Anna

From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.


Pushkin

Transliteration of Russian Пу́шкин (Púškin).

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Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin (disambiguation)


Kalevala

Kalevalsky District
Kalevalsky District#English

Republic of Karelia
Republic of Karelia#English

An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.


Neman

From Russian Не́ман (Néman), from Lithuanian Nemunas, of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós)), or from nemti (“to become silent”), or from Finnic niemi (“cape”).


Donetsk

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Raion
en:Donetsk
en:Donetsk (disambiguation)

A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.


Azov

From Russian and Ukrainian Азо́в (Azóv), presumably from Kipchak Azaq (“lowlands”), a name applied to the region around the present town.

A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River.


Asbest

From Russian Асбе́ст (Asbést), from асбест (asbest, “asbestos”).

A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia


Anadyr

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug#English

A port town, the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in extreme northeastern Russia.


Naryan-Mar

Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug#English

A port town, the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.


Salekhard

From Russian Салеха́рд (Salexárd), from Tundra Nenets Саляʼ харад (Salyah xarad°, literally “house on a peninsula”).

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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug#English

A town, the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalia), Russia, located on the Arctic Circle and the Ob Region.


Zhukov

From Russian Жу́ков (Žúkov), from жук (žuk, “beetle”) + -ов (-ov, “genitive possessive ending”).

A town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, named after Georgy Zhukov.


Komsomolsk

Borrowed from Russian Комсомо́льск (Komsomólʹsk), from Russian комсомо́л (komsomól, “Komsomol, Young Communist League”).

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Комсомо́льск

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An urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.


Anapa

A town, a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, on the Black Sea.


Galich

A town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of Lake Galichskoye.


Kizlyar

a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia


Nakhichevan-on-Don

Named after Nakhichevan, one of the ancient areas of Armenia.
Partial calque of Russian Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́ (Naxičevánʹ-na-Donú).

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Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́

Originally a town established on the right bank of Don in Russia by Armenians resettled from Crimea; later incorporated into the city of Rostov-on-Don.


Aginskoye

Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai#English

An urban-type settlement in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, on the river Aga.

Ագինսկոյե

an urban-type settlement in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia


Beslan

Pravoberezhny District
Pravoberezhny District#English

North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania#English

A town, the administrative center of the Pravoberezhny District, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.


Kola

A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.


Olonets

A town in northwestern Russia, the oldest documented settlement in Karelia.


Sortavala

A town in Karelia, Russia, formerly in Finland.


Kronstadt

A municipal town near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on Kotlin Island (also known as Retusaari or Reitskär).


Asbestos

From asbestos, from Old French abestos.
* (Asbestos, Quebec): Named by the Royal Mail for the asbestos mines the mining settlement was setup for, when Canada was still a colony of Britain. The county was named for the town.
* (Asbestos, Russia): English for the Russian term for asbestos, асбест (asbest)

Alternative spelling of Asbest; A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia


Verkhoyansk

Borrowed from Russian Верхоянск (Verxojansk).


Palatka

An urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia.


Kyakhta

A town, the administrative centre of the Kyakhtinsky District, Buryatia, Russia, on the border between Russia and Mongolia.

Хяагта

town in Buryatia, Russia on the border between Russia and Mongolia


Kandalaksha

Transliteration of Russian Кандала́кша (Kandalákša), from a Uralic language.

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A town in Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

坎达拉克沙

Kɑ̌ndɑ́lɑ̄kèshɑ̄


Vyksa

A town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.


Glazov

Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway

A town in Udmurtia, Russia, located along the Trans-Siberian Railway.


Votkinsk

Borrowed from Russian Во́ткинск (Vótkinsk).

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Sokolov grew up in Votkinsk, an industrial city in the Udmurt Republic, 800 miles east of Moscow. […] His life changed, he said, one day in 2016 when he was summoned to a police station in Votkinsk, where an FSB agent told him he was facing prison for dodging compulsory military service.

2022 August 26, Pjotr Sauer, “‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer”, in The Guardian:


Lyuban

Borrowed from Russian Люба́нь (Ljubánʹ).

A few times every day, the high-speed train between St. Petersburg and Moscow barrels through the threadbare town of Lyuban.

2013 October 13, Ellen Barry, “The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin”, in The New York Times:


Torzhok

Just ask Gen. Yevgeny I. Ignatov, a former mayor of Torzhok, who stepped down two years ago after a dressing-down from the regional governor.


Rzhev

A town in Tver Oblast, Russia, situated on the Volga river.


Borovsk

Borrowed from Russian Бо́ровск (Bórovsk).


Pokrovsk

From Russian Покро́вск (Pokróvsk) and Ukrainian Покро́вськ (Pokróvsʹk).

Пакро́ўск

city in Pokrovsk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

Far Eastern Federal District
Far Eastern Federal District#English

A town, the administrative centre of Khangalassky Ulus, Republic of Sakha, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia, founded as an ostrog in 1682.

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Ural Federal District
Ural Federal District#English

The former name, until 1947, of Pokrovsk-Uralsky (an urban-type settlement in Severouralsky urban okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia).


Uray

Borrowed from Russian Ура́й (Uráj), ultimately from Mansi (Northern Mansi Урай (Uraj)).

Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug#English

A town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.


Luga

Luga (a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia). The town is placed on the river.


Oredezh

Transliteration of Russian Оредеж (Oredež) or Оредежь (Oredežʹ).

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A town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The town is placed on the river, 10 miles east from its mouth.


Kuznetsk

Borrowed from Russian Кузне́цк (Kuznéck).


Chernyakhovsk

From Russian Черняхо́вск (Černjaxóvsk). Named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky.


Kharp

Borrowed from Russian Харп (Xarp), itself from Tundra Nenets.

Priuralsky District
Priuralsky District#English

An urban-type settlement in the Priuralsky District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia


Megion

A town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia


Belozersk

Borrowed from Russian Белозерск (Belozersk).


Kraskino

Borrowed from Russian Кра́скино (Kráskino).

The main railway line is the Trans-Siberian, which here runs south along the Ussuri River to its terminus at Vladivostok. A number of short branch lines serve mining areas (Kraskino and Suchan) or lead to the USSR—Chinese border towns (Grodekovo and Turiy Rog).

1951, Theodore Shabad, “Soviet Far East”, in Geography of the USSR; A Regional Survey, New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 328:

Uncoordinated expansion by competitive riparian countries would have caused waste or misallocation of scarce capital through overlapping projects, For example, the DPRK is trying to build Sonbong Airport, while China and Russia are holding out for their own international airports, in Jingxin and Khraskino.

2002, Jaeho Hwang, “Economic and Institutional Constraints on the TRADP”, in The Significance of Regionalism as an Element of China's Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP) (Thesis), London School of Economics and Political Science, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-30, page 259:

An urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.


Selenginsk

Transliteration of Russian Селенгинск (Selenginsk), from Селенга (Selenga, “Selenga River”).

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A town in Buryatia, Russia, between the lake of Baikal and the city of Ulan-Ude


Tayga

Borrowed from Russian Тайга́ (Tajgá). Doublet of taiga.


Karachev

Central Federal District
Central Federal District#English

A town in Karachevsky urban settlement, Karachevsky Raion, Bryansk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1146.

Karatchev

town in Karachevsky, Karachevsky, Bryansk, Central Russia


Zmiyovka

From Russian Змиёвка (Zmijóvka). Compare Zmeyevka, Zmeyovka, Zmiivka, and Zmiyevka.

An urban-type settlement and urban settlement, the administrative centre of Sverdlovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1868.

زميفكا

urban-type settlement in Zmiyovka, Sverdlovsky, Oryol, Central Russia