Russia and The Former Soviet Union (Europe)
- 232 Russia (Russia)
- 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
- 951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Ukraine)
- 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
- 1146 Biarmia (Bjarmaland, historical region in northern Russia)
- 1147 Stavropolis (Stavropol, Russia)
- 1149 Volga (Volga River)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
- 1480 Aunus (Olonets, Russia)
- 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
- 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg)
- 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
- 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine)
- 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
- 2171 Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
- 2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd)
- 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
- 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
- 2577 Litva (Lithuania)
- 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
- 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
- 2922 Dikan'ka (Dykanka, Ukraine)
- 2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine)
- 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
- 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- 3799 Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia)
- 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
- 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
- 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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