Saturday, October 4, 2008

List of Chinese exonyms for places in Russia

Country name and its capital



* 俄罗斯 ?luósī Russia , supposedly from "Орос" .
* 莫斯科 Mòsīkē Moscow

Cities and towns - centres of administrative regions in Russia



''Most cities and towns are the centre of an oblast' , otherwise they are marked in the comment as a centre of a krai , an autonomous republic or an autonomous okrug .''

''Normally Russian letter "ь" is not romanised at the end of a word or between consonants, romanised here with an apostrophe as a guide to the Russian pronunciation.
''
{| class="wikitable"
! Chinese name with Pinyin
! English name
! Russian name
! Comments
|-
| 阿巴坎
| Abakan
| Абакан
| Capital of Khakassia
|-
| 阿金斯科耶
|
| Агинское
| Centre of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
|-
| 阿纳德尔
| Anadyr'
| Анадырь
| Capital of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
|-
| 阿尔汉格尔斯克
| Arkhangelsk
| Архангельск
|-
| 阿斯特拉罕
| Astrakhan'
| Астрахань
|-
| 巴尔瑙尔
| Barnaul
| Барнаул
|-
| 别尔哥罗德
| Belgorod
| Белгород
|-
| 比罗比詹
| Birobidzhan
| Биробиджан
| Centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast', the only autonomous oblast'
|-
| 布拉戈维申斯克
| Blagoveshchensk
| Благовещенск
| alternative Chinese name: 海兰泡 Hǎilánpào
|-
| 布良斯克
| Bryansk
| Брянск
|-
| 符拉迪沃斯托克
| Vladivostok
| Владивосток
| Centre of Primorsky Krai, alternative Chinese name: 海参崴 Hǎishēnwǎi
|-
| 弗拉季高加索
| Vladikavkaz
| Владикавказ
| Capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
|-
| 弗拉基米尔
| Vladimir
| Владимир
|-
| 伏尔加格勒
| Volgograd
| Волгоград
|-
| 沃洛格达
| Vologda
| Вологда
|-
| 沃罗涅什
| Voronezh
| Воронеж
|-
| 戈尔诺阿尔泰斯克
| Gorno-Altaisk
| Горно-Алтайск
| Capital of the Altai Republic
|-
| 格罗兹尼
| Grozny
| Грозный
| Capital of the Chechen Republic
|-
| 杜金卡
| Dudinka
| Дудинка
|-
| 叶卡捷林堡
| Yekaterinburg
| Екатеринбург
| Centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast
|-
| 伊万诺沃
| Ivanovo
| Иваново
|-
| 伊热夫斯克
| Izhevsk
| Ижевск
| Capital city of the Udmurt Republic
|-
| 伊尔库茨克
| Irkutsk
| Иркуцк
|-
| 约什卡尔奥拉
| Yoshkar-Ola
| Йошкар-Ола
| Capital of the Mariy El Republic
|-
| 喀山
| Kazan'
| Казань
| Capital of the Republic of Tatarstan
|-
| 加里宁格勒
| Kaliningrad
| Калининград
|-
| 卡卢加
| Kaluga
| Калуга
|-
| 克麦罗沃
| Kemerovo
| Кемерово
|-
| 基洛夫
| Kirov
| Киров
|-
| 科斯特罗马
| Kostroma
| Кострома
|-
| 克拉斯诺达尔
| Krasnodar
| Краснодар
| Centre of Krasnodar Krai
|-
| 克拉斯诺亚尔斯克
| Krasnoyarsk
| Красноярск
| Centre of Krasnoyarsk Krai
|-
| 库德姆卡尔
| Kudymkar
| Кудымкар
| Centre of Komi-Permyak Okrug
|-
| 库尔干
| Kurgan
| Курган
|-
| 库尔斯克
| Kursk
| Курск
|-
| 克孜勒
| Kyzyl
| Кызыл
| Capital of the Tuva Republic
|-
| 利佩茨克
| Lipetsk
| Липецк
|-
| 马加丹
| Magadan
| Магадан
|-
| 马加斯
| Magas
| Магас
| Capital of the Republic of Ingushetia
|-
| 迈科普
| Maikop
| Майкоп
| Capital of the Republic of Adygea
|-
| 马哈奇卡拉
| Makhachkala
| Махачкала
| Capital of the Republic of Dagestan
|-
| 莫斯科
| Moscow
| Москва
| Moskva is commonly known as ''Moscow'' to English speakers; capital of Russia, federal city
|-
| 摩尔曼斯克
| Murmansk
| Мурманск
|-
| 纳尔奇克
| Nal'chik
| Нальчик
| Capital of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
|-
| 纳里扬马尔
| Naryan-Mar
| Нарьян-Мар
| Centre of Nenets Autonomous Okrug
|-
| 下诺夫哥罗德
| Nizhny Novgorod
| Нижний Новгород
|-
| 诺夫哥罗德
| Novgorod
| Новгород
|-
| 新西伯利亚
| Novosibirsk
| Новосибирск
|-
| 鄂木斯克
| Omsk
| Омск
|-
| 奥廖尔
| Oryol
| Орёл
| Oryol is the correct and modern English transliteration
|-
| 奥伦堡
| Orenburg
| Оренбург
|-
| 帕拉纳
| Saint Petersburg
| Санкт-Петербург
| Sankt Peterburg is commonly known as ''Saint Petersburg'' to English speakers,
Centre of Leningrad Oblast, federal city
|-
| 萨兰斯克
| Saransk
| Саранск
| Capital of the Republic of Mordovia
|-
| 萨拉托夫
| Saratov
| Саратов
|-
| 斯摩棱斯克
| Smolensk
| Смоленск
|-
| 斯塔夫罗波尔
| Stavropol'
| Ставрополь
| Centre of Stavropol Krai
|-
| 瑟克特夫卡尔
| Syktyvkar
| Сыктывкар
| Capital of the Komi Republic
|-
| 坦波夫
| Tambov
| Тамбов
|-
| 特维尔
| Tver'
| Тверь
|-
| 托木斯克
| Tomsk
| Томск
|-
| 图拉
|
| Тула
|-
| 秋明
| Tyumen'
| Тюмень
|-
| 乌兰乌德
| Ulan-Ude
| Улан-Удэ
| Capital city of the Buryat Republic
|-
| 乌里扬诺夫斯克
| Ulyanovsk
| Ульяновск
|-
| 乌法
| Ufa
| Уфа
| Capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan
|-
| 哈巴罗夫斯克
| Khabarovsk
| Хабаровск
| Centre of Khabarovsk Krai; alternative Chinese name: 伯力 Bólì
|-
| 汉特曼西斯克
| Khanty-Mansiysk
| Ханты-Мансийск
| Centre of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
|-
| 切博克萨雷
| Cheboksary
| Чебоксары
| Capital of the Chuvash Republic
|-
| 车里雅宾斯克
| Chelyabinsk
| Челябинск
|-
| 切尔克斯克
| Cherkessk
| Черкесск
| Capital of Karachay-Cherkess Republic
|-
| 赤塔
| Chita
| Чита
|-
| 埃利斯塔
| Elista
| Элиста
| Capital of the Republic of Kalmykia
|-
| 南萨哈林斯克
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
| Южно-Сахалинск
|-
| 雅库茨克
| Yakutsk
| Якутск
| Capital of the Sakha Republic
|-
| 雅罗斯拉夫尔
| Yaroslavl'
| Ярославль
|}

Autonomous Republics of Russia



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