List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan
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The following is the list of cities in Kazakhstan that underwent a name change in the past.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Aq-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Perovsk (1858) → Kzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda (1996)
- Aqmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Aqmola (1992) → Astana (1998)
- Aqtau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aqtau (1991)
- Guryev → Atyrau (1991)
- Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (2002)
- Taraz → Aulie-ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936) → Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz (1997)
- Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (1991)
- Verny → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (1992)
