List of renamed cities in Russia
The list of renamed cities in Russia shows 121 cities in present-day Russia (including Crimea ), which were renamed in the 20th century.
| city | Federal district | earlier names | Namesake or meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abakan | Siberia |
Khakassk (1925–1931) Ust-Abakanskoje (until 1925) |
Khakas bears blood Chakassien mouth of Abakan |
| Adygeisk | Southern Russia |
Teutscheschsk (1976–1992) Adygeisk (until 1976) |
Adygean Circassian train Teutschesch |
| Anadyr | far East | Novo-Marijnsk (until 1923) | Maria Feodorovna |
| Arsenyev | far East |
Semjonowka (until 1952) |
Vladimir Arsenyev |
| Artyomovsk | Siberia |
Olchowski (until 1939) |
Fyodor Sergejew called Artyom |
| asbestos | Ural |
Kudelka (until 1933) |
asbestos |
| Belogorsk | far East |
Kuibyshevka-Vostochnaja (1935–1957) Krasnopartisansk (1931–1935) Alexandrowsk-na-Tomi (1926–1931) Alexandrowskoje (until 1926) |
white mountains Valerian Kuibyshev Soviet partisan Alexander II |
| Belogorsk (Crimea) | Southern Russia |
Karasubasar (until 1944) |
white mountains Crimean Tatar bazaar on the black river |
| Biryuch | Central Russia | Krasnogwardeiskoje (1958–2007) Budjonny (1919–1958) Birjutsch (until 1919) |
Red Guard Semyon Budjonny |
| Bolgar | Volga | Kuibyshev (1935–1991) Spassk-Tatarsky (1926–1935) Spassk (until 1926) |
Valerian Kuibyshev |
| Budyonnovsk | North Caucasus | Prikumsk (1957–1973) Budjonnowsk (1935–1957) Prikumsk (1920–1935) Svjatowo Kresta (until 1920) |
Semyon Budyonny |
| Buinaksk | North Caucasus |
Temir-Chan-Shura (until 1922) |
Ullubi Buinakski Tamerlane |
| Demidow | Central Russia |
Poretschje (until 1918) |
Yakov Demidov |
| Dimitrovgrad | Volga |
Melekess (until 1972) |
Georgi Dimitrov river of the same name |
| Dolgoprudny | Central Russia | Dirischablestroi (until 1938) | Airship construction |
| Dolinsk | far East | Otiai (1905–1946) Galkino-Wrasskoye (until 1905) |
|
| Donetsk | Southern Russia | Gundorowka (until 1955) | |
| Dzerzhinsk | Volga |
Rastjapino (until 1929) |
Felix Dzerzhinsky |
| Elektrostal | Central Russia |
Satischje (until 1928) |
Steel industry |
| Angel | Volga |
Pokrovsk (until 1931) |
Friedrich Engels |
| Gagarin | Central Russia |
Gschatsk (until 1968) |
Yuri Gagarin |
| Gatchina | Northwest Russia | Krasnogwardeisk (1929–1944) Trozk (1923–1929) Gatchina (until 1923) |
Red Guard Leon Trotsky |
| Gorodovikovsk | Southern Russia |
Baschanta (until 1971) |
Oka Gorodovikov |
| Guryevsk (Kaliningrad) | Northwest Russia |
Neuhausen (until 1946) |
Stepan Guryev |
| Inkerman | Southern Russia |
Belokamensk (1976–1991) |
Crimean Tatar cave fortress white rocks |
| Izhevsk | Volga | Ustinow (1984–1987) Izhevsk (until 1984) |
Dmitry Ustinov |
| Istra | Central Russia |
Voskressensk (1781–1930) |
Istra (river) Resurrection of Jesus Christ |
| Ekaterinburg | Ural |
Sverdlovsk (1924–1991) Yekaterinburg (until 1924) |
Catherine I. Jakow Sverdlov |
| Yoshkar-Ola | Volga |
Krasnokokshaisk (1919–1927) Tsaryovokokshaisk (until 1919) |
Mari red city Kleine Kokschaga Kleine Kokschaga |
| Jugorsk | Ural |
Komsomolski (until 1992) |
Jugorians Komsomol |
| Kaliningrad | Northwest Russia |
Königsberg (until 1946) |
Mikhail Kalinin King of Bohemia |
| Kalininsk | Volga |
Balanda (until 1962) |
Mikhail Kalinin |
| Kamennogorsk | Northwest Russia | Antrea (1918–1948) Sankt Andrea (until 1918) |
Apostle Andrew |
| Kaspiysk | North Caucasus | Dwigatelstroi (until 1947) | |
| Kemerovo | Siberia | Shcheglowsk (1918–1932) Shcheglowo (until 1918) |
|
| Kirov | Volga |
Vyatka (until 1934) |
Sergei Kirov |
| Kirovgrad | Ural |
Kalata (until 1935) |
Sergei Kirov |
| Kirovsk (Leningrad) | Northwest Russia |
Newdubstroi (until 1953) |
Sergei Kirov |
| Kirovsk (Murmansk) | Northwest Russia |
Chibinogorsk (until 1934) |
Sergei Kirov |
| Konakovo | Central Russia |
Kuznetsovo (until 1929) |
Porfiri Konakov |
| Korolyov | Central Russia |
Kaliningrad (until 1996) Kalininski (1928–1938) Podlipki (until 1928) |
Sergei Korolev Mikhail Kalinin |
| Krasnoarmeisk (Moscow) | Central Russia | Krasnoarmeiski (1929–1947) Krasnoflotsky (1928–1929) Muromzewo (until 1928) |
Red Army Red Fleet |
| Krasnoarmeisk (Saratov) | Volga |
Balzer (1927–1942) Goly Karamysch (until 1927) |
Red Army |
| Krasnodar | Southern Russia | Ekaterinodar (until 1920) | Catherine II |
| Krasnoturyinsk | Ural | Turjinskije Rudniki (until 1944) | Turja River |
| Kropotkin | Southern Russia |
Romanowski (until 1921) |
Pyotr Kropotkin |
| Kuibyshev | Siberia |
Kainsk (until 1935) |
Valerian Kuibyshev |
| Kuwandyk | Volga | Pokrowka (until 1915) | |
| Kyzyl | Siberia | Chem-Beldyr (1918–1926) Belozarsk (until 1918) |
|
| Leninsk | Southern Russia |
Prischib (until 1919) |
Lenin |
| Liski | Central Russia | Georgiu-Desch (1965–1991) Liski (1943–1965) Swoboda (1928–1943) Novaya Pokrowka (until 1928) |
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej freedom |
| Makhachkala | North Caucasus |
Petrovsk Port (until 1921) |
Makhach Dachadayev Peter the Great |
| Makarov | far East |
Shiritoru (1905–1946) Seljutora (until 1905) |
Stepan Makarov |
| Marx | Volga |
Marxstadt (1920–1941) Baronsk (until 1920) |
Karl Marx Ferdinand Baron Caneau de Beauregard |
| Mendeleevsk | Volga |
Bondyushsk (1928–1967) Bondyushski (until 1928) |
Dmitri Mendeleev |
| Meshduretchensk | Siberia | Olscheras (until 1955) | |
| Murmansk | Northwest Russia | Romanow (until 1917) | House of Romanov |
| Naberezhnye Chelny | Volga | Brezhnev (1982–1988) Naberezhnye Chelny (until 1982) |
Leonid Brezhnev |
| Narimanov | Southern Russia |
Nizhnevolsk (1967–1984) Nizhnevolskoye (until 1967) |
Nəriman Nərimanov |
| Nartkala | North Caucasus |
Dokschukino (until 1967) |
Karachay-Balkar Narten |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Volga | Gorky (1932–1990) Nizhny Novgorod (until 1932) |
Maxim Gorky |
| Noginsk | Central Russia |
Bogorodsk (until 1930) |
Viktor Nogin |
| Nolinsk | Volga | Molotovsk (1940–1957) Nolinsk (until 1940) |
Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Novoaltaysk | Siberia |
Tschesnokowka (until 1962) |
Altai Tschesnokowka (river) |
| Novodvinsk | Northwest Russia | Pervomaiski (1958–1977) Voroshilovsky (until 1958) |
First May Kliment Voroshilov |
| Novokuznetsk | Siberia | Stalinsk (1932–1961) Novokuznetsk (1931–1932) Kuznetsk (until 1931) |
Joseph Stalin |
| Novomoskovsk | Central Russia | Stalinogorsk (1934–1961) Bobriki (until 1934) |
Joseph Stalin |
| Novosibirsk | Siberia | Novonikolayevsk (until 1926) | Nicholas II |
| Oktyabrsk | Volga |
Syzran (spin-off 1956) |
October Revolution |
| Oktyabrsky (Bashkortostan) | Volga |
Sozgorod (until 1942) |
October Revolution Socialism |
| Orenburg | Volga | Tschkalow (1938–1957) Orenburg (until 1938) |
Valery Chkalov |
| Osjorsk (Chelyabinsk) | Ural |
Chelyabinsk-65 (1966–1994) Chelyabinsk-40 (1954–1966) Basa-10 (until 1954) |
Chelyabinsk lake |
| Partisansk | far East |
Sutschan (1932–1972) Gamarnik (–1937) Sutschanski Rudnik (until 1932) |
soviet partisans river Suchan Jan Gamarnik |
| Perm | Volga | Molotov (1940–1957) Perm (until 1940) |
Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Pervomaisk | Volga |
Taschino (until 1951) |
First of May |
| Pervouralsk | Ural |
Wasiljewsko-Schaitansky (until 1920) |
the first in the Urals |
| Polyarny | Northwest Russia | Polyarnoje (1931–1939) Alexandrovsk (until 1931) |
Alexander III |
| Primorsk (Leningrad) | Northwest Russia | Koivisto (1920–1948) Berjosowoje (until 1920) |
|
| Proletarsk | Southern Russia | Proletarskaja (1925–1970) Velikoknjascheskaja (until 1925) |
Proletariat Nikolai Romanov |
| Pugachev | Volga |
Nikolayevsk (until 1918) |
Emelyan Pugachev Nikolai I. |
| Pushkin | Northwest Russia |
Detskoye Selo (1918–1937) Tsarskoye Selo (until 1918) |
Alexander Pushkin Children's Village Imperial Village |
| Pytalowo | Northwest Russia | Abrene (1938–1945) Jaunlatgale (1925–1938) Pytalowo (until 1925) |
|
| Rybinsk | Central Russia | Andropov (1984–1991) Rybinsk (1957–1984) Shcherbakov (1946–1957) Rybinsk (until 1946) |
Yuri Andropov Alexander Shcherbakov |
| Sakamensk | Siberia | Gorodok (until 1959) | Town |
| Samara | Volga | Kuibyshev (1935–1990) Samara (until 1935) |
Valerian Kuibyshev |
| St. Petersburg | Northwest Russia |
Leningrad (1924–1991) Petrograd (1914–1924) Saint Petersburg (until 1914) |
Apostle Peter Lenin |
| Saretschny (Pensa) | Volga | Pensa-19 (1962–1992) Saretschny (1958–1962) Pensa (outsourced in 1958) |
Penza behind the river |
| Sarov | Volga | Kremlyov (1952–1995) | Moscow Kremlin |
| Sharypovo | Siberia | Chernenko (1985–1988) Sharypovo (until 1985) |
Konstantin Chernenko |
| Zhukov | Central Russia | Zhukovo (1974–1996) Ugodski Sawod (until 1974) |
Georgi Zhukov |
| Zhukovsky | Central Russia |
Stachanowo (until 1947) |
Nikolai Zhukovsky Alexei Stakhanov |
| Zelenogradsk | Northwest Russia |
Cranz (until 1946) |
green city of old Prussia. coast |
| Sergiev Posad | Central Russia | Sagorsk (1930–1991) Sergiev (1919–1930) Sergiev Posad (until 1919) |
Vladimir Sagorsky |
| Serov | Ural |
Nadeschinsk (1937–1939) Kabakowsk (1934–1937) Nadeschinsk (until 1934) |
Anatoly Serov Ivan Kabakov |
| Severodvinsk | Northwest Russia | Molotovsk (1938–1957) Sudostroi (until 1938) |
Vyacheslav Molotov shipbuilding |
| Sorsk | Siberia | Dzerzhinsky (until 1966) | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
| Sosnogorsk | Northwest Russia | Ischma (until 1957) | |
| Sovetsk (Kaliningrad) | Northwest Russia |
Tilsit (until 1946) |
Soviet Union |
| Sovetsk (Kirov) | Volga |
Kukarka (until 1918) |
Soviet Russia |
| Sovetskaya Gavan | far East |
Imperatorskaya Gawan (until 1921) |
Soviet Russia Nikolai I. |
| Joke | Volga | Bednodemjanowsk (1925-2005) Spassk (until 1925) |
Demjan Bedny |
| Stavropol | North Caucasus | Voroshilovsk (1935–1943) Stavropol (until 1935) |
Kliment Voroshilov |
| Svetogorsk | Northwest Russia | Enso (until 1948) | |
| Svobodny | far East |
Alexejewsk (until 1917) |
Freedom Alexei Romanov |
| Syktyvkar | Northwest Russia | Ust-Syssolsk (until 1930) | |
| Togliatti | Volga |
Stavropol (until 1964) |
Palmiro Togliatti |
| Chapayevsk | Volga |
Iwaschtschenkowo (until 1927) Trozk (1927–1929) |
Vasily Chapayev Leon Trotsky |
| Chaplygin | Central Russia |
Ranenburg (until 1948) |
Sergei Tschaplygin Oranienburg |
| Cherkessk | North Caucasus |
Jeschowo-Cherkessk (1937–1939) Sulimow (1934–1937) Batalpaschinsk (1931–1934) Batalpaschinskaja (until 1931) |
Nikolai Jeschow Daniil Sulimow |
| Chernyakhovsk | Northwest Russia |
Insterburg (until 1946) |
Ivan Chernyakhovsky |
| Chkalovsk | Volga |
Wassiljowo (until 1937) |
Valery Chkalov |
| Tutayev | Central Russia |
Romanov-Borisoglebsk (until 1918) |
Ilya Tutayev Boris and Gleb |
| Tver | Central Russia |
Kalinin (1931–1990) Tver (until 1931) |
Mikhail Kalinin |
| Uchta | Northwest Russia | Tschibju (until 1939) | |
| Ulan-Ude | Siberia |
Verkhneudinsk (until 1934) |
Uda |
| Ulyanovsk | Volga |
Simbirsk (until 1924) |
Vladimir Ulyanov called Lenin |
| Ussuriysk | far East | Voroshilov (1935–1957) Nikolsk (until 1935) |
Kliment Voroshilov Nikolai I. |
| Veliky Novgorod | Northwest Russia | Novgorod (until 1999) | |
| Vladikavkaz | North Caucasus | Ordzhonikidze (1954–1990) Jezudzhikau (1944–1954) Ordzhonikidze (1931–1944) Vladikavkaz (until 1931) |
Grigory Ordzhonikidze |
| Volgograd | Southern Russia |
Stalingrad (1925–1961) Tsaritsyn (until 1925) |
Volga Stalin |
| Vysotsk | Northwest Russia |
Trongsund (until 1948) |
Kuzma Vysotsky |
See also
literature
- Annette Baumgart, Bianca Jänecke: Russia Knigge . Oldenbourg, Munich 2005, p. 256, ISBN 978-3-486-57730-3 .
Remarks
- ↑ a b c Since its annexation in March 2014, Crimea's membership of Russia has been in violation of international law and is internationally controversial. The locations are named here because they were part of the Russian SFSR until 1954 .