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10 clones of cities of the former USSR (23 photos)
Probably many have heard that the cities of the former USSR have many namesakes in the west. So what do these mystical cities look like? We will find out from this post... 1. Moscow
In the world there are at least 25 settlements with the name "Moscow". In Russia – as many as four Moscow, one in Scotland, Belgium, Canada and India; as many as 19 eponymous towns are located in different states of the United States – from Ohio to Vermont.
This is Moscow, Kansas, USA.
This is the center of this town, which is home to just over 300 people.
Moscow in Idaho, USA
Moscow in Texas, USA
Moscow in Vermont, USA
Moscow, Belgium This is a suburban area of the city of Ghent in Belgium. The district was named in honor of the unit of the Russian Imperial Army, which was located here in the camp in 1814-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars under the Sixth Coalition and the “hundred days”. Napoleon. The population is 4,700.
2. Odessa Ukrainian Odessa has 12 namesakes, 10 of them are in the United States and one each in Canada (Ontario) and Brazil (Nova Odessa, São Paulo).
Odessa in Texas, USA
Sometimes the same names of cities lead to misunderstandings, and sometimes to completely absurd situations. Two Australian scientists confused the Ukrainian Odessa with the American, which pretty much mocked the staff of Odessa Mechnikov University.
Scientists flew to an international conference, which was to be held on Western University Boulevard. Not only did overseas scientists not find such a street, it turned out that they generally confused Ukrainian Odessa with the city of the same name in the state of Texas.
Odessa colleagues explained to the Australians that they were wrong not only by the address and the country, but even by the continent. In all likelihood, the Australian clerk who ordered the tickets made the mistake.
The town is famous for the fact that the 41st US President George W. Bush lived here in 1948-49. George H.W. Bush is Odessa!
Odessa in the Canadian province of Ontario This town until 1856 was called Mill Creek and was originally a transit point and the main place where fairs were held. Then they turned into real carnivals, where trade, games and entertainment flourished. But by the beginning of the twentieth century, the population of the town, which has its own cloth factory, manufactory, Roman Catholic Church, foundry, as well as taverns and shops, began to gradually decrease, and now there are about 80 thousand people.
3. St. Petersburg There is only one full namesake in our northern capital - St. Petersburg in the state of Florida (USA). There are 12 other cities on Earth called simply St. Petersburg. 10 of them are also in different states of the United States, one in Canada, and another in South Africa. In addition to them, there are cities on the globe whose names are similar to the name of our northern capital. These are East Petersburg in Pennsylvania, Peterborg in Denmark and St. Peter in Germany.
St. Petersburg in Florida, USA The city was founded by John S. Williams of Detroit, who bought land here in 1876, and Peter Dementyev, who built a railway station in 1888. St. Petersburg was registered on February 29, 1892, at that time it had a population of about 300 people. The city was named after St. Petersburg, the capital of Dementiev’s homeland of the Russian Empire.
There is a local legend that John Williams and Peter Dementiev tossed a coin to decide which of them would be honored to name the city. Peter Demens won and named the city after St. Petersburg, while John Williams named the first hotel after his birthplace, Detroit. The Detroit Hotel still exists in the downtown area.
4. Brest
The city, with its native name Brest, or "French Brest", as it is sometimes called by those for whom "Brest Belorussian" is more accustomed to hearing, is located six hundred kilometers from Paris, in the extreme west of the Brittany Peninsula and the region of the same name in France, and belongs to the department of Fenister.
And vice versa. In the Chelyabinsk region there is a village called Paris, here live the Nagaybaki – a small people, who were until 1917 in the Cossack estate. Nearby are other villages with the same speaking names - Kassel, Leipzig, Arsi, Berlin and Fershampenoise. They are named after the battles in which the Nagaibatsk Cossacks distinguished themselves. It was they who in 1814 stormed the fortifications of Montmartre, completing the Napoleonic Wars - in honor of this feat, the village in the Ural steppe is named after the French capital. And now in the village of Paris even has its own Eiffel Tower!
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In the world there are at least 25 settlements with the name "Moscow". In Russia – as many as four Moscow, one in Scotland, Belgium, Canada and India; as many as 19 eponymous towns are located in different states of the United States – from Ohio to Vermont.
This is Moscow, Kansas, USA.
This is the center of this town, which is home to just over 300 people.
Moscow in Idaho, USA
Moscow in Texas, USA
Moscow in Vermont, USA
Moscow, Belgium This is a suburban area of the city of Ghent in Belgium. The district was named in honor of the unit of the Russian Imperial Army, which was located here in the camp in 1814-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars under the Sixth Coalition and the “hundred days”. Napoleon. The population is 4,700.
2. Odessa Ukrainian Odessa has 12 namesakes, 10 of them are in the United States and one each in Canada (Ontario) and Brazil (Nova Odessa, São Paulo).
Odessa in Texas, USA
Sometimes the same names of cities lead to misunderstandings, and sometimes to completely absurd situations. Two Australian scientists confused the Ukrainian Odessa with the American, which pretty much mocked the staff of Odessa Mechnikov University.
Scientists flew to an international conference, which was to be held on Western University Boulevard. Not only did overseas scientists not find such a street, it turned out that they generally confused Ukrainian Odessa with the city of the same name in the state of Texas.
Odessa colleagues explained to the Australians that they were wrong not only by the address and the country, but even by the continent. In all likelihood, the Australian clerk who ordered the tickets made the mistake.
The town is famous for the fact that the 41st US President George W. Bush lived here in 1948-49. George H.W. Bush is Odessa!
Odessa in the Canadian province of Ontario This town until 1856 was called Mill Creek and was originally a transit point and the main place where fairs were held. Then they turned into real carnivals, where trade, games and entertainment flourished. But by the beginning of the twentieth century, the population of the town, which has its own cloth factory, manufactory, Roman Catholic Church, foundry, as well as taverns and shops, began to gradually decrease, and now there are about 80 thousand people.
3. St. Petersburg There is only one full namesake in our northern capital - St. Petersburg in the state of Florida (USA). There are 12 other cities on Earth called simply St. Petersburg. 10 of them are also in different states of the United States, one in Canada, and another in South Africa. In addition to them, there are cities on the globe whose names are similar to the name of our northern capital. These are East Petersburg in Pennsylvania, Peterborg in Denmark and St. Peter in Germany.
St. Petersburg in Florida, USA The city was founded by John S. Williams of Detroit, who bought land here in 1876, and Peter Dementyev, who built a railway station in 1888. St. Petersburg was registered on February 29, 1892, at that time it had a population of about 300 people. The city was named after St. Petersburg, the capital of Dementiev’s homeland of the Russian Empire.
There is a local legend that John Williams and Peter Dementiev tossed a coin to decide which of them would be honored to name the city. Peter Demens won and named the city after St. Petersburg, while John Williams named the first hotel after his birthplace, Detroit. The Detroit Hotel still exists in the downtown area.
4. Brest
The city, with its native name Brest, or "French Brest", as it is sometimes called by those for whom "Brest Belorussian" is more accustomed to hearing, is located six hundred kilometers from Paris, in the extreme west of the Brittany Peninsula and the region of the same name in France, and belongs to the department of Fenister.
And vice versa. In the Chelyabinsk region there is a village called Paris, here live the Nagaybaki – a small people, who were until 1917 in the Cossack estate. Nearby are other villages with the same speaking names - Kassel, Leipzig, Arsi, Berlin and Fershampenoise. They are named after the battles in which the Nagaibatsk Cossacks distinguished themselves. It was they who in 1814 stormed the fortifications of Montmartre, completing the Napoleonic Wars - in honor of this feat, the village in the Ural steppe is named after the French capital. And now in the village of Paris even has its own Eiffel Tower!
published
P.S. And remember, just changing our consumption – together we change the world!
Join us on Facebook and VKontakte, and we are also in Odnoklasniki
Source: fishki.net/1666445-10-klonov-gorodov-byvshego-sssr.html/gallery-2433616
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