1. This city in Russia was called Sverdlovsk 1924-91. Nizhniy Novgorod Semey Samara Yekaterinburg

2. This city in Russia was called Gorkiy 1932-90. Tselinograd Yekaterinburg Nizhniy Novgorod Samara

3. This city in Russia was called Kuybyshev 1935-91. Samara Khudzand Bishkek Vyatka

4. This city in Russia was called Kirov under Soviet rule. Taraz Ganca Vyatka Vanadzor

5. This city in Kazakhstan was called Alma-Ata under Soviet rule. Almora Almalyk Almetyevsk Almaty

6. This city in Kazakhstan was called Akmolinsk before 1961 and Tselinograd 1961-90. Semey Astana Aqtau Qaraghandy

7. This city in Kazakhstan was called Ust-Kamenogorsk under Soviet rule. Aqtöbe Aqtau Öskemen Semey

8. This city in Kazakhstan was called Shevshenko under Soviet rule. Astana Aqtöbe Aqtau Atyrau

9. This city in Kazakhstan was called Gurev under Soviet rule. Atyrau Aqtöbe Aqtau Astana

10. This city in Ukraine was called Kiev under Soviet rule. Kyiv Kryvyy Rih Chernivtsi Chernihiv

11. This city in Ukraine was called Voroshilovgrad 1970-89.. Luhansk Zaporizhzhya Mykolayiv Kharkiv

12. This city in Belarus was called Gomel under Soviet rule. Hrodna Homyel Mahilyow Vitsyebsk

13. This city in Belarus was called Grodno under Soviet rule. Homyel Babryusk Brest Hrodna

14. This city in Turkmenistan was called Krasnovodsk under Soviet rule. Ashqabat Astana Türkmenbashi Bishkek

15. This city in Kyrgyzstan was called Frunze 1926-91. Ashqabat Almaty Bishkek Astana

16. This city in Moldova was called Kishinev under Soviet rule. Chistopol Kislovodsk Chistyakovo Chisinau

17. This city in Tajikistan was called Leninabad 1936-90. Gyumri Khudzhand Ganca Xankändi

18. This city in Armenia was called Leninakan 1924-90. Khudzhand Gyumri Ganca Vanadzor

19. This city in Azerbaijan was called Kirovabad 1935-90. Gyumri Ganca Khudzhand Xankändi

20. This city in Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) was called Stepanakert under Soviet rule. Xankändi Khudzand Gyumri Ganca