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Yessentuki – Ессентуки́ 1971

Yessentuki (Russian: Ессентуки́) is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The city serves as a railway station in the Mineralnye Vody—Kislovodsk branch, and is located 43 kilometers (27 mi) southwest of Mineralnye Vody and 17 kilometers (11 mi) west of Pyatigorsk. It is considered the cultural capital of Russia’s Greek population and even today towards ten percent of its population is of Greek descent. Population: 100,996 (2010 Census);81,758 (2002 Census);85,082 (1989 Census).

(wikipedia.org)

6. January 2013

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Kemerovo – Кемерово 1982

Кемерово-один из крупнейших промышленных и культурных центров Западной Сибири, столица дважды орденоносной Кемеровской области. Название города означает «каменноугольный обрыв над рекой». В 1721 году, поднимаясь на лодке по реке Томь, рудознатец Михайло Волков заприметил «горелую гору».

3. January 2013

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Chelyabinsk – Челябинск 1982

3. January 2013

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Volgograd – Волгоград 1967

In 1961, the name was changed from Stalingrad to Volgograd (“Volga City”) as part of Nikita Khrushchev’s programme of de-Stalinization. This was and remains somewhat contentious, given the fame of the name “Stalingrad” and its importance in wartime remembrance. There were serious proposals to revert the name to “Stalingrad” during Konstantin Chernenko’s brief administration in 1985. There remains a strong degree of local support for a reversion but intermittent proposals have yet to be accepted by the Russian government.