This is a list of Russian towns and cities that were renamed.

Background

Historical reasons behind

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 othe ...

were *a particularly large number of cities and towns were renamed in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

after the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

of 1917 *more renamings happened during the whole history of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

for political reasons *in 1945, German cities around Königsberg were made part of the

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...

exclave, see

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*soon after the reconquest of Southern

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

in 1945, Japanese placenames were replaced with Russian ones. *Circa 1972-73, many Chinese or Chinese-sounding place names in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

were replaced with Russian-sounding ones. *in 1991, after the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, 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 Abinsk (russian: Аби́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Abinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located southwest of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 39,058 (2020), 23,000 (1968). It was p ...

(1963) *Adygeysk (1969) → Teuchezhsk (1976) → Adygeysk (1992) *Aksayskaya → Aksay (1957) *Alexandria (1838) → Dakhovsky (1864) → Dakhovsky Posad (1874) →

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

(1896) *Alexandrovsk (1896) → Polyarny (1939) *Alexandrovskaya → Alexandrovka → Alexandrovsky (1917) → Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (1926) *Alexandrovskoye (1860) → Alexandrovka (1926) → Krasnopartizansk (1931) → Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya (1936) →

Belogorsk Belogorsk or Bilohirsk (russian: Белогорск; uk, Білогірськ) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia and Ukraine. ;Urban localities *Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast; administratively incorporated as a ...

(1957) *Alexeyevsk (1912) → Svobodny (1917) *Almetyevo →

Almetyevsk Almetyevsk ( rus, Альме́тьевск, , ɐlʲˈmʲetʲjɪfsk; tt-Cyrl, Әлмәт, ''Älmät'') is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) southeast of Kazan. Population: ...

*Antrea →

Kamennogorsk Kamennogorsk (russian: Каменного́рск; known before 1948 by the Finnish name of Antrea (russian: А́нтреа; sv, S:t Andree)), is a town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the left ...

(1948) *Apsheronskaya (1863) →

Apsheronsk Apsheronsk (russian: Апшеро́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Pshekha River (in the Kuban's basin). Population: 39,488 (2020), Persian ''āb šurān'' (salty w ...

(1947) *Armyansky Aul (1839) → Armavir (1848) *Arzamas-16 (1946) → Kremlyov (1991) →

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 ...

(1995) *Astapovo →

Lev 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 ...

(1918) *Balanda → Kalininsk (1962) *Bashanta →

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 El ...

(1971) *Batalpashinkaya (1804) → Batalpashinsk (1931) → Sulimov (1934) → Yezhovo-Cherkessk (1937) →

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'' (un ...

(1939) *Beloozero (862) →

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 Be ...

(1777) *Belorechenskaya (1863) →

Belorechensk Belorechensk may refer to: *Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai, a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia * Belorechensk, Kirov Oblast, a former urban-type settlement in Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblas ...

(1958) *Beloretsk → Mezhgorye (1995) *Belotsarsk (1914) → Khem-Beldyr (1918) →

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 1 ...

(1926) *Bikinskaya →

Bikin Bikin (russian: Бики́н) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the river Bikin (a tributary of the Ussuri) southwest of Khabarovsk. Population: 19,000 (1967). History It was founded in 1885 as Bikinskaya and was granted town s ...

*Biryuch (1905) → Budyonny (1919) → Krasnogvardeyskoye (1958) →

Biryuch Biryuch (russian: Бирю́ч) is a town and the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Tikhaya Sosna River. Its population was . It was previously known as ''Biryuchenskoye Ko ...

(2007) *Bobriki → Donskoy *Bobriki → Stalinogorsk (1934) → Novomoskovsk (1961) *Bogdanovo → Spassk → Bednodemyanovsk (1925) →

Spassk Spassk (russian: Спасск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities *Spassk, Penza Oblast, a town in Spassky District of Penza Oblast *Spassk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Tasht ...

(2005) *Bolokhovsky →

Bolokhovo Bolokhovo (russian: Бо́лохово) is a town in Kireyevsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Olen River (Oka's basin), southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Bolokhovo was granted t ...

*Bondyuzhsk (1885) → Bondyuzhsky (1928) →

Mendeleyevsk Mendeleyevsk (russian: Менделе́евск; tt-Cyrl, Менделеевск) is a town and the administrative center of Mendeleyevsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of Nizhnekamskoye Reservoir, fro ...

(1967) *Borovskaya Sloboda → Bor (1938) *Beryozovskoye (Björkö) → Koivisto → Primorsk (1948) *Chegem Pervy → Chegem *Chembar → Belinsky (1948) *Chertanla → Novyy Uzen' (1835) →

Novouzensk Novouzensk ( rus, Новоузе́нск, p=nəvəʊˈzʲɛnsk) is a town and the administrative center of Novouzensky District of Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Uzen River at its confluence with the Chertanly R ...

*Chesnokovka →

Novoaltaysk Novoaltaysk (russian: Новоалта́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River, in the lower reaches of its right tributary the Chesnokovka, across from Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. ...

(1962) *Chelyabinsk-40 (1945) → Chelyabinsk-65 → Ozyorsk (1994) *Chelyabinsk-70 →

Snezhinsk Snezhinsk ( rus, Сне́жинск, p=ˈsnʲeʐɨnsk) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Population: History The settlement began in 1955 as Residential settlement number 2, a name which it had until 1957 when it received town ...

(1991) *Chibyu (1929) →

Ukhta Ukhta (russian: Ухта́; kv, Уква, ''Ukva'') is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Chibyu'' (until 1939). History Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in ...

(1939) *Chinnay → Krasnogorsk *Cranz →

Zelenogradsk Zelenogradsk (; german: Cranz; pl, Koronowo; Lithuanian and Old Prussian: ''Krantas'') is a town and the administrative center of Zelenogradsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of Kaliningrad, on the Sambian coastline near ...

(1945) *Dalles (1924) →

Lesozavodsk Lesozavodsk (russian: Лесозаво́дск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River (Amur's tributary), from the Sino–Russian border and about north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. Populati ...

(1932) *Darkehmen → Angerapp (1938) → Ozyorsk (1945) *Derbinskoye (1880) →

Tymovskoye Tymovskoye (russian: Ты́мовское) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tymovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island on the right bank of t ...

(1945) *Dmitriyev → Dmitriyev-na-Svape →

Dmitriyev Dmitriyev or Dmitriev (russian: Дми́триев) is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Dmitry and literally means ''Dmitry's''. It may refer to: * Aleksandr Dmitriyev (conductor) (born 1935), Russian conductor * Al ...

*Dmitrovka (1711) → Dmitrovsk → Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky (1929) →

Dmitrovsk Dmitrovsk (russian: Дмитро́вск) is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Obshcheritsa River near its confluence with the Nerussa, southwest of Oryol, the administrative cent ...

(2005) *Dokshukino (1913) →

Nartkala Nartkala ( rus, Нарткала́, p=nərtkɐˈɫa; Kabardian: ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located northeast of Nalchik. Population: History It was founded in 191 ...

(1967) *Dolgoprudny → Dirizhablstroy →

Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny (russian: Долгопру́дный, ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "" (''dolgy prud'', lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in t ...

*Dvigatelstroy →

Kaspiysk Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the f ...

(1947) *Dzerzhinsky →

Sorsk Sorsk (russian: Сорск; Khakas: , ''Sorığ'') is a town in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located northwest of Abakan. Population: History It was founded as the work settlement of Dzerzhinsky in the 1940s. It was renamed Sorsk and gra ...

(1966) *Elektroperedacha →

Elektrogorsk Elektrogorsk (russian: Электрого́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east from Moscow. Population: History Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Ru ...

(1946) *Enso (1887) →

Svetogorsk Svetogorsk (russian: Светого́рск) is an industrial town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the Vuoksi River. It is located from the Finnish–Russian border, from the Finnish town o ...

(1948) *Esutoru → Uglegorsk (1946) *Fischhausen → Primorsk (1946) *Friedland →

Pravdinsk Pravdinsk (, prior to 1946 known by its German name, ', pl, Frydląd, lt, Romuva), is a town and the administrative center of Pravdinsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is on the Lava River and is east of Bagrationovsk and sou ...

(1946) *Galkino-Vrasskoye (1884) → Ochiai (1905) →

Dolinsk Dolinsk (russian: Долинск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, a town in Dolinsky District of Sakhalin Oblast ;Rural localities * Dolinsk, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in ...

(1946) *Goly Karamysh → Baltser → Krasnoarmeysk (1942) *Gorodetsk →

Bezhetsk Bezhetsk (russian: Бе́жецк) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 29 ...

(1766) *Gorodok →

Zakamensk Zakamensk (russian: Зака́менск; bua, Захаамин, ''Zahaamin''; before 1959 – Gorodok) is a city of a regional significance in Russia, administration center of Zakamensky District of the Republic of Buryatia. Since 2015 the city ...

(1959) *Grushyovskaya → Gornoye Grushyovskoye → Alexandrovsk-Grushyovsky →

Shakhty Shakhty ( rus, Шахты, p=ˈʂaxtɨ) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of the Donetsk mountain ridge, northeast of Rostov-on-Don. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 239,987. It was previously kn ...

(1921) *Gukovsky →

Gukovo Gukovo (russian: Гу́ково) is a mining town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located close to the border with Ukraine. Population: Geography At , Gukovo is the highest elevated town in Rostov Region. Administrative and municipal status Within th ...

*Gumbinnen → Gusev *Gundorovka (1681) →

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

(1955) *Gzhatsk (1718) →

Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Tr ...

(1968) *Heiliegenbeil →

Mamonovo Mamonovo (russian: Мамоново), prior to 1945 known by its German name Heiligenbeil ( pl, Święta Siekierka or ''Świętomiejsce''; lt, Šventpilis; Prussian: ''Swintamīstan''), is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population figures ...

(1945) *Heinrichswalde →

Slavsk Slavsk (russian: link=no, Славск; german: Heinrichswalde; lt, Gastos; pl, Jędrzychowo) is a town and the administrative center of Slavsky District in the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad. Population figures: ...

*Iletskaya Zashchita → Iletsk → Iletskoye → Iletskaya Zashchita →

Sol-Iletsk Sol-Iletsk (russian: Соль-Иле́цк) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ilek River (Ural's tributary), south of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 22,000 (1975); 11,802 (1 ...

*Iman (1859) →

Dalnerechensk Dalnerechensk (russian: Дальнере́ченск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Iman'' (until 1972). Names It was originally known as Iman (russian: Има́н; ), but its Russian name was cha ...

(1972) *Insterburg →

Chernyakhovsk Chernyakhovsk (russian: Черняхо́вск) – known prior to 1946 by its German name of (Old Prussian: Instrāpils, lt, Įsrutis; pl, Wystruć) – is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, where it is the administrative center of ...

(1946) *Ivanovo-Voznesensk →

Ivanovo Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vlad ...

*Izhevsky Zavod (1760) → Izhevsk (1807) → Ustinov (1984) →

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

(1987) *Izhma (1939) →

Sosnogorsk Sosnogorsk (russian: Сосного́рск; kv, Сӧснагорт, ''Sösnagort'') is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Izhma River. Population: History The settlement was first established in 1939 as a railway station. It wa ...

(1957) *Kainsk (1772) → Kuybyshev (1935) *Kalata (1675) →

Kirovgrad Kirovgrad (russian: Кировград) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: History The settlement Kalatay (Kala-ata in Turkic means "father's place") was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675. In 1932 ...

(1932) *Kaliningrad (1938) → Korolyov (1996) *Kamen →

Kamen-na-Obi Kamen-na-Obi (russian: Ка́мень-на-Оби́), known until 1933 as Kamen (), is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ob River northwest of Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, i ...

*Kamenskaya →

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (russian: Ка́менск-Ша́хтинский) is a town in Rostov Oblast, located on the Seversky Donets River. Population: History It was founded by Cossack settlers in 1686 and was granted town status in 1927. Ad ...

*Kamensky Zavod →

Kamensk-Uralsky Kamensk-Uralsky (russian: Ка́менск-Ура́льский) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kamenka and Iset Rivers ( Ob's basin). Population: 173,000 (1972); 51,000 (1939). History Kamensky Z ...

*Kamyshin (1667) → Dmitriyevsk (1710) →

Kamyshin Kamyshin (russian: Камы́шин) is a city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga River, in the estuary of the Kamyshinka River. Its population was Past populations for Kamyshin include ...

(1780) *Kasivabora →

Severo-Kurilsk Severo-Kurilsk (russian: Се́веро-Кури́льск; ja, 柏原, ''Kashiwabara'') is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the is ...

*Khabarovka →

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

*Kharovsky →

Kharovsk Kharovsk (russian: Ха́ровск) is a town and the administrative center of Kharovsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kubena River, north of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...

*Khibinogorsk →

Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast Kirovsk (russian: Ки́ровск), known as Khibinogorsk () until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Mountains on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, south of Murmansk. Population: History ...

*Khlynov → Vyatka → Kirov *Khonto (1789) →

Nevelsk Nevelsk (russian: Не́вельск; ja, 本斗, ''Honto'') is a port town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the ad ...

(1947) *Khotchino → Gatchina → Trotsk (1923) → Krasnogvardeysk (1929) →

Gatchina The town of Gatchina ( rus, Га́тчина, , ˈɡatːɕɪnə, links=y) serves as the administrative center of the Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which ...

(1944) *Khrushchyovskaya →

Uzlovaya Uzlovaya (russian: Узлова́я) is a town and the administrative center of Uzlovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia. Population: History It was founded in 1873 as Khrushchyovskaya () railway station. It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877 and gr ...

*Kiyskoye →

Mariinsk Mariinsk (russian: link=no, Мариинск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Kiya River (Ob River, Ob's drainage basin, basin), northeast of Kemerovo, t ...

(1856) *Kodinsky →

Kodinsk Kodinsk (russian: Коди́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, north of Krasnoyarsk. Population: History It was founded in 1977 as the settlement of Kod ...

*Kolchugino (1763) → Lenino (1922) → Leninsk-Kuznetsky (1925) *Komsomolsky (1962) →

Yugorsk Yugorsk (russian: Югорск) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: Geography The relief in the town is flat. The town is surrounde ...

(1992) *Korela → Keksgolm →

Priozersk Priozersk (russian: Приозе́рск; fi, Käkisalmi; sv, Kexholm) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern a ...

(1948) *Korsakovsky Post → Otomari → Korsakov *Kozlov (1635) →

Michurinsk Michurinsk (russian: Мичу́ринск) is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population: History Originally known as Kozlov (), it was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier defen ...

(1932) *

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

→

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

(1946) *Krasnaya Sloboda → Krasnoslobodsk *Krasnoflotsky → Krasnoarmeysky → Krasnoarmeysk *Krasnoyarsk-26 → Zheleznogorsk *Kremlyov →

(1995) *Krestov Brod (1916) → Roshal (1917) *Kseniyevsky (1896) →

Asino Asino (russian: А́сино) is a town and the administrative center of Asinovsky District in Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Kseniyevsky'' (until 1930). History It was founded in 1896 as the transmigratory settle ...

(1930) *Kudelka (1889) →

Asbest Asbest (russian: Асбе́ст) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was previously kn ...

(1928) *Kukarka (1594) →

Sovetsk Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia. *Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, formerly Tilsit *Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, a town in Sovetsky District of Kirov Oblast; *Sovetsk, Tul ...

(1937) *Kurgannaya →

Kurganinsk Kurganinsk (russian: Курга́нинск) is a town and the administrative center of Kurganinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Bolshaya Laba River east of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the kr ...

*Kushvinsky Zavod →

Kushva Kushva (russian: Кушва) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: History Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat ...

*Kuznetsk (1618) → Novokuznetsk (1931) → Stalinsk (1932) →

Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the obla ...

(1961) *Kuznetsovo (1806) →

Konakovo Konakovo ( rus, Конако́во, p=kənɐˈkovə) is a town and the administrative center of Konakovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Ivankovo Reservoir (Volga River). Population: History Konakovo was founde ...

(1930) *Labiau →

Polessk Polessk (russian: Поле́сск; german: Labiau; lt, Labguva; pl, Labiawa) is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblas ...

(1946) *Labinskaya →

Labinsk Labinsk (russian: Лаби́нск) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Laba River (Kuban's tributary) southeast of Krasnodar and southwest of Armavir. Population: 59,330 (2020), 53,000 (1972). History The ''stan ...

*Lagan (1870) → Kaspiysky (1944) → Lagan (1991) *Lakinsky →

Lakinsk Lakinsk (russian: Ла́кинск) is a town in Sobinsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Klyazma River, southwest of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It grew out of the ...

*Laptevo (1578) →

Yasnogorsk Yasnogorsk (russian: Ясногорск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia: * Yasnogorsk, Tula Oblast, a town in Yasnogorsky District of Tula Oblast; administratively incorporated as a town under district jurisdiction * Yasnogorsk ...

(1965) *Lazdinay (1734) → Lazdenen (1938) →

Krasnoznamensk Krasnoznamensk (russian: Краснознаменск) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban localities in Russia: *Krasnoznamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Krasnoznamensky District of Kaliningrad Oblast *Krasnoz ...

(1946) *Lermontovsky →

Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

*Likhvin (1565) →

Chekalin Chekalin (russian: Чека́лин), formerly known as Likhvin () until 1945, is a town in Suvorovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: In 2010 it was the least populous inhabited locality ...

(1945) *Lopasnya → Chyornoye Ozero →

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

*Losinaya Sloboda →

Losino-Petrovsky Losino-Petrovsky (russian: Лоси́но-Петро́вский) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Vorya and Klyazma Rivers northeast of Moscow. Population: History In 1708, a manufacture for producin ...

*Lyantorsky →

Lyantor Lyantor (russian: Лянто́р) is a town in Surgutsky District of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Pim River ( Ob's tributary), northeast of Khanty-Mansiysk, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population ...

*Lyutoga → Rudaka →

Aniva Aniva (russian: Ани́ва) is a coastal town and the administrative center of Anivsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of Aniva Bay in southern Sakhalin Island on the Lyutoga River, south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Populat ...

*Maoka (Mauka) →

Kholmsk Kholmsk (russian: Холмск), known until 1946 as Maoka ( ja, 真岡), is a port town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, on coast of the gu ...

*Mechetnaya → Nikolayevsk →

Pugachyov Pugachyov ( rus, Пугачёв, p=pʊgɐˈtɕɵf) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Irgiz River (Volga's tributary), northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded as ...

*Medvezhyya Gora →

Medvezhyegorsk Medvezhyegorsk (russian: Медвежьего́рск; krl, Karhumägi; fi, Karhumäki) is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 (1959). History A village in ...

*Melekess → Dimitrovgrad *Mikhaylovskoye → Shpakovskoye →

Mikhaylovsk Mikhaylovsk (russian: Михайловск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Urban localities *Mikhaylovsk, Stavropol Krai, a town in Shpakovsky District of Stavropol Krai * Mikhaylovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a town in Nizhne ...

*Mikhaylovsky Zavod →

*Mikoyan-Shakhar → Klukhori →

Karachayevsk Karachayevsk (russian: Карача́евск; krc, Къарачай шахар, ''Qaraçay şaxar'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Kuban River in the Caucasus Mountain ...

*Mukhtuya →

Lensk Lensk ( rus, Ленск, p=lʲɛnsk; sah, Лиэнскэй, ''Lienskey'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Lensky District, Sakha Republic, Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of ...

*Muravlenkovsky →

Muravlenko Muravlenko (russian: Муравленко) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located southeast of Salekhard. Population: History It was founded as the oil-extracting settlement of Muravlenkovsky () in 1984. It was granted t ...

*Mysovaya → Mysovsk → Babushkin *Naberezhnye Chelny → Brezhnev →

Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny ( rus, На́бережные Челны́, p=ˈnabʲɪrʲɪʐnɨjə tɕɪlˈnɨ; tt-Cyrl, Яр Чаллы, ''Yar Çallı'', IPA: �jar ɕɑlːɤ̆ is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major indus ...

*Nadezhdinsk → Kabakovsk → Nadezhdinsk → Serov *Naykhoro → Gornozavodsk *Nazyvayevskaya → Nazyvayevka →

Nazyvayevsk Nazyvayevsk (russian: Называ́евск; kk, Называй, ''Nazyvaı'') is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 11,615. It was prev ...

*Neuhausen →

Guryevsk Guryevsk (russian: Гу́рьевск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia: *Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Guryevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast *Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, a town in Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — ...

*Nevdubstroy (1929) → Kirovsk (1953) *Nevyansky Zavod →

Nevyansk Nevyansk (russian: Невья́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Nevyansky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Neyva River ( Ob's basin) on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals, north of Yekaterinburg. Pop ...

*Nezametny (1923) →

Aldan Aldan may refer to: ;People *Gille Aldan, the first bishop of Galloway, Scotland * Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Russian writer *Duke Aldan, a fictional character in '' Langrisser IV'' video game ;Places *Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha R ...

(1939) *Nikolayevsky → Nikolayevsk →

Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (russian: Никола́евск-на-Аму́ре, translit=Nikoláyevsk-na-Amúrye) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located on the Amur River close to its liman in the Pacific Ocean. Population: Geography The town ...

*Nikolo-Pestrovka → Nikolo-Pestrovsky →

Nikolsk Nikolsk (russian: Нико́льск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Urban localities *Nikolsk, Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast, a town in Nikolsky District of Penza Oblast *Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast, a t ...

*Nikolskoye → Nikolsk → Nikolsk-Ussuriysky (1898) → Voroshilov (1935) →

Ussuriysk Ussuriysk (russian: Уссури́йск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about ...

(1957) *Nikolsky Khutor (1860) →

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