Penza, 18 November 2014. PenzaNews. Penza took the 16th place in the rating of Russian cities based on life quality indicators prepared by the Department of Sociology of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

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The study was conducted in the cities with over 500,000 inhabitants to validate the results. Two smaller cities were verified as well.

The city environment was analyzed for the following seven parameters: state of health care system and public safety; work of educational institutions; financial well-being of city inhabitants; operation of housing and communal services — time, quality of service and repair; landscaping; road condition; balance of migration.

Rating is also based on statistical indicators and sociological data from population surveys.

The top 10 included Tyumen, Moscow, Kazan, Krasnodar, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Orenburg.

The bottom of the list is occupied by Volgograd, Kurgan, Ulyanovsk, Omsk, Astrakhan and Togliatti.

Some Penza indicators are as follows: health care system and public safety — rated second; road condition — 9th place; work of educational institutions — 14th place; housing and communal services operation — 29th place.