 356 | - |
| Tyumen obl. | Tyumen | 12 Jun 1970 | 5 Oct 2009 | - | - | - | Service operated by ME 'Trolleybusnoe Predpriyatie' |
| Khanty–Mansi AO | Surgut | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information. |
| Chelyabinsk obl. | Chelyabinsk | 22 Nov 1942 | - | 3 | 22 | 360 | - |
| Chelyabinsk obl. | Miass | 1 Feb 1975 | - | 1 | 5 | 69 | - |

### Volga Federal District

| Region | Location | From | To | Depots | Routes | Vehicles | Notes |
| Notes |||
| Bashkortostan | Sterlitamak | 24 Feb 1961 | - | 2 | 23 | 195 | - |
| Bashkortostan | Ufa | 27 Jan 1962 | - | 2 | 21 | 211 | - |
| Kirov obl. | Kirov | 8 Nov 1943 | - | 2 | 8 | 157 | - |
| Mari El | Yoshkar-Ola | 1 Feb 1971 | - | 1 | 12 | 158 | - |
| Mordovia | Saransk | 29 Jan 1966 | - | 2 | 17 | 141 | - |
| Nizhny Novgorod obl. | Dzerzhinsk | 15 Apr 1976 | - | 1 | 5 | 79 | - |
| Nizhny Novgorod obl. | Nizhny Novgorod | 27 Jun 1947 | - | 3 | 21 | 227 | - |
| Orenburg obl. | Orenburg | 1 May 1953 | - | 1 | 5 | 99 | - |
| Penza obl. | Penza | 4 Nov 1948 | - | 2 | 6 | 100 | - |
| Perm krai | Berezniki | 14 Mar 1961 | - | 1 | 11 | N/A | - |
| Perm krai | Perm | 5 Nov 1960 | 30 Jun 2019 | 1 | 13 | 136 | - |
| Samara obl. | Novokuybyshevsk | 4 Jan 1986 | - | 1 | 16 | 56 | - |
| Samara obl. | Samara | 7 Nov 1942 | - | 3 | 16 | 259 | - |
| Samara obl. | Syzran | 1 Sep 2002 | 1 Nov 2009 | - | - | - | - |
| Samara obl. | Tolyatti | 21 Jan 1966 | - | 1 | 21 | 183 | - |
| Saratov obl. | Balakovo | 18 Nov 1967 | - | 2 | 10 | 60 | - |
| Saratov obl. | Engels | 29 Apr 1964 | - | 1 | 4 | 55 | - |
| Saratov obl. | Saratov | 6 Nov 1952 | - | 2 | 11 | 220 | - |
| Tatarstan | Almetyevsk | 13 Jan 1976 | - | 1 | 4 | 48 | - |
| Tatarstan | Kazan | 27 Nov 1948 | - | 2 | 16 | 238 | - |
| Tatarstan | Naberezhnye Chelny | - | - | - | - | - | Reported by one source as under construction. No recent information. |
| Udmurtia | Izhevsk | 6 Nov 1968 | - | 2 | 11 | 245 | - |
| Ulyanovsk obl. | Ulyanovsk | 31 Dec 1973 | - | 1 | 7 | 57 | - |
| Chuvashia | Cheboksary | 7 Nov 1964 | - | 3 | 19 | 301 | - |
| Chuvashia | Novocheboksarsk | 2 Nov 1979 | - | 1 | 4 | 48 | - |