List Of Renamed Cities In Georgia
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The following is the list of cities in Georgia that underwent a name change in the past. *Ağbulaq → Tetritsqaro (1940) *Baghdati → Maiakovski (1940) →
Baghdati Baghdati ( ka, ბაღდათი, tr) is a town of 3,700 people in the Imereti region of western Georgia, at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistsqali, a tributary of the Rioni. Geography The town is located at the edge of the ...
(1990) *Barmaqsız → Tsalka (1932) *Başkeçid → Dmanisi (1947) *
Ninotsminda Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდა ; Armenian: Նինոծմինդա) is a town and a center of the eponymous municipality located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. According to the 2014 census the town h ...
→ Altunkale → Bogdanovka (1829) →
Ninotsminda Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდა ; Armenian: Նինոծմինդա) is a town and a center of the eponymous municipality located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. According to the 2014 census the town h ...
(1991) *Dioscurias → Savastapolis → Tskhumi → Sohumkale → Sukhumi *Elisabethtal → Asureti (1943) *Chqondidi → Martvili → Gegechkori (1936) → Martvili (1990) *Kvirila → Jugeli (1920) → Zestaponi (1921) *Qarayazı →
Gardabani Gardabani ( ka, გარდაბანი) is a city of 11,650 residents (2021) in the southern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli and is the administrative centre of the Gardabani Municipality. It is located southeast of capital Tbilisi and from ...
(1947) *Khashuri → Mikhailovo (1872) → Khashuri (1918) → Stalinisi (1931) →
Khashuri Khashuri ( ka, ხაშური ) is a town in the central part of Georgia and is the 9th largest settlement in Georgia. It is the administrative centre of Khashuri Municipality. It is located on the Shida Kartli plain, on the Suramula riversi ...
(1934) *Çörük Qəmərli → Katarinenfeld (1817) → Lüksemburgi (1921) → Bolnisi (1943) *Stepantsminda → Kazbegi →
Stepantsminda Stepantsminda ( ka, სტეფანწმინდა; formerly Kazbegi, ), is a townlet in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. Historically and ethnographically, the town is part of the Khevi province. It is the center of t ...
(2006) *Akhalgori → Leningori (1935) →
Akhalgori Akhalgori ( ka, ახალგორი, os, Ленингор Leningor) is a town in Georgia, (in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region according to the official administrative division of Georgia). The name Akhalgori is the original historical name of th ...
(1991) *Ozurgeti → Makharadze (1922) → Ozurgeti (1990) *Kharagauli → Orjonikidze →
Kharagauli Kharagauli ( ka, ხარაგაული) is an administrative center of Kharagauli district in Georgia. It is situated on both banks of river in a narrow and deep gorge, 280-400m above the sea level. Founding It was founded as a railway s ...
(1990) *Sarvan → Borchalı (1929) → Marneuli (1947) *Senaki → Mikha-Tskhakaia (1935) → Tskhakaia (1976) →
Senaki Senaki ( ka, სენაკი; xmf, სანაკი) is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, western Georgia. It is located at around between the rivers Tekhura/i and Tsivi, at an elevation of 28–38 meters above sea level. Senaki is ...
(1989) *Shulavery → Shahumiani (1925) → Shulaveri (1991) *Trialeti → Molotovo (1940) → Trialeti (1957) *Dedoplistskaro → Tsarskiye Kolodtsy (1803) → Tsitelitskaro (1921) → Dedoplistsqaro (1991) *Tskhinvali → Staliniri (1934) → Tskhinvali (1961) *Khoni → Tsulukidze (1936) → Khoni (1990) *Tiflis → Tbilisi (1936)


Source

* Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volumes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11; Tbilisi, 1977/1987 * ქართლის ცხოვრების ტოპოარქეოლოგიური ლექსიკონი (Topoarcheological lexicon of Kartlis Tskhovreba), Tbilisi, 2013


See also

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List of places named after Stalin During Joseph Stalin's rule (1922–1953), many places, mostly cities, in the Soviet Union and other communist countries were named or renamed in honour of him as part of the cult of personality surrounding him. Most of these places had their n ...
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