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{{Unreferenced|date=September 2024}}
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
Below is a list of [[Russian language]] [[exonyms]] for places, mainly in [[Europe]]. Note that this list only includes names that are significantly different from the local [[toponym]], some exonyms are marked as historical, modern exonyms may match the toponyms.
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== Austria ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Austria}} Avstriya (Австрия)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Carinthia
|Karintiya (Каринтия)
|Kärnten
|German
|
|-
|Styria
|Shtiriya (Штирия)
|Steiermark
|German
|
|-
|Vienna
|Vena (Вена)
|Wien
|German
|
|}
== Azerbaijan ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Azerbaijan}} Azerbaidjan (Азербайджан)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Adsiz Ada
|Bezımyannıy (Безымянный)
|Adsız ada
|Azerbaijani
|
|-
|Baku
|Baku (Баку)
|Bakı
|Azerbaijani
|
|-
|Boyuk Zira
|Narqin (Наргин)
|Böyük Zirə
|Azerbaijani
|
|-
|Vulf
|Volf (Вольф)
|Daş Zirə
|Azerbaijani
|
|-
| Pirallahi İsland
| Artyom, Svyatoy ostrov (Артём, Святой остров)
| Pirallahı adası
| Azerbaijani
|
|-
|Stepanakert
|Stepanakert (Степанакерт)
|Xankəndi
|Azerbaijani
|-
|Liman
|Port-Elich (Порт-Илич)
|
|
|
|-
|Ganja
|Yelizavetpol, Kirovabad (Елизаветпол, Кировабад)
|Gəncə
|Azerbaijani
|-
|Nakhchevan
|Nakhichevan (Нахичевань)
|Naxçıvan
|Azerbaijani
|
|}

== Belgium ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Belgium}} Bel'giya (Бельгия)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Flanders
|Flandriya (Фландрия)
|Vlaanderen
|Dutch
|
|}

== China ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|China}} Kitay (Китай)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Beijing
|Pekin, ''Beytszin'' (Пекин, ''Бэйцзин)''
|北京 (Běijīng)
|Mandarin
|
|-
|Macao
|Makao, Aomyn' (Макао, Аомынь)
|澳门/澳門 (Àomén)
|Mandarin
|
|-
|Nanjing
|Nankin, Nantszin (Нанкин, Наньцзин)
|南京 (Nánjīng)
|Mandarin
|
|}

== Cuba ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Cuba}} Kuba (Куба)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Havana
|Gavana (Гавана)
|La Habana
|Spanish
|
|}

== Cyprus ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Cyprus}} Kipr (Кипр)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
| rowspan="2" |Famagusta
| rowspan="2" |Famagusta (Фамагуста)
|Αμμόχωστος (Ammóchostos)
|Greek
|
|-
|Gazimağusa
|Turkish
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |Nicosia
| rowspan="2" |Nikosiya (Никосия)
|Lefkoşa
|Turkish
|
|-
|Λευκωσία (Levkosía)
|Greek
|
|}

== Czech Republic ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Czech Republic}} Chekhiya (Чехия)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bohemia
|Bogemiya (Богемия)
|''Čechy''
|Czech
|
|-
|Moravia
|Moraviya (Моравия)
|''Morava''
|Czech
|
|-
|Prague
|Praga (Прага)
|Praha
|Czech
|
|-
|Silesia
|Sileziya (Силезия)
|Ślōnsk
|Silesian
|
|}

== Denmark ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Denmark}} Дания/Daniya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Copenhagen
|Kopengagen (Копенгаген)
|København
|Danish
|
|-
|Jutland
|Yutlandiya (Ютландия)
|Jylland
|Danish
|
|}

== Egypt ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Egypt}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Alexandria
|Aleksandriya (Александрия)
|(Al-Iskandariyya) {{lang|ar|الإسكندرية}}
|Arabic
|
|-
|Cairo
|Kair (Каир)
|(Al-Qāhirah) {{lang|ar|القاهرة}}
|Arabic
|
|-
|Luxor
|Luksor (Луксор)
|(Al-Uqṣur) {{lang|ar|الأقصر}}
|Arabic
|
|-
|Suez
|Suets (Суэц)
|(As-Suways) {{lang|ar|السويس}}
|Arabic
|
|}

== Estonia ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Estonia}} Эстония/Eestohnya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Narva
|''Rugodiv (Ругодив)''
|
|
|
|-
|Tallinn
|''Kolyvan' (Колывань)''
|
|
|
|}

== Finland ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Finland}} Финляндия
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Turku
|''Kaby (Кабы), Torg (Торг)''
|
|
|
|}

== France ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|France}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Cannes
|Kanny (Канны)
|''Canas''
|Occitan
|
|-
|Nice
|Nitstsa (Ницца)
|''Niça''
|Occitan
|
|-
|Paris
|Parizh (Париж)
|
|
|
|}

== Germany ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Germany}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bavaria
|Bavariya (Бавария)
|Bayern
|German
|
|-
|Pomerania
|Pomeraniya (Померания)
|Pommern
|German
|
|-
|Prussia
|Prussiya (Пруссия)
|Preußen
|German
|
|-
|Saarland
|Saar (Саар)
|
|
|
|-
|Saxony
|Saksoniya (Саксония)
|Sachsen
|German
|
|-
|Silesia
|Sileziya (Силезия)
|Ślōnsk
|Silesian
|
|-
|Swabia
|Shvabiya (Швабия)
|Schwaben
|German
|
|-
|Westphalia
|Vestfaliya (Вестфалия)
|Westfalen
|German
|
|}

== Greece ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Greece}} Греция/Gretsiya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Athens
|Afiny (Афины)
|Athína (Αθήνα)
|Greek
|
|-
|Corfu
|Korfu (Корфу)
|Kérkyra (Κέρκυρα)
|Greek
|
|-
|Corinth
|Korinf (Коринф)
|Kórinthos (Κόρινθος)
|Greek
|
|-
|Ioannina
|Yanina (Янина)
|Ioánnina (Ιωάννινα)
|Greek
|
|-
|Piraeus
|Pirey (Пирей)
|Peiraiás (Πειραιάς)
|Greek
|
|-
|Thebes
|Fivy (Фивы)
|Thíva (Θήβα)
|Greek
|
|-
|Thessalia
|Fessaliya (Фессалия)
|Thessalía (Θεσσαλία)
|Greek
|
|-
|Thessaloniki
|Saloniki (Салоники)
|Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη)
|Greek
|
|-
|Thrace
|Frakiya (Фракия)
|Thráki (Θράκη)
|Greek
|
|}

== Iran ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Iran}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Tehran
|Tegeran (Тегеран)
|تهران (''Tehrān)''
|Persian
|
|}

== Israel ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Israel}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
| rowspan="2" |Jerusalem
| rowspan="2" |Iyerusalim (Иерусалим)
|יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushaláyim)
|Hebrew
|
|-
|القُدس (Al-Quds)
|Arabic
|
|-
|Nazareth
|Nazaret (Назарет)
|נָצְרַת (Natsrat)
|Hebrew
|
|}

== Italy ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Italy}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Florence
|Флоренция/Florentsiya
|''Firenze''
|Italian
|
|-
|Genoa
|Генуя/Genuya
|''Zêna''
|Ligurian
|
|-
|Naples
|Неаполь/Neapol'
|Napule
|Neapolitan
|
|-
|Padua
|Падуя/Paduya
|''Pàdova''
|Venetian
|
|-
|Rome
|Рим/Rim
|Roma
|Italian
|
|}

== Latvia ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Latvia}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Koknese
|''Kukeynos (Кукейнос)''
|
|
|
|-
|Rezekne
|''Rezhitsa (Режица)''
|
|
|
|-
|Daugavpils
|''Dvinsk (Двинск)''
|
|
|
|-
|Liepaja
|''Libava (Либава)''
|
|
|
|-
|Ventspils
|''Vindava (Виндава)''
|
|
|
|-
|Valmiera
|''Volodimerets (Володимерец)''
|
|
|
|-
|Kraslava
|''Kreslavl (Креславль)''
|
|
|
|-
|Aizkraukle
|''Ayskoroda (Айскорода)''
|
|
|
|-
|Aluksne
|''Olyst (Олыст)''
|
|
|
|}

== Lithuania ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Lithuania}} Литва/Litva
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Kaunas
|''Kovno (Ковно)''
|
|
|Obsolete
|-
|Vilnius
|''Vilna, Vilno (Вильна,'' ''Вильно)''
|
|
|Obsolete
|}

== Libya ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Libya}} Ливия/Liviya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Tripoli
|Tripoli (Триполи)
|Ṭarābulus ({{lang|ar|طرابلس}})
|Arabic
|
|}

== Mali ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Mali}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Timbuktu
|Timbuktu (Тимбукту)
|Tumbutu
|Western Songhay
|
|}

== Moldova ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Moldova}} Молдавия/Moldaviya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bălţi
|Bel'tsy (Бельцы)
|
|
|
|-
|Besarabeasca
|Bessarabka (Бессарабка)
|
|
|
|-
|Chişinău
|Kishinyov (Кишинёв)
|
|
|
|-
|Edineţ
|Edintsy (Единцы)
|
|
|
|-
|Orhei
|Orgeyev (Оргеев)
|
|
|
|-
|Otaci
|Ataki (Атаки)
|
|
|
|-
|Soroca
|Soroki (Сороки)
|
|
|
|-
|Tighina
|Bendery (Бендеры)
|
|
|
|}

== Mongolia ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Mongolia}} Монголия/Mongoliya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Sükhbaatar
|Sukhe-Bator (Сухэ-Батор)
|
|
|
|-
|Ulanbaatar
|Ulan-Bator (Улан-Батор)
|
|
|
|}

== Morocco ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Morocco}} Марокко/Marokko
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Casablanca
|Kasablanka (Касабланка)
|Ad-Dar Al-Bayḍā' ({{lang|ar|الدار البيضاء}})
|Arabic
|
|-
|Tangier
|Tanzher (Танжер)
|Ṭanja ({{lang|ar|طنجة}})
|Arabic
|
|}

== Netherlands ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|The Hague
|Gaaga (Гаага)
|Den Haag
|Dutch
|
|}

== North Korea ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|North Korea}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Pyongyang
|Pkhen'yan (Пхеньян)
|
|
|
|}

== Palestine ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Palestine}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bethlehem
|Vifleyem (Вифлеем)
|بيت لحم (Beit Lahm)
|Arabic
|
|-
|Jericho
|Iyerikhon (Иерихон)
|أريحا (''Arīḥā'')
|Arabic
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |Jerusalem
| rowspan="2" |Iyerusalim (Иерусалим)
|القُدس (Al-Quds)
|Arabic
|
|-
|יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushaláyim)
|Hebrew
|
|}

== Poland ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Poland}} Польша/Pol'sha
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Augustów
|Avgustov (Августов)
|
|
|
|-
|Białystok
|Belostok (Белосток)
|
|
|
|-
|Galicia
|Galitsiya (Галиция)
|
|
|
|-
|Kashubia
|Kashubiya (Кашубия)
|''Kaszëbë''
|Kashubian
|
|-
|Łódz
|Lodz' (Лодзь)
|
|
|
|-
|Mazovia
|Mazoviya (Мазовия)
|''Mazowsze''
|Polish
|
|-
|Pomerania
|Pomerania (Померания)
|''Pomorze''
|Polish
|
|-
|Silesia
|Sileziya (Силезия)
|Ślōnsk
|Silesian
|
|}

== Portugal ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Portugal}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Lisbon
|Lissabon (Лиссабон)
|Lisboa
|Portuguese
|
|}

== Romania ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Romania}} Румыния/Rumyniya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bucharest
|Bukharest (Бухарест)
|Bucureşti
|Romanian
|
|-
|Iaşi
|Yassy (Яссы)
|Iaşi
|Romanian
|
|}

== Serbia ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Serbia}} Сербия/Serbiya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Belgrade
|Belgrad (Белград)
|Beograd
|Serbian
|
|}

== South Korea ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|South Korea}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Incheon
|Inchkhon (Инчхон)
|
|
|
|}

== Sweden ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Sweden}} Швеция/Shvetsiya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Stockholm
|Stokgol'm, ''Stekol'nya'' (Cтокгольм, ''Стекольня'')
|
|
|
|}

== Switzerland ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Switzerland}} Швейцария/Shveytsariya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Geneva
|Zheneva (Женева)
|Genève
|French
|
|-
|Lausanne
|Lozanna (Лозанна)
|Lausanne
|French
|
|}

== Syria ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Syria}} Сирия/Siriya
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Damascus
|Damask (Дамаск)
|{{lang|ar|دمشق}} (Dimašq)
|Arabic
|
|}

== Thailand ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Thailand}} Таиланд/Tailand
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Bangkok
|Bangkok (Бангкок)
|Krung Thep (กรุงเทพฯ)
|Thai
|
|}

== Turkey ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Turkey}} Turtsiya (Турция)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Istanbul
|Stambul, ''Tsar'grad'' (Стамбул, ''Царьград)''
|İstanbul
|Turkish
|
|}

== Turkmenistan ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Ashgabat
|Ashkhabad (Ашхабад)
|Aşgabat
|Turkmen
|
|-
|Garabogaz
|Karabogaz (Карабогаз)
|
|
|
|-
|Serhetabat
|Kushka (Кушка)
|
|
|
|}

== Ukraine ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|Kyiv
|Kiev (Киев)
|Київ (Kyiv)
|Ukrainian
|
|-
|Mykolaiv
|Nikolayev (Николаев)
|Миколаїв (Mykolaiv)
|Ukrainian
|
|}

== United Kingdom ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|England
|Angliya (Англия)
|
|
|
|-
|Scotland
|Shotlandiya (Шотландия)
|
|
|
|}

== United States ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|United States}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Russian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language

|-
|New Orleans
|Novyy Orlean (Новый Орлеан)
|
|
|
|-
|Texas
|Tekhas (Техас)
|
|
|
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of European exonyms]]
*[[Names of Belarusian places in other languages]]
*[[Names of Lithuanian places in other languages]]

{{exonyms per language}}

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[[Category:Russian language|Exonym]]
[[Category:Transliteration]]
[[Category:Lists of exonyms]]
[[Category:Russian culture-related lists|Exonym]]