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List Of Renamed Cities And Towns In Russia
This is a list of Russian towns and cities that were renamed. Background Historical reasons behind geographical renaming were *a particularly large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 *more renamings happened during the whole history of the Soviet Union for political reasons *in 1945, German cities around Königsberg were made part of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave, see list of cities and towns in East Prussia *soon after the reconquest of Southern Sakhalin in 1945, Japanese placenames were replaced with Russian ones. *Circa 1972-73, many Chinese or Chinese-sounding place names in the Russian Far East were replaced with Russian-sounding ones. *in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, renamings (often for restoration of original names) happened, although infrequently. List In the list below sometimes the year of renaming appears in brackets after the new name. *Abinsky → Abinsk (1963) *Adygeysk (1969) → Teuchez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographical Renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but the new names are not recognised by other countries, especially when there is a difference in language. Other names may not be officially recognised but remain in common use. Many places have different names in different languages, and a change of language in official or general use has often resulted in what is arguably a change of name. There are many reasons to undertake renaming, with political motivation being the primary cause; for example many places in the former Soviet Union and its satellites were renamed to honour Stalin. Sometimes a place reverts to its former name (see, for example, de-Stalinization). One of the most common reasons for a country changing its name is newly acquired independence. When borders are changed, sometimes due to a country splitting or two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svobodny, Amur Oblast
Svobodny (russian: Свобо́дный) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zeya River, north of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 63,889 ( 2002 Census); History It was founded in 1912 in conjunction with the construction of the Amur RailwayPospelov, p. 26 (the Trans-Siberian Railway's "bypass" route, which was to provide a railway connection from European Russia to the Pacific entirely over the Russian soil, without crossing the north-eastern China). It was originally named ''Alexeyevsk'' (), in honor of the then crown prince Alexey. In 1917, the town was renamed Svobodny, Russian for ''free''. During the Stalin era, the ''BAMLag'' prison camp was built in Svobodny, with the intention of providing forced labor for the planned construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The camp became one of the largest in the gulag system, with ca. 190,300 convicts in October 1935. The camp claimed the lives of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyzyl
Kyzyl (; Tuvan and russian: Кызыл; , ) is the capital city of the republic of Tuva, Russia. The name of the city means "red" or "crimson" in Tuvan (and in many other Turkic languages). Its population was History The city was founded in 1914 as Belotsarsk (russian: Белоцарск, link=no, ; " White Tsar's town"). In 1918, it was renamed Hem-Beldir ( tyv, Хем-Белдир, link=no, ). In 1926 it was given its present name. When the city was the capital of Tannu Tuva, it was named Kizil Khoto. In September 2014, Kyzyl celebrated its 100th anniversary as a city. The settlement was founded in 1914 by Russian settlers immediately after the entry of the then Uryanhai Territory under the protectorate of the Russian Empire called '' Belotsarsk ''. In 1918, in connection with the revolution and the antimonarchist movement, it was renamed to Khem-Beldyr, and in 1926 to Kyzyl ( Tuv .: ''red''). In 1921–1944, the city was the capital of Tuvan People's Republic, from 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezhgorye, Republic Of Bashkortostan
Mezhgorye (russian: Межго́рье; ba, Межгорье, ''Mejgorye'') is a closed town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the southern Ural Mountains near Mount Yamantau, about southeast of Ufa, the capital of the republic, on the banks of the Maly Inser River (a tributary of the Kama River). Population: History Founded around 1979, it was known as Ufa-105 () and Beloretsk-16 (). Town status was granted to it in 1995, at which time it was given its present name. It is the only closed town in Russia to be situated in a republic. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Mezhgorye—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Mezhgorye is incorporated as Mezhgorye Urban Okrug.Law #162-z The closed status of Mezhgor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai
Belorechensk (russian: Белоре́ченск) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from which it takes its name. It forms the municipal formation Belorechenskoye urban settlement, as the only locality in its composition. Population: 51,590 (2020), History It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1862.Belorechenskaya // Dictionary of Britannica: in 86 volumes (82 tons and 4 additional) - St. Petersburg, 1890-1907. Town status was granted to it in 1958. During the Soviet period, a corrective labor camp was located here. Belorechensk-White Rechensk was briefly occupied by Germany in the Second World War. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belorechensk serves as the administrative center of Belorechensky District, even though it is not a part of it.Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Yuzhny Rural Okrug (which compris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belozersk
Belozersk (russian: Белозе́рск), known as Beloozero (russian: Белоозеро, label=none) until 1777, is a town and the administrative center of Belozersky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the southern bank of Lake Beloye, from which it takes the name, northwest of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Known as Beloozero (, lit. ''white lake'') until 1777, it was first chronicled in 862 as one of the five original Russian towns (the other four being Murom, Novgorod, Polotsk, and Rostov). According to the Primary Chronicle, Sineus, a brother of Rurik, became the prince of Beloozero in 862. However, Sineus most likely never existed. On several occasions, the settlement was moved from one bank of the lake to another. In the 11th century, the region was still inhabited primarily by Finnic peoples tribes who fiercely resisted Christianization. In 1071, local pagan priests rose in rebellion, which was put down by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherkessk
Cherkessk (russian: Черке́сск) is the capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population: It was previously known as ''Batalpashinskaya'' (until 1931), ''Batalpashinsk'' (until 1934), ''Sulimov'' (until 1937), ''Yezhovo-Cherkessk'' (until 1939). Names In Russian, the city is called (''Čerkessk'') and has similar names in the languages of the city's other major ethnic groups. In Karachay, it is (''Çerkessk'') or (''Çerkessk şahar''); in Kabardian, it is (''Şărdjăs qală'') or (''Čerkessk''); in Abaza, it is (''Čerkes q̇ala'') or (''Čerkessk''); in Nogai, it is (''Şerkeş şahar'') and in Chechen, it is (''Čerkessk''). For its first century of existence, Cherkessk was a ''stanitsa'', a village inside a Cossack host, which from 1825 to 1931 was named Batalpashinskaya stanitsa (Russian: ''Batalpašinskaja stanica'') and nicknamed Pashinka ( ''Pašinka'') In 1931, it was renamed Batal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorodovikovsk
Gorodovikovsk (russian: Городовико́вск; xal-RU, Бәәшңтә, ''Bääşñtä'') is a town and the administrative center of Gorodovikovsky District of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, located on the Bashantenon River, west of Elista. Population: It was previously known as ''Bashanta'' (until 1971). History It was founded in 1872 as a Kalmyk settlement of Bashanta (). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938. In 1971, it was granted town status and renamed Gorodovikovsk after the Hero of the Soviet Union Oka Gorodovikov, who was of Kalmyk origin. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorodovikovsk serves as the administrative center of Gorodovikovsky District.Appendix to Decree #137 As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Gorodovikovsky District as the Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalininsk, Saratov Oblast
Kalininsk (russian: Кали́нинск) is a town and the administrative center of Kalininsky District in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Balanda River ( Medveditsa's tributary), west of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: . History It was founded in 1680 as the village of Balanda (), named so after the Balanda River, whose name in turn is possibly derived from a dialectal word indicating the river's windiness.Pospelov, p. 30 In 1962, Balanda was granted town status and renamed Kalininsk after Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kalininsk serves as the administrative center of Kalininsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #78-ZSO stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #94-ZSO, which describes the borders and the compositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lev Tolstoy (rural Locality)
Lev Tolstoy (russian: Лев Толсто́й) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Lev-Tolstovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.Law #382-OZ Population: History Astapovo railway station, built in 1891 on the intersection of the Kozlov– Volovo and Moscow–Yelets routes, was named after a nearby '' selo'' of Astapovo (), which was founded later than the mid-17th century.Pospelov, p. 29 The name derives from the masculine first name Ostap. The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ... fell ill at the Astapovo station and died here on November 7, 1910. To commemorate this event, the station was renamed Lva Tolstogo () in 1918. In 1932, the name of the station and of the settlement was changed to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarov
Sarov (russian: Саро́в) is a closed town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was known as Gorkiy-130 (Горький-130) and Arzamas-16 (), after a (somewhat) nearby town of Arzamas,SarovLabsCreation of Nuclear Center Arzamas-16/ref> from 1946 to 1991. Until 1995, it was known as Kremlyov/Kremlev/Kremljov (). The town is closed as it is the Russian center for nuclear research. Population: 92,047 ( 2010 Census); 87,652 ( 2002 Census) History The history of the town can be divided into two different periods. In the earlier history of Russia it was known as one of the holy places of the Russian Orthodox Church, because of its monastery, that gave Russia one of its greatest saints, St. Seraphim. Since the 1940s, it has gradually become the center for research and production of Soviet and later Russian nuclear weapons. The history of human settlement in the area around Sarov goes back at least to the 12th–13th centuries, when a large Mordvin settlement was foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armavir, Russia
Armavir (russian: Армави́р) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuban River. Population: As of 2020, the city has a population of 188,960, while the agglomeration has a population of 207,570. Armavir was formerly the second-largest industrial center of Krasnodar Krai, after Krasnodar. History The area of today's Armavir was first inhabited by Abazins. Later Turkic Tatars from the Crimean Khanate also settled here. As a result of the Caucasian War the remaining Abazins were forced to emigrate from Southern Russia to the Ottoman Empire. Armavir is also a part of the historical land of the Circassians. The contemporary settlement was founded in 1839 by Cherkesogai Armenians as Armyansky aul (). It has been known by its current name since 1848, when it was named after the Armavir, one of the historical capitals of ancient Armenia. The city was the administrative center of the Labinsky Otdel of the Kuban Oblast. During the Russian Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
