Slovak Exonyms - Russia

Russia

  • Chelyabinsk Čeľabinsk
  • Chita Čita
  • Kaliningrad Kaliningrad, Kráľovec (hist. to 1945)
  • Kazan Kazaň
  • Novokuznetsk Novokuzneck
  • Sankt-Peterburg Petrohrad, Sankt Peterburg
  • Yekaterinburg Jekaterinburg

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