What will the name of the city be? Names of cities by the name of the founder: list, history and interesting facts. The most beautiful names of cities in Russia

To the question What is the name of the city? given by the author Vitaly Ivanov the best answer is This is a ghost ship.
The city you mention was called Kexholm - now Priozersk. This story began in Finland, shortly before the so-called winter war, in 1937. It was in this city that the Swedish captain of the ship "Three Sixes" Johan Sigvard settled. His appearance in a provincial Finnish town aroused increased interest, which soon gave way to a feeling of hostility and fear. To which, by the way, there were good reasons. Sigvard was of enormous growth, strong and unsociable. He considered all Finns to be subhuman, which he used to report to local residents. He had a dog of monstrous malice and muddy breed (they said that a cross between a Greenland husky and a polar wolf). He settled on Dalnaya Grange, a place with a bad reputation.
One day at midnight on August 31, on the day of St. Olof, a strong hurricane and thunderstorm broke out over Ladoga. The old-timers did not remember such a riot of elements. After this hurricane, the Tri-Six motorboat was never seen again. He, along with the team, disappeared into the abyss of the lake without a trace ...
Since then, the captain's restless soul appears on Ladoga in the form of a ghostly ship with a dead man on board and poses a great danger to the living. The proof of this is the missing pioneers and four lovers of winter fishing. Such is the legend... ·

Ghost ship
Now about why a storm in Lake Ladoga is more dangerous for ships than in the ocean?
The fact is that, for example, in the ocean, a long wave length only shakes ships, and in closed reservoirs - seas and large lakes (Caspian, Baikal, Ladoga, Great Lakes) - waves can be short and steep. They are extremely dangerous, as they are able not only to rock, but also to turn the ship over.
It has long been known that Lake Ladoga is "very stormy with winds." It is not for nothing that the monks of the Valaam Monastery in their guide to the island cited the words of a certain Valaam monk:
When there is a storm here in autumn
Wake up the lake from sleep
Then, frowning your brow,
Sometimes Ladoga is scary.
In the deep-water zone of the lake - near the island of Valaam - waves during a storm reach a height of 4.5 meters. Swimming here has always been risky. Thousands of ships perished in the depths of the lake. In pre-revolutionary times, Russian insurance companies even avoided insuring ships sailing with cargo on Ladoga.
As soon as a calm, moderate wave that occurs in the northern deep-water part of the lake enters an area with shallower depths (15-20 meters), its shape changes dramatically. The wave "breaks", its crest overturns. There is a particularly dangerous "crowd" for ships.
The death of a large number of ships on the treacherous lake was the reason for the construction of the bypass Ladoga canals, which began under Peter I. In the pre-war period, cargo navigation was mainly carried out through these channels.
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Answer from Dani-LORD[master]
Priozers

Answer from Yeokwo[guru]
A meeting with a ghost ship - the "Flying Dutchman", going on full sail to nowhere, has long been a harbinger of black trouble for sailors. Many argue that apart from the "Dutchman", there are no other damned ships. However, such statements are not true.
The legend can be read here:
a video about Captain Sigvard can be viewed here;
The waves in Ladoga are practically vertical .... Now I will add ...

The city that was "lucky" to change names. The first name by which he is known was the name Khlynov. There are several versions of the origin of the name Khlynov. The first is based on the cry of the hly-khly birds that lived in the area where the city was formed: ... A kite flies by and shouts: "Kylno-kylno." So the Lord himself indicated how to name the city: Kylnov ... According to the second, the city was given the name of the Khlynovitsa river, which flows nearby into Vyatka, which, in turn, was named after a breakthrough on a small dam: ... water gushed through it , and the river was given the name Hlynovitsa ... The third theory connects the name with the word hlyn (ushkuynik, river robber), although most experts attribute a later appearance to this word.
The second name of the city was the name Vyatka. Some researchers tend to believe that it came from the name of the territorial group of Udmurts Vatka, who lived in these territories, which was erected to the Udmurt word vad "otter, beaver". However, such an etymology is completely unrealistic from a linguistic point of view. The name Vatka itself was formed from the hydronym Vyatka. According to another version, it is associated with the Vyada people, who had close relations with the Udmurts. Some sources erroneously correlate the word Vyatka with the Vyatichi tribes who lived on the banks of the Oka. However, the word Vyatchane is recognized as the correct self-name, it has established itself as an ethnonym for the inhabitants of the Vyatka region. In addition, historically, such a correlation is completely unjustified: the Vyatichi did not go so far to the east. Today, the most relevant version is the version of L. N. Makarova - she considers the name of the river (Old Russian in origin) with the meaning "larger" (cf. other Russian is more like “more”).
The name Kirov was given to the city after the murder in 1934 of a native of the city of Urzhum in the Vyatka region, Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov (Kirov).
The chronology of the renaming of the city is extremely complex and ambiguous, since few historical documents have been preserved confirming the very fact of renaming. Usually, when they talk about the old names of Kirov, they use the simplified chain of transformations Khlynov - Vyatka - Kirov, and indeed, when founded in 1181, the city was named Khlynov. Starting from 1374 (the first mention of Vyatka), the word Khlynov is not found in any official document or chronicle; section of the so-called "Zalessky" cities after Nizhny Novgorod and Kurmysh. In 1455, a wooden Kremlin with an earthen rampart was built in Vyatka for defensive purposes, which was given the name of the Khlynovitsa River flowing nearby. Subsequently, the name Khlynov spread to the township part of the city, and from 1457 the whole city began to be called Khlynov. in the Kazan. On December 5, 1934, by decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, Vyatka was named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov.
The city is located in a region with a large representation of national minorities, so names in other languages ​​have historically been assigned to it. In Mari, it is called "Ilna" or "Ilna-Ola" ("ola" in translation from Mari means "city"). In the Udmurt language, it is called "Vatka" and "Kylno". In Tatar, the name of Kirov sounds like "Kolyn". All these names are obsolete and are not used in modern speech.

Russia has a great variety of different cities. Some are well-known to everyone, and not everyone knows about the existence of some. But here we will not discuss those cities that no one knows about. Here we will try to tell about the origin of the names of some Russian cities.

1. Moscow- The capital of our country. The name of the capital comes from the Moscow River, and not vice versa, as many people think. But why the river was called Moscow is still debated. The most common opinion is that the word comes from the ancient Slavic root "mosk" - a wet or swampy place.

2. St. Petersburg - The city was named by Peter I in honor of the Holy Apostle Peter, and not in honor of himself, as again, many people think.

3. Yaroslavl— The city was named after its founder Yaroslav the Wise.

4. Khabarovsk— The city is named after Erovei Khabarov, an explorer.

5. Ufa- translated from Bashkir means "Dark water".

6. Yekaterinburg — The city is named after Empress Catherine I.

7. Smolensk There are several versions of the origin of this city. The most common is from the name of the river Smolnya (Chernozem). The second version comes from the ethnic group - Smolyan.

8. Penza- like Moscow was named after the river, respectively, Penza. The word itself translates as "Fire Water".

9. Omsk- the same. The name comes from the river - Om.

10. Perm- comes from the Vespian word "Pera Maa", which translates as "Far Land".

11. Murmansk- a city on Murman. Initially, the Norwegians were called Murmans, and later they began to call the coast of the Barents Sea that way.

12. Kolomna There are several versions of the origin of the names of this city. The first version - the name comes from the Kolomenka River. This river was located near the market (then it was called Menok), that is, it turned out to be “a river near Menok”. The second version says that there was a quarry nearby, after which the city was named. From the Latin "columna", which means "Column", which is depicted on the coat of arms of the city.

13. Yoshkar-Ola - Red city (from Mari).

14. Gelendzhik - translated from Arabic (Helenj) means "Poplar".

15. Vorkuta- translated from German "Bear area".

16. Vologda- "a river with white (clean) water" translated into Old Vespian.

17. Vladimir- everything is clear here. The city is named after the ruler Vladimir Monomakh.

18. Barnaul There are two versions of origin here. According to the first version, the name comes from the camp, which was called "Aul Barna" (Barn is one of the nomads of the Khanate of Siberia). The second version says that the name comes from the river "Barnaulka", which means "Wolf River" or "Muddy River".

19. Arkhangelsk The name of the city was given in honor of the Archangel Michael.

20. Chelyabinsk - comes from the name of the fortress "Chelyaba", which translates as "Depression" or "Deep Pit".

21. Bryansk- the name of the city comes from the word Dbryansk, which in turn comes from the word Dbr, which means a cliff, a ditch, a slope.

22. Irkutsk- translated from Buryat means "Cranky".

23. Kaliningrad - as you already understood, in honor of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin.

24. Kemerovo- from the Turkic "Kemer" - a slope, a cliff. (Essentially the same as Bryansk).

25. Kursk- the name comes from the folk term "Kurya", which means "river bay" or "backwater".

26. Lipetsk- like many old cities, this city was named after the river. In this case, it was the Lipovka River.

27. Ryazan- here again there is no common and unanimous opinion. One opinion says that the name of the city is derived from the word "Ryasa" - swamp, or from the word "Ryaska" - river algae. Another opinion says that the name is derived from the word "Erzya" - the name of the Mordovian ethnic group.

28. Ulyanovsk - the city is named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Ulyanov).

29. Krasnoyarsk - the city is named from the phrase "Krasny Yar". Yar in the language of the Kachins meant a high bank or hill. That is, Krasnoyarsk can be translated as "Red Coast" or "Red Coast".

30. Stavropol - the name is formed by the merger of two words - "Stavros", which translates as "Cross", and "Polis", which translates as a city, that is, "Cross City".

For today, this is all that concerns the origin of the names of Russian cities. In the following posts we will look at the names of other cities.

You can truly know yourself only through the knowledge of the surrounding world. This is where travel helps. Everyone is free to choose their own path: someone, tired of the noise of the metropolis, goes to nature - to test himself and return to the origins of human life. Someone, on the contrary, rushes to places with a developed information space, where every little thing is important, where the brain works to the fullest. Many begin to study the surrounding reality from their small homeland, delve into the history of the region or region, study the surroundings. As a rule, the next stage of knowing the world is a real journey through your native country.

What were the names of the cities in Russia

The centuries-old history of Russia is filled with many significant events for further development. These include the period of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, Yermak's campaign against Siberia and its annexation to the territory of the Russian state, the window cut into Europe by Peter the Great, and so on. These facts are reflected in the Russian language. For example, the words "caravan", "watermelon", "noodles", "fog", to which today's people are so accustomed, were borrowed from the Tatar language. "Camp" and "resort" were once brought from modern Germany. "Marmalade" and "actor" came from France in the nineteenth century. All of the above refers to the category of ordinary words often used in colloquial speech. We do not think about their origin, just as we do not think about the origin of city names.

Similar historical situations had an impact on geographical names. So, "Derbent" - Persian "narrow gate". "Chita" is understood as well as "read", from Sanskrit it is translated as "to comprehend" or "to know". "Murom" comes from the Cheremis "murom", which means "a place of fun and songs." "Perm" in Vepsian means "distant land". "Ufa" literally from the Bashkir - "dark water". There are many similar examples, and, digging a little deeper, you begin to understand how the names of cities and the history, culture and traditions of the peoples living in this place are connected.

Other countries can also boast of a rich history - toponyms in them have a special sense of humor. In America, for example, there is a town whose name translates as "why." In Canada, you can stumble upon "an abyss of dead bison." The name of the German commune, as it were, calls tourists to action - it translates as "kiss". It is worth noting that the names of cities named after the founder exist abroad. In America, you can stumble upon the small town of Quincy, named after John Quincy Adams, who holds the position of Secretary of State of the United States of America.

"Wide and boundless is mother Russia" - so our ancestors used to say. The newly minted tourist is convinced of this. The number of settlements, small and large, is in the thousands. This is where the real discoveries regarding uncommon toponyms begin. What are the villages of Taz and Bolshie Pupsy, the Tukhlyanka River, the village of Takoe ... Often geographical names reflect the history of the place. So, the name (Kharkov region) comes from the Tatar "guzun" - the crossing. Knowing this, one can understand that much earlier in this place there was an important crossing over the local river. However, only linguists can draw such conclusions. More interesting for ordinary people are the names of cities by the name of the founder, because they indicate a specific historical figure.

Folk love

Geographical names always carry some specific semantic load. Like the names of important city streets, cities named after a particular person embody recognition of the merits of that person. Sometimes you have to sacrifice historical place names. This fact demonstrates the deep respect of the inhabitants of the settlement for the bearer of the name given to the small homeland. In this regard, a reasonable question arises: what cities are named after people?

Long live the revolution!

Most of the renaming of cities and towns dates back to the twentieth century. The leaders of the revolutionary movement enjoyed the greatest respect at that time, and, according to popular opinion, it was their surnames that should have adorned the names of settlements. A wave of change in toponyms swept over the RSFSR, in this regard, it is appropriate to answer the previously asked question (which cities are named after people) with a list:

• Leningrad (formerly St. Petersburg);
• Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk);
• the village of Karl Marx (located in the Tver region);
• Sverdlovsk (previously and currently - Yekaterinburg);
• Kuibyshev (previously and currently - Samara);
• Kaliningrad (formerly Koenigsberg);
• Dzerzhinsk (formerly Rastyapino, Chernoye);
• Frunze (currently - Bishkek);
• Makhachkala (formerly Anzhi-Kala).

Thus, the origin of the names of cities in Russia does not always have an exclusively etymological character. Known and renaming associated with the life and activities of significant persons. For example, the names of V. G. Belinsky and A. S. Pushkin are assigned to cities to which the data are directly related. Khabarovsk is named after the explorer of the seventeenth century, who discovered this city. The name of the Ukrainian city of Pereyaslav was later added to the surname of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, who contributed to the reunification of Ukraine and the Russian Empire.

Names of cities by the name of the founder

As mentioned above, during a trip to the Russian Federation, you can discover incredible, at first glance, geographical names. In addition to funny and vaguely familiar toponyms, formed from borrowed words or from the names of famous historical figures, there are also proper names. It is logical to assume that they were named after their founder. Obviously, the origin of the names of Russian cities can have a very different background.

Yuryev-Polsky

This provincial town in the north of the Vladimir region is a treasure trove of Russia's cultural and historical heritage. It was founded in the middle of the twelfth century by the great Moscow prince - Yuri Dolgoruky. There was a name of the city by the name of the founder. An example of a description of the area surrounding the town is "Russian field-polyushko", because this primordially Russian settlement has a rare compound name. One of the main attractions of Yuryev-Polsky is St. George's Cathedral - a unique architectural monument of Ancient Rus', the date of construction of which dates back to the second quarter of the thirteenth century. No less important is the Archangel Michael Monastery, on the territory of which ancient churches are located.

The churches of Nikita the Martyr and the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos also deserve close attention. The construction of the complex of two buildings dates back to the end of the eighteenth century; this is what distinguishes the churches from other architectural monuments. And if the Church of the Intercession was built in the image of traditional Russian cathedrals, then the Church of Nikita the Martyr is a building designed in the Empire style, with a red brick bell tower that towers over the entire city.

Vladimir

Like the previous one, it is part of the Golden Ring of Russia. It is named after Vladimir Monomakh, whose reign dates back to the eleventh century. Vladimir is located in the region of two hundred kilometers east of Moscow. Many trials fell to his lot, which predetermined the course of the history of the whole country. The fact is that Vladimir was one of the most influential cities in Rus' during the period of feudal fragmentation. In those days, large administrative centers fought with each other for power in the state. In the end, Moscow won. However, this majestic city also fully claimed the title of the capital.

The centuries-old history of Vladimir is reflected in the rich culture of the city. Now thousands of tourists come here to see with their own eyes the Assumption Cathedral, built back in the twelfth century, the Golden Gate, which is rightfully considered a masterpiece of architecture of Ancient Rus', the Patriarchal Gardens, the Water Tower ... The list of Vladimir's sights is not limited to this, the city has something to show the whole world !

Saint Petersburg

The list of city names named after the founder can also include the cultural capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. The first stone on the site of the future city was laid by Peter the Great himself, now the majestic Peter and Paul Fortress rises on that very spot. It is worth noting that the first emperor of the Russian Empire named the city not by his own name, but by the name of his patron, the Apostle Peter. Nevertheless, everyone who meets St. Petersburg understands the connection of the city with the great reformer of the Russian state. And it will take more than one page to list even a small part of the sights of St. Petersburg - it is better to see everything with your own eyes.

Temryuk

This small town is located at the mouth of the Kuban, not far from Krasnodar, on the shores of the Sea of ​​Azov. This settlement was founded by Prince Temryuk, son-in-law of Ivan the Terrible. At the moment, Temryuk is famous for its breathtaking landscapes and mud volcanoes. Many travelers come to this town to find peace of mind: fields, sea, forests - what else does a person need to feel truly free?

Yaroslavl

There are many names of cities named after the founder in Russia. Yaroslavl is not the last in this list. It was founded in the eleventh century by Yaroslav the Wise, who was nicknamed so for his significant contribution to the culture of the country. In terms of reputation, the city is in no way inferior to its founder - countless sights clearly demonstrate how old and majestic Yaroslavl is. Travelers from all over the world come here to see the Church of Peter and Paul, the "House with Lions", Peter and Paul Park, which carefully preserves the legacy of the great Emperor Peter Alekseevich.

But in Yaroslavl, modernity is in no way inferior to historical heritage. So, here you can see the unique Yaroslavl zoo - the only landscape-type zoo in Russia. The Yaroslavl station building is an architectural complex - a monument of modern monumental art. The Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve is rightly called the heart of the city. Located in the very center, it carefully protects the oldest Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery and several churches. Antiquity side by side with modernity - this is what the real Yaroslavl is.

Everywhere you look - everywhere the opening

The diversity of geographical names in Russia is amazing. A person who travels around his native country for the first time always discovers something new for himself. Here are funny toponyms, whose meaning can be understood only by looking into an etymological dictionary or a history guide, and a settlement whose name has changed depending on the course of modern history, and the name of a city named after the founder ... The list is long. It’s better to take the time to see it all with your own eyes.

Personally, I have always dreamed of traveling to different countries and exploring more and more new places. But how to choose where to go, because the world is so huge? Maybe the names of cities will prompt the heart? I decided to make a small review and picked up the most beautiful of them!

The most beautiful city names in the world

• Pattaya - "the wind that comes before the start of the rainy season", southeast of Thailand;
• Antananarivo - "the city of a thousand warriors", the capital of Madagascar;
• Gargaliani is a city in Greece;
• Tegucigalpa - the extraordinary beauty of the "silver hills", the capital of Honduras;
• Clermont-Ferrand - City of extinct volcanoes" in the south of France;
• Koenigsberg - "royal shore" or "shore of kings", the former name of Kaliningrad;
• Wolverhampton is a city in the south of the West Midlands;
• Aguascalientes - the fiery name of the city in Mexico "hot waters";
• Reykjavik - "smoking bay", the capital of Iceland;
• Southampton - the south coast of beautiful Great Britain;
• Knokke-Heist is a city in the far north of Belgium.

The most beautiful names of cities in Russia

• Pereslavl-Zalessky is a very sonorous name;
• Veliky Novgorod - I have never been to this Great City;
• Zvenigorod - it is worth a trip at least in order to understand what exactly is ringing there;
• Peterhof - this place simply cannot be ordinary;
• Bodaibo - it's even hard to believe that this is in Russia;
• Insar - there is something oriental in this;
• Shlisselburg - there is something German in this;
• Kargopol - at least unusual;
• Svetlogorsk is a bright name for the city;
• Kolomna - it's very beautiful there;
• Oranienbaum - although it is not quite a city, it sounds beautiful.

And what beautiful names of cities in Russia and the world do you know?

People's opinions

I recently visited a country where I liked the name of the city Gura-Humorului. In this city, I visited a monastery, which was built in the 15th century, and then a hydropark with pools. I remembered the name for 3 whole days, it’s even hard to pronounce. And not far from this city there is a town where I have friends, which also has the beautiful name of Vatra Dornei.

I really like the names of foreign cities: Valletta is the capital of the Mediterranean state of Malta, the name of the Italian city of Verona, but in this case also because the events of Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" took place in it.

Anthracite, what is it all about ??? But the name of the city is funny.

I dream of visiting the city of Sortavala, I even had the opportunity, but it fell through. Even from the name it seems to me that deer walk there on foot and everything around is just fields of berries!

Marseilles
Los Angeles
Bender Saru Bejevan
Paris
Lankaran
Zimbabwe
Saint Petersburg
Arkhangelsk

I dream of visiting Paris. My God, this is an amazing city!

I know only one city, which in my opinion is the best and most, the most, and it has a very beautiful name, this is of course the city of Odessa, but do you know what the second name of this pearl by the sea is? "Southern Palmyra" doesn't it sound right?.)

Montreal ("Royal Mountain") - the most, in my opinion, the most beautiful name
Ravello
Lucerne
Milan
Genoa
Monte Carlo
Dusseldorf
Belgrade
can be listed and listed

But the funniest names of Fleas - Pskov region. Bezhanitsky district
Blava - Orenburg region. Kuvandyksky district
Bukhalovo - Tver region Bologovsky district
Durakovo - Kaluga region Zhukovsky district
Kozly - Tver region. Udomlya district
Vagina - Tyumen region. Aromashevsky district
Tumors - Pskov region. Nevelsky district
Swimming trunks - Novgorod region. Pestovsky district
Popki - Volgograd region. Kotovsky district
Khrenovoe - Voronezh region. Novousmansky district
Kaka - Rep. Dagestan Akhtynsky district
Pysi - Pskov region. Usvyatsky district
Sovlokh - Khanty-Mansiysk author. env. Berezovsky district
Burdocks - Ryazan region. Ryazan region
Mochily - Moscow region. Serebryanoprudsky district
Scrotum - Kaluga region. Meshchovsky district
Bruises - Smolensk region. Krasninsky district
Siskovsky - Volgograd region. Podtelkovsky district
Soskovo - Moscow region Taldom district
Otkhozhe - Tambov region. Rzhaksinsky district

Murmansk
Vladikavkaz
Vladivostok
Rostov the Great
Velikiy Novgorod
Arkhangelsk
Sochi
Anapa
Yalta
Khabarovsk
Novosibirsk

And from the world
Memphis
Cairo
Alexandria
Sparta
Rome
London
Rio de Janeiro
Havana
Montreal
San Francisco

I like the names of cities in Italy: Palermo, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples, Vicenza… I can name many very beautiful names. From Russian cities - St. Petersburg, Togliatti.

redactorolga, the last name, by the way, is also Italian in fact.
By the way, yes. So the city was named after the Italian communist leader Tolyatti.

Pattaya is a chic city, I will definitely return there more than once.

List of top cities in the world:

Balakovo
Saratov
NY
Boston
Hong Kong
Saint Petersburg
On this, I have all this elite top.

Can you praise your swamp? Ahaha

I think that the coolest name is the city of Saint-Petersburg!

It is somehow difficult for me to list the names of cities only because of the sound, if I have never been to them.
And from those where I have been, Venice, Paris, Odessa, Luxembourg, Brussels, Sevastopol, Riga remained in my memory.
There are many more, but the most beloved city and beautiful for my soul is St. Petersburg. If you are destined to live a second life, then only in it, in this mysterious and beautiful, mystical and poetic city.