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List of renamed cities in Georgia

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The following is the list of cities in Georgia that underwent a name change in the past.

  • Ağbulaq → Tetritsqaro (1940)
  • Baghdati → Maiakovski (1940) → Baghdati (1990)
  • Barmaqsız → Tsalka (1932)
  • Başkeçid → Dmanisi (1947)
  • Ninotsminda → Altunkale → Bogdanovka (1829) → Ninotsminda (1991)
  • Dioscurias → Savastapolis → Tskhumi → Sohumkale → Sukhumi
  • Elisabethtal → Asureti (1943)
  • Chqondidi → Martvili → Gegechkori (1936) → Martvili (1990)
  • Kvirila → Jugeli (1920) → Zestaponi (1921)
  • Qarayazı → Gardabani (1947)
  • Khashuri → Mikhailovo (1872) → Khashuri (1918) → Stalinisi (1931) → Khashuri (1934)
  • Çörük Qəmərli → Katarinenfeld (1817) → Lüksemburgi (1921) → Bolnisi (1943)
  • Stepantsminda → Kazbegi → Stepantsminda (2006)
  • Akhalgori → Leningori (1935) → Akhalgori (1991)
  • Ozurgeti → Makharadze (1922) → Ozurgeti (1990)
  • Kharagauli → Orjonikidze → Kharagauli (1990)
  • Sarvan → Borchalı (1929) → Marneuli (1947)
  • Senaki → Mikha-Tskhakaia (1935) → Tskhakaia (1976) → Senaki (1989)
  • Shulavery → Shahumiani (1925) → Shulaveri (1991)
  • Trialeti → Molotovo (1940) → Trialeti (1957)
  • Dedoplistskaro → Tsarskiye Kolodtsy (1803) → Tsitelitskaro (1921) → Dedoplistsqaro (1991)
  • Tskhinvali → Staliniri (1934) → Tskhinvali (1961)
  • Khoni → Tsulukidze (1936) → Khoni (1990)
  • Tiflis → Tbilisi (1936)

Source

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  • Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volumes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11; Tbilisi, 1977/1987
  • ქართლის ცხოვრების ტოპოარქეოლოგიური ლექსიკონი (Topoarcheological lexicon of Kartlis Tskhovreba), Tbilisi, 2013

See also

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