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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 ==
List
In the list below sometimes the year of renaming appears in brackets after the new name. • Abinsky → Abinsk (1963) • Adygeysk (1969) → Teuchezhsk (1976) → Adygeysk (1992) • Aksayskaya → Aksay (1957) • Alexandria (1838) → Dakhovsky (1864) → Dakhovsky Posad (1874) → Sochi (1896) • Alexandrovsk (1896) → Polyarny (1939) • Alexandrovskaya → Alexandrovka → Alexandrovsky (1917) → Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (1926) • Alexandrovskoye (1860) → Alexandrovka (1926) → Krasnopartizansk (1931) → Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya (1936) → Belogorsk (1957) • Alexeyevsk (1912) → Svobodny (1917) • Almetyevo → Almetyevsk • Antrea → Kamennogorsk (1948) • Apsheronskaya (1863) → Apsheronsk (1947) • Armyansky Aul (1839) → Armavir (1848) • Arzamas-16 (1946) → Kremlyov (1991) → Sarov (1995) • Astapovo → Lev Tolstoy (1932) • Balanda → Kalininsk (1962) • Bashanta → Gorodovikovsk (1971) • Batalpashinkaya (1804) → Batalpashinsk (1931) → Sulimov (1934) → Yezhovo-Cherkessk (1937) → Cherkessk (1939) • Beloozero (862) → Belozersk (1777) • Belorechenskaya (1863) → Belorechensk (1958) • Beloretsk → Mezhgorye (1995) • Belotsarsk (1914) → Khem-Beldyr (1918) → Kyzyl (1926) • Bikinskaya → Bikin • Biryuch (1905) → Budyonny (1919) → Krasnogvardeyskoye (1958) → Biryuch (2007) • Bobriki → Donskoy • Bobriki → Stalinogorsk (1934) → Novomoskovsk (1961) • Bogdanovo → Spassk → Bednodemyanovsk (1925) → Spassk (2005) • Bolokhovsky → Bolokhovo • Bondyuzhsk (1885) → Bondyuzhsky (1928) → Mendeleyevsk (1967) • Borovskaya Sloboda → Bor (1938) • Beryozovskoye (Björkö) → Koivisto → Primorsk (1948) • Chegem Pervy → Chegem • Chembar → Belinsky (1948) • Chertanla → Novyy Uzen' (1835) → Novouzensk • Chesnokovka → Novoaltaysk (1962) • Chelyabinsk-40 (1945) → Chelyabinsk-65 → Ozyorsk (1994) • Chelyabinsk-70 → Snezhinsk (1991) • Chibyu (1929) → Ukhta (1939) • Chinnay → Krasnogorsk • Cranz → Zelenogradsk (1945) • Dalles (1924) → Lesozavodsk (1932) • Darkehmen → Angerapp (1938) → Ozyorsk (1945) • Derbinskoye (1880) → Tymovskoye (1945) • Dmitriyev → Dmitriyev-na-Svape → Dmitriyev • Dmitrovka (1711) → Dmitrovsk → Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky (1929) → Dmitrovsk (2005) • Dokshukino (1913) → Nartkala (1967) • Dolgoprudny → Dirizhablstroy → Dolgoprudny • Dvigatelstroy → Kaspiysk (1947) • Dzerzhinsky → Sorsk (1966) • Elektroperedacha → Elektrogorsk (1946) • Enso (1887) → Svetogorsk (1948) • Esutoru → Uglegorsk (1946) • Fischhausen → Primorsk (1946) • Friedland → Pravdinsk (1946) • Galkino-Vrasskoye (1884) → Ochiai (1905) → Dolinsk (1946) • Goly Karamysh → Baltser → Krasnoarmeysk (1942) • Gorodetsk → Bezhetsk (1766) • Gorodok → Zakamensk (1959) • Grushyovskaya → Gornoye Grushyovskoye → Alexandrovsk-Grushyovsky → Shakhty (1921) • Gukovsky → Gukovo • Gumbinnen → Gusev • Gundorovka (1681) → Donetsk (1955) • Gzhatsk (1718) → Gagarin (1968) • Heiliegenbeil → Mamonovo (1945) • Heinrichswalde → Slavsk • Iletskaya Zashchita → Iletsk → Iletskoye → Iletskaya Zashchita → Sol-Iletsk • Iman (1859) → Dalnerechensk (1972) • Insterburg → Chernyakhovsk (1946) • Ivanovo-Voznesensk → Ivanovo (1932) • Izhevsky Zavod (1760) → Izhevsk (1807) → Ustinov (1984) → Izhevsk (1987) • Izhma (1939) → Sosnogorsk (1957) • Kainsk (1772) → Kuybyshev (1935) • Kalata (1675) → Kirovgrad (1932) • Kaliningrad (1938) → Korolyov (1996) • Kamen → Kamen-na-Obi (1933) • Kamenskaya → Kamensk-Shakhtinsky • Kamensky Zavod → Kamensk-Uralsky • Kamyshin (1667) → Dmitriyevsk (1710) → Kamyshin (1780) • Kasivabora → Severo-Kurilsk • Khabarovka → Khabarovsk • Kharovsky → Kharovsk • Khibinogorsk → Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast • Khlynov → Vyatka (1780) → Kirov (1934) • Khonto (1789) → Nevelsk (1947) • Khotchino → Gatchina → Trotsk (1923) → Krasnogvardeysk (1929) → Gatchina (1944) • Khrushchyovskaya → Uzlovaya • Kiyskoye → Kiysk (1856) → Mariinsk (1857) • Kodinsky → Kodinsk • Kolchugino (1763) → Lenino (1922) → Leninsk-Kuznetsky (1925) • Komsomolsky (1962) → Yugorsk (1992) • Korela → Keksgolm → Priozersk (1948) • Korsakovsky Post → Otomari → Korsakov • Kozlov (1635) → Michurinsk (1932) • KönigsbergKaliningrad (1946) • Krasnaya Sloboda → Krasnoslobodsk • Krasnoflotsky → Krasnoarmeysky → Krasnoarmeysk • Krasnoyarsk-26 → Zheleznogorsk • Kremlyov → Sarov (1995) • Krestov Brod (1916) → Roshal (1917) • Kseniyevsky (1896) → Asino (1930) • Kudelka (1889) → Asbest (1928) • Kukarka (1594) → Sovetsk (1937) • Kurgannaya → Kurganinsk • Kushvinsky Zavod → Kushva • Kuznetsk (1618) → Novokuznetsk (1931) → Stalinsk (1932) → Novokuznetsk (1961) • Kuznetsovo (1806) → Konakovo (1930) • Labiau → Polessk (1946) • Labinskaya → Labinsk • Lagan (1870) → Kaspiysky (1944) → Lagan (1991) • Lakinsky → Lakinsk • Laptevo (1578) → Yasnogorsk (1965) • Lazdinay (1734) → Lazdenen (1938) → Krasnoznamensk (1946) • Lermontovsky → Lermontov • Likhvin (1565) → Chekalin (1945) • Lopasnya → Chyornoye Ozero → Chekhov • Losinaya Sloboda → Losino-Petrovsky • Lyantorsky → Lyantor • Lyutoga → Rudaka → Aniva • Maoka (Mauka) → Kholmsk • Mechetnaya → Nikolayevsk → Pugachyov • Medvezhyya Gora → Medvezhyegorsk • Melekess → Dimitrovgrad (1972) • Mikhaylovskoye → Shpakovskoye → Mikhaylovsk • Mikhaylovsky Zavod → Mikhaylovsk • Mikoyan-Shakhar → Klukhori → Karachayevsk • Mukhtuya → Lensk • Muravlenkovsky → Muravlenko • Mysovaya → Mysovsk → Babushkin • Naberezhnye Chelny → Brezhnev → Naberezhnye Chelny • Nadezhdinsk → Kabakovsk → Nadezhdinsk → Serov • Naykhoro → Gornozavodsk • Nazyvayevskaya → Nazyvayevka → Nazyvayevsk • Neuhausen → Guryevsk • Nevdubstroy (1929) → Kirovsk (1953) • Nevyansky Zavod → Nevyansk • Nezametny (1923) → Aldan (1939) • Nikolayevsky → Nikolayevsk → Nikolayevsk-na-Amure • Nikolo-Pestrovka → Nikolo-Pestrovsky → Nikolsk • Nikolskoye → Nikolsk → Nikolsk-Ussuriysky (1898) → Voroshilov (1935) → Ussuriysk (1957) • Nikolsky Khutor (1860) → Sursk (1953) • Nizhnetagilsky Zavod → Nizhny Tagil • Nizhnevartovsky → Nizhnevartovsk • Nizhnevolzhskoye (1963) → Nizhnevolzhsk (1967) → Narimanov (1984) • Nizhniye Kresty → Chersky (1963) • Nizhny Novgorod → Gorky (1932) → Nizhny Novgorod (1990) • Noda → Chekhov (1947) • Nolinsk (1668) → Molotovsk (1940) → Nolinsk (1957) • Novaya Derevnya → Alexandrovsky → Novonikolayevsky → Novonikolayevsk → Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk) • Novaya Pokrovka → Svoboda (1943) → Liski → Georgiu-Dezh (1965) → Liski (1990) • Novgorod → Veliky Novgorod (1998) • Novo-Mariinsk → Anadyr • Novoalexandrovskaya → Novoalexandrovsk • Novokuybyshevsky → Novokuybyshevsk • Novopavlovskaya → Novopavlovsk • Novotroitsk → Baley • Novovoronezhsky → Novovoronezh • Novy Zay → Zainsk • Novye Petushki → Petushki • Nyakh → Nyagan • Obdorsk → Salekhard • Olensk → Vilyuysk • Olkhovsky → Artyomovsk • Olzheras → Mezhdurechensk • Omutninsky Zavod → Omutninsk • Oraniyenbaum → Lomonosov • Orenburg (1743) → Chkalov (1938) → Orenburg (1957) • Oreshek → Nöteborg → Shlisselburg → Petrokrepost → Shlisselburg • Orlov → Khalturin → Orlov • Osinovka → Osinniki • Ostyako-Vogulsk → Khanty-Mansiysk • Pavlovo → Pavlovsky Posad • Pavlovsk → Slutsk → Pavlovsk • Pechory → Petseri → Pechory • Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky → Ryazan • Permskoye → Komsomolsk-na-Amure • Pervomaysky → Novodvinsk • Pesochnya → Kirov • Petergof → Petrodvorets → Petergof • Petropavlovsky → Petropavlovsky Port → Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky • Petropavlovsky → Severouralsk • Petrovskoye → Petrovsk-Port → Makhachkala • Petrovskoye → Svetlograd • Petrovsky Zavod → Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky • Pillau → Baltiysk • Pokrovskaya → Pokrovsk → Engels • Pokrovskoye → Pokrovsk • Porechye → Demidov • Poshekhonye → Poshekhonye-Volodarsk → Poshekhonye • Prishib → Leninsk • Protva → Zhukov • Pryoysish-Elau → Bagrationovsk • Pyora → Gondatti → Vladimiro-Shimanovsky → Shimanovsk • Raduga → Vladimir-30 → Raduzhny • Ragnit → Neman • Ranenburg → Chaplygin • Rastyapino → Dzerzhinsk • Rauschen → Svetlogorsk • Raychikha → Raychikhinsk • Romanov-Borisoglebsk → Tutayev • Romanov-na-Murmane → Murmansk (1917) • Romanovsky → Kropotkin • Saint Petersburg (1703) → Petrograd (1914) → Leningrad (1924) → Saint Petersburg (1991) • Samara → Kuybyshev → Samara • Selyutora → Siritoru → Makarov • Semyonovka → Arsenyev • Serdobol → Sortavala • Sereda → Furmanov • Sergiyev Posad → Sergiyev (1919) → Zagorsk (1930) → Sergiyev Posad (1991) • Sergiyevskoye → Plavsk • Shakhty → Gusinoozyorsk • Shemchura → Tsarevosanchursk → Sanchursk • Sharypovskoye → Sharypovo → Chernenko → Sharypovo • Shcheglovo → Shcheglovsk → Kemerovo • Shikhrany → Kanash • Shkotovo-17 → Tikhookeansky → Fokino • Sieklakhti → Lakhdenpokhya • Simbirsk → Ulyanovsk • Skalisty → Gadzhiyevo • Slavyanskaya → Slavyansk-na-Kubani • Solnechnogorsky → Solnechnogorsk • Sorochinskoye → Sorochinsk • Spassk → Spassk-Tatarsky → Kuybyshev → Bolgar • Spasskoye → Spassk → Spassk-Dalny • Spasskoye → Spassk → Spassk-Ryazansky • Stakhanovo → Zhukovsky • Stallupönen → Nesterov • Stary Rogozhsky Yam → Bogorodsk → Noginsk • Stavropol → Tolyatti • Stavropol → Voroshilovsk → Stavropol • Stupinskaya → Elektrovoz → Stupino • Suchansky Rudnik → Suchan → Partizansk • Sudostroy → Molotovsk → Severodvinsk • Sundyr → Mariinsky Posad • Suyetikha → Biryusinsk • Sverdlovsk-45 → Lesnoy • Svobodny → Cherepanovo • Svyatoy Krest → Prikumsk → Budyonnovsk → Prikumsk → Budyonnovsk • Syana → Kurilsk • Sysertsky Zavod → Sysert • Taldom → Leninsk → Taldom • Tapiau → Gvardeysk • Tashino → Pervomaysk • Temir-Khan-Shura → Buynaksk • Terijoki → Zelenogorsk • Tetyukhe → Dalnegorsk • Tikhmenevsky → Sikuka → Poronaysk • Tikhoretskaya → Tikhoretsk • Tilsit → Sovetsk • Tomarioru → Tomari • Tomsk-7 → Seversk • Toro → Shakhtyorsk • Troitsa → Udomlya • Troitsko-Zaozyornoye → Zaozyorny • Troitskosavsk → Kyakhta • Troitskoye → Troitsky → Troitsk • Trongzund → Uuras → Trongzund → Vysotsk • Ivashchenkovo (1909) Trotsk (1927) → Chapayevsk (1929) • Truyevo-Naryshkino → Kuznetsk • Tsaritsyn (1589) → Stalingrad (1925) → Volgograd (1961) • Tsarskoye Selo → Detskoye Selo → Pushkin • Tsaryovokokshaysk → Krasnokokshaysk → Yoshkar-Ola • Tsimlyanskaya → Tsimlyansk • Tulatovo → Iriston → Beslan • Turyinsky → Krasnoturyinsk • Tver → Kalinin (1931) → Tver (1990) • Tyndinsky → Tynda • Udinskoye→ Udinsk (1735) → Verhneudinsk (1783) → Ulan-Ude • Ulala → Oyrot-Tura → Gorno-Altaysk • Uralmedstroy → Krasnouralsk • Usolye → Usolye-Sibirskoye • Ust-Abakanskoye → Khakassk → Abakan • Ust-Belokalitvenskaya → Belaya Kalitva • Ust-Katavsky Zavod → Ust-Katav • Ust-Medveditskaya → Serafimovich • Ust-Sheksna → Rybansk → Rybnaya Sloboda (1504) → Rybnoy → Rybinsk (1777) → Shcherbakov (1946) → Rybinsk (1957) → Andropov (1984) → Rybinsk (1989) • Ust Zeysky military post → Blagoveshchensk • Vasilyovo → Chkalovsk • Vayenga → Severomorsk • Velikoknyazheskaya → Proletarskaya → Proletarsk • Velyaminovsky → Tuapse • Vinodelnoye → Ipatovo • Vladikavkaz → Ordzhonikidze → Dzaudzhikau → Ordzhonikidze → Vladikavkaz • Vladimirovka → Toyokhara → Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk • Volkhovstroy → Volkhov (1940) • Volna-Khristianovsky → Novokhristianovskoye → Khristianovskoye → Digora • Volodary → Volodarsk • Vorontsovo-Alexandrovskoye → Sovetskoye → Zelenokumsk • Voskresenskoye → Voskresensk → Istra (not to be confused with another Voskresensk) • Voznesenskaya → Vereshchagino • Vyzhaikha → Krasnovishersk • Yagoshikha (1723) → Perm (1781) → Molotov (1940) → Perm (1957) • Yakovlevskoye → Privolzhsk • Yama → Yamsky Gorodok → Yama → Yamburg → Kingisepp (1922) • Yauntlatgale → Abrene → Pytalovo • Yegorshino → Artyomovsky • Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург) → Sverdlovsk (1924)→ Yekaterinburg • Yekaterinodar (1794) → Krasnodar (1920) • Yekaterinenstadt (Baronsk) → Marxstadt → Marks • Yuryuzansky Zavod → Yuryuzan • Zaozyorny-13 → Krasnoyarsk-45 → Zelenogorsk (1992) • Zarinskaya → Zarinsk • Zatishye → Elektrostal • Zavolzhye → Zavolzhsk • Zavoyko → Yelizovo • Zernovoy → Zernograd • Zeysky Sklad → Zeya-Pristan → Zeya • Zhdanovsk → Zapolyarny • Zheleznodorozhny → Yemva • Zhirnoye → Zhirnovsky → Zhirnovsk • Zimmerbude → Svetly • Zlatoust-36 → Tryokhgorny • Zmeiny → Never-1 → Rukhlovo → Skovorodino ==See also==
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