| Current Name | Years | FORMER NAME | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Petersburg | 1924-1991 | Leningrad | 98%
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| Volgograd | 1925-1961 | Stalingrad | 90%
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| Saint Petersburg | 1914-1924 | Petrograd | 66%
|
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1932-1990 | Gorky | 53%
|
| Yekaterinburg | 1924-1991 | Sverdlovsk | 41%
|
| Samara | 1935-1991 | Kuybyshev | 27%
|
| Volgograd | 1589-1925 | Tsaritsyn | 26%
|
| Ulyanovsk | 1648-1924 | Simbirsk | 22%
|
| Naberezhnye Chelny | 1982-1988 | Brezhnev | 18%
|
| Perm | 1940-1957 | Molotov | 15%
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| Krasnodar | 1794-1920 | Yekaterinodar | 15%
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| Tolyatti | 1737-1964 | Stavropol-on-Volga | 12%
|
| Novosibirsk | 1893-1926 | Novonikolayevsk | 10%
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| Makhachkala | 1857-1921 | Petrovsk-Port | 9%
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| Novokuznetsk | 1932-1961 | Stalinsk | 6%
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| Izhevsk | 1984-1987 | Ustinov | 6%
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| Kemerovo | 1918-1932 | Shcheglovsk | 4%
|