List of renamed populated places in Moldova

The following is the list of cities and villages in Moldova that underwent a name change in the past.

Cities[edit]

Cupcini → (1961) Kalininsk → (1990) Cupcini
Ghindești → (1956) Leninskii → (1992) Ghindești
Hîncești → (1940) Kotovskoe → (1941) Hîncești → (1944) Kotovskoe → (1965) Kotovsk → (1990) Hîncești
Ialoveni → (25.03.1977)^[1] Kutuzov → (31.03.1989) Ialoveni
Sîngerei → (07.04.1965)^[1] Lazovsk → (1991) Sîngerei
Șoldănești → (05.05.1985)^[1] Chernenko → (1988) Șoldănești
Căinari → (13.08.1985)^[1] Dumbraveny/Dumbrăveni → (1991) Căinari
Chizil → (28.12.1949) Biruința (Suvorov/Volintiri)^[1]^[2] → (23.12.1964)^[1] Suvorovo → (24.05.1990) Ștefan Vodă^[3]
Pașcani pe Bîc → Novaia Nikolaevka → (1926) Anenii Noi
Romanovca → (11.09.1957)^[2] Bessarabka → Basarabeasca 1990
Șcheia → Frumoasa → Cahul
Starovka → Mărculești
Șop Taraclia → Taraclia
Tighina → Bender
Vadul lui Ștefan Vodă → Vadul lui Vodă

Villages[edit]

Akendorf → (28.11.1949) Doina^[1]
Alexandru Ioan Cuza → (1940?) Hadji-Abdul → (21.12.1960)^[2] Suvorovo (Vulcănești district) → (1990) Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Cahul district)
Badicu Rus → (25.03.1977) Rumianțevo (Cahul district)^[1] → (?)
Bezeni → (27.08.1966) Donici (Orhei district)^[1]
Balan → (21.11.1973) Malinovscoe (Rîșcani district)^[1] → (?)
Belești → (23.01.1965) Drăgușeni (Hîncești district)^[1]
Beșeni → (23.01.1965) Codru (Telenești/Lazo district)^[1]
Bișcotari → (02.02.1978) Codreni (Cimișlia district)^[1]
Borceag → (03.07.1950) Biruința (Taraclia/Congaz district)^[1]
Broasca → (23.01.1965) Floreni (Anenii Noi district)^[1]
Buga → (27.04.1977) Dolinnoe (Criuleni district)^[1]
Bîzdîga → (27.04.1977) Luminița^[1] → (?)
Caitanovca → (28.10.1949) Pervomaiscoe (Drochia district)^[1]
Cardaș → (03.07.1950) Frumușica (Comrat/Congaz district)^[1]
Carol al II-lea → (11.03.1955) Stepnoe (Glodeni district)^[1]
Cenușa → (23.01.1965) Frunzeni (Florești district)^[2] → Cenușa (?)
Cicur → (03.07.1950) Roșița (Taraclia district)^[2]^[4] → (?)
Chetrosu Neamț → (03.07.1950) Williams / Вильямс (Anenii Noi district)^[1] (later merged with nearby Chetrosu [Bîc])
Chetrosu Bîc → (13.09.1962) Chetrosu (Anenii Noi district)^[1]
Chișcăreni → (08.07.1955)^[2] Lazo → (1990/92) Chișcăreni (Sîngerei district)
Chircanii Noi → (08.06.1958) Lebedenco (Cahul district)^[2]^[4]
Chircăiești → (20.08.1976) Chircăieștii Noi^[1]
Cîmpeni → (?) Alexanderfeld^[5]
Cobîlca → (22.08.1968) Codreanca (Strășeni district)^[2]
Curleni → (03.02.1986) Podgoreni (Rezina district)^[1]
Curluceni → (03.02.1986) Făgureni (Strășeni district)^[1]
Cîrlăneni → (03.07.1950) Kotovskii (Taraclia district)^[2]^[4]
Cîrlani → (23.01.1965) Stejăreni (Călărași / Strășeni district)^[1]
Colonia-Rîșcani → Malinovskoe (Rîșcani district)^[6]
Cocuirgoi → (03.07.1950) Spicoasa (Taraclia district)^[2]^[4]
Coiuceni → (23.01.1965) Pruteni (Fălești district)^[2]
Cuza Vodă → (1948)^[2] Voroșilovca (Bălți district)^[4] → (23.01.1961) Lazo (Drochia district)^[1]
Cuza Vodă → (29.09.1949) Dimitrovca (Cimișlia district)^[2]^[4]
Decebal → (07.02.1946) Tătărăuca Mică / Malaia Tatarovka (Dondușeni/Zgurița district)^[1]
Dolna → (20.05.1949) Pușkino^[1] → Dolna
Dragoș Vodă → (03.09.1951) Iliciovca (Drochia district)^[1]
Dunduc → (09.11.1961) Mirnoe (Anenii Noi district)^[1]
Dușman → (1948)^[4] Voroșilovca → (23.01.1961) Octeabriscoe (Glodeni district)^[1]
Kotovsk → Regina Maria (Soroca district) ?
Regina Maria (Hîncești district) → (29.09.1949) Semionovca (Leova/Cărpineni district)^[2]^[4]
Kirlannar → (1950) Cotovscoe (Găgăuzia)^[7]
Denevița Nouă / Novaia Denevița → (03.07.1950)^[1] Svetlîi (Găgăuzia)^[8]
Emental → (29.09.1949) Pervomaisk (Căușeni district)^[2]^[4]
Flămînda → Calea Nouă (Baimaclia district)^[6]
Fundoaia → (03.02.1986) Maiscoe (Florești district)^[1]
Fundu Culi → (23.01.1965) Izvoreni (Ungheni district)^[2]
Ghizdita → (23.01.1965) Fîntînița^[1]
Ghică Vodă → (28.10.1949) Miciurin^[1]
Iacobstal → (26.09.1947) Alava (Căușeni district)^[2]^[4]
Iacobstal → (28.11.1949) Lazo (Căușeni district)^[2]^[4]
Ion Brătianu → (28.11.1946) Kotovskoe (Soroca/Bălți district)^[1]
Îndărătnici → (05.05.1985) Nucăreni (Telenești district)^[1]
Manukbeevka / Манукбеевка → (23.01.1965) Frumușica (Leova)^[2]
Marienfeld → (23.01.1965) Pervomaisk (Cimișlia)^[2]
Mitropolit → (18.12.1946) Porumbrei^[2]^[4]
Mihai-Bravo → (28.11.1946) Mihailovca (Florești)^[1]
Mihailovca → (20.06.1984) Mihailovca Nouă (Rîbnița)^[1]
Mihia Vodă → (29.09.1949) Ceapaevca (Tîrnova)^[2]^[6]
Molovata → (25.01.1978) Molovata Nouă (Dubăsari)^[1]
Mîndîc → (23.01.1965) Livădeni (Drochia)^[2]
Nădușita → (10.05.1963) Gribova (Drochia)^[2]
Neifeld → (30.03.1950) Tkacenko (Dubăsari)^[2]^[4]
Nikolaevka → (11.06.1964) Iliciovca (Florești)^[2]
Nikolaevka → (23.01.1965) Vîlcele (Leova)^[2]
Niorcani → (03.02.1986) Poienița (Dondușeni)^[1]
Novoselovka → (17.03.1983) Kotovskoe (Orhei)^[1]
Țiganca Nouă → (11.06.1964) Stoianovca Nouă (Cahul)^[2]
Opinca → (07.05.1945) Suvorovka (Fălești^[2]/Lazo district^[4])
Pervomaisk → (23.01.1965) Berezovka (Dondușeni)^[2]
Piatra → (29.07.1949) Lazo (Orhei district)^[2]^[4]
Rediul 1 → (03.02.1986) Rediul de Sus (Fălești District)^[1]
Rediul 2 → (03.02.1986) Rediul de Jos (Fălești District)^[1]
Roșcani → (20.06.1984) Roșcanii de Sus (Rezina district)^[1]
Sinodinovca → (28.09.1950) Pervomaisc(oe) (Lazo district)^[2]^[4]
Slănina → (23.01.1965) Lozeni (Drochia district)^[2]
Spărieți → (26.03.1982) Șipoteni (Kotovsk district)^[1]
Sîngereii Vechi → (07.04.1965) Lazovsk (Lazo district)^[2]
Sturzeni → (23.01.1965) Ucrainca (Căușeni district)^[2]
Suric → (02.02.1978) Mugureni (Cimișlia district)^[1]
Sfînta Vineri → (28.11.1949) Frunze (Strășeni district)^[2]^[4]
Telpiz → (03.07.1950) Dimitrovo (Taraclia^[4]/Comrat district^[2])
Troian → (07.02.1946) Slobozia Nouă (Otaci district)^[2]^[4]
Trubaevka → (26.03.1982) Iujnoe (Vulcănești district)^[1] → (?)
Țaregrad → (30.10.1945) Glavan (Drochia district)^[2]^[4]
Valea Jdanului → (23.01.1965) Victoria (Leova district)^[1]
Valea Popii → (23.01.1965) Noroceni^[1]
Varvarî → (03.02.1986) Prioziornoe (Slobozia district)^[1] → (?)
Vertiujeni → (11.06.1964) Pridnestrovskoe (Camenca district)^[1] → (?)
Voinescu → (10.09.1946) Pobeda (Kotovsk district)^[1] → (?)
Vălcineț → (23.01.1965) Maiovca (Ocnița district)^[1]
Voroșilovka → (10.04.1958) Octeabriscoe (Camenca district)^[1] → (?)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd Молдавская ССР: Административно-территориальное деление / РСС Молдовеняскэ: Орындуире административ-териториалэ [ла дата де 1 априлие 1988]. Кишинёв: Картя Молдовеняскэ. 1988. p. 140-144. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am Молдавская ССР: Административно-территориальное деление [На 1 октября 1974 года] / РСС Молдовеняскэ: Ымпэрцире административ-териториалэ [пе дата де 1 октомбрие 1974]. Кишинёв: Картя Молдовеняскэ. 1974. p. 270-271. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10.
^ "Istoria orasului Ştefan Vodă" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-03-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Молдавская ССР: Административно-территориальное деление [На 1 марта 1961 года] (Издание третье). Кишинёв: Картя Молдовеняскэ. 1961. p. 125. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10.
^ "Классификатор административно-территориальных единиц Республики Молдова". 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c Молдавская ССР: Административно-территориальное деление [На 1 января 1955 года] (Издание первое). Кишинёв: Картя Молдовеняскэ. 1955. p. 141. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10.
^ Историческая справка с. Котовское
^ Историческая справка к. Светлый

List of renamed populated places in Moldova

Cities[edit]

Villages[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]