Entries by franz
Nalchik – Нальчик 1975
Nalchik (Russian: Нальчик; Kabardian: Налшык; Karachay-Balkar: Нальчик) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of 550 meters (1,800 ft) in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania.
Rostov on Don – Ростов на Дону 1973
Rostov-on-Don (Russian: Ростов-на-Дону, tr. Rostov-na-Donu) is a port city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov. Population: 1,089,261
Novorossiysk – Новороссийск 1970
Novorossiysk (Russian: Новороссийск) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the country’s main port on the Black Sea and the leading Russian port for importing grain. It is one of the few cities honored with the title of the Hero City. Population: 241,952.
Ulyanovsk – Ульяновск 1983
Ulyanovsk (Russian: Ульяновск; is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 893 kilometers (555 mi) east from Moscow. Population: 613,786 (2010 Census);
Bukhara – Buxoro – Бухара 1970
Bukhara (Uzbek: Buxoro; Persian: بخارا; Russian: Бухара Bukhara), from the Soghdian βuxārak (“lucky place”), is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The nation’s fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 (2009 census estimate). The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for […]
Загорск – Zagorsk – Сергиев Посад 1976
It grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh. Town status was granted to Sergiyev Posad in 1742.
Frunze – Фрунзе – Bishkek – 1985
Bishkek (in Kyrgyz and Russian: Бишкéк), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.
Kazan – Казань – Tatarstan 1969
Kazan (Russian: Казань; Tatar Cyrillic: Казан, Latin: Qazan) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,535, it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia.
Tula – Тула 1972
Tula (Russian: Тула; is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, located 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: 501,169 (2010 Census).