A city with a strange name and its background. Travels. Aguascalientes - Hot Water

Tupitsa, Suchkino, Bukhalovo, Lokhovo, Khrenovo ... Among the 170 thousand settlements of the country, we chose those that we cannot pass without emotions

Of course, the Russian people have no problems with imagination. But apparently, they didn’t bother with the names of most settlements. As a result, what we have: approximately 44% of the names are duplicate. A third of them are named by name (Ivanovka, Mikhailovo, Aleksandrovka ...), and a quarter by nature (Sosnovka, Berezovka, Kalinovka ...). It is understandable: earlier, without brainstorming and creative agencies, they somehow managed. But there are among the 165 thousand rural settlements, 1300 urban-type settlements and 1100 cities of Russia the real "pearls" of extraordinary popular thought! There are about a thousand flashing names in memory. Together with the regional editions of KP, we selected from them two hundred of the most-most, in our opinion, strange and funny.

Let's start from the Perm region. There is a village Tupitsa. We don’t know why she’s so ...

Or here is the village of Suchkino. I wonder how the local residents relate to this name.

A photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV

And the village of Putin. Also available.

And here is the hamsters village. “It seems that someone is eating too much !?” - recalled from a fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh.

In the Kemerovo region is the village of Antibes. And with it Drachenino and Upovka.

The Tyumen region is also famous for a considerable list of funny names. There is Kokuy, Partizan, expanse, Vagina, Half, Plump, Shortness of breath, Goldobino, Sour, Beautiful, Nevolino, Elbows, Bad, Kinder, Vata, Politotdelsky, Shot.

In the Chelyabinsk region, as in Bashkiria, also has its own Paris. And Fershanpenoise is available. And even the village of Leipzig with Berlin.

There are such unusual villages in Udmurtia: Muki-Kaksi, Baldeyka, Podmoy, Kosolapovo, Karavay, Foals, Babino, Luke, Chur, Uzi. And villages: Skates, Zabegalovo, Birch, Red Handicraft, Bannoye, Roosters, Boar, Kozlovo, Sheep, Little Game and Big Game, Ubytdur, Capture, Vanya-Chumo, Adam.

But the most creative people, apparently, live in the Pskov region! The cities of Bottom, Opochka, Pytalovo are lit there and villages: Ulcers, Torchilovo, Grandmas, Badgers, Big Khochuzh, Sos, Grace, New Opel, Lobok ...

Kozulyki, Washcloths, Kisses, Teeth, Crooked Hats, Lamon, Underexposed ...

And also Zhizhitsa, Mokriki, Tumors, Butt, Red-haired, Ale, Grandfather-Kabak, Bald Flies, Zanogi, Fast, Big Wands, New Life.

In the Sverdlovsk region, there are such cities: Lower Sergi, Rezh, Novaya Lyalya (and the village of Staraya Lyalya - this is all Novolyalinsky urban district). And the villages - Upper Sinyachikha, Lower Sinyachikha, Laya, Red Aduy.

In the Yaroslavl region - Gore-Gryaz, Pshenichishte, Zhupeevo, Bukhalovo.

In the Voronezh region there is Khrenische.

In Kaluga - the village of Belly. The name is quite harmless in the case: after all, livestock farming is located here.

In the Lipetsk region there is a village Zasosnaya. In Vologda - as many as two villages with the name End (and there are eight in all in Russia).

In Crimea there is the city of Saki, from which the locals made the city of Psaki. Thus, they allegedly forbade the entry of the famous American.

There are many unusual and ridiculous names in the Trans-Baikal Territory, for example, in the Priargunsky region, there is the village of Dura. There is also the village of Klichka, which is named after the mining engineer. In Sretensky district there is the village of Big Bots. Not far from the regional capital is the village of Uloty. And in the Chernyshevsky district there is the village of Ukurei. In the Khiloksky district - Laughter.

And in the Murmansk region there is a village Afrikanda. Afrikanda looks especially exotic under the snow.

In the Saratov region there is a village of Loh.

And in Omsk - Babezh, Big scourges, Big murs, Lupus, Zagvazdino, Lezhanka, Prishib. In Samara - the village of Cats (this is the twin city of Myshkin, Yaroslavl region). In Penza - Tatar Pendelka, Chulpan, Bogdanikh, Light Way, Boundary, GAI. In the Vladimir region stand out: the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka, the village of Perebor, the village of Likhaya Pozhnya. In Bryansk - Mamai, Bibiki, Zaitsev Yard, Crimea, Varna, Bald, New Scales, Torture, Gobiks, Badgers, Byakovo, Sluchok, Novyi Svet, Cheerful, Hooks, Bobrik, Rotten, Shrimp, Lizogubovka, Spoons, Blackhead, Shiryaevka, Shapkino ... And in the Khabarovsk Territory there is the village of Kondon. In the Smolensk region - the village of Bauduny. In Tambov - BolshayaRzhaksa.

In Mordovia, you can find settlements with the following names: Piksyasi, Chudinka, Red Warrior, Syryatino, Sialeevsky Maidan. In Chuvashia - the village of Big Murashkino, the village of Experienced, the village of Khachiki. In Mari El - the village of Surok.

In the Trinity administrative district of Moscow there is a village of Babenki.

And in the Ryazan region there was once the village of Lost Paradise. Now nobody lives there. This is a natural boundary. It seems that a much more friendly atmosphere is in the local village of Good Bees.

In the Kostroma region there is the village of Pyankovo.

BTW

5 interesting facts about the settlements of Russia

1) The village "Central Estate of the state farm named after the 40th anniversary of the Great October Revolution" - the longest name of the village in the country. I wonder if the locals annoy the need to pronounce or write this hoo-some-long name somewhere in the documents?

2) Verkhnenovokutlumbetevo   and Starokozmodemyanovskoe - the longest cohesive names of settlements. It seems that there since childhood and everyone is ready to work as an announcer on TV. After all, so far you will say where you come from ...

3) The names of two letters in Russia are 46 settlements. Of these, 11 - Yar. And there is, for example, Yb - in Komi as many as three villages with the same name. Remember this to dumbfire your rivals by playing in the "village towns".

4) In the country there are only two settlements with a name on J. This is Yoshkar-Ola and Josefovka (a village in the Smolensk region).

5) And the letter начина begins with the names of 27 settlements in Russia. Almost all of them are in Yakutia. This, for example, Ytyk-Kuel and Yllymakh. In general, the cities in our country are absolutely in all letters, except for the soft and hard sign, of course.

And what funny names of settlements of Russia do you know? We are waiting for your comments!

And perhaps only people with a good sense of humor can live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names of the existing ones.

1. Swastika

The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi refuge at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.

2. The Kingdom of Satan

What is funny and strange, on Earth there are cities and geographical places named after hell. For example, two cities in the USA (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.

3. Peniston

The name of the town of Peniston in Yorkshire, England, probably originates from the old forms of Welsh and English. Initially, this name meant "Hilltop Village". Today everyone chuckles at him.

  4. nothing

The previously inhabited (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. On the tablet at the entrance to the city it says: “Loyal citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years, these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked for Nothing. "

5. The North Pole

Cities called the North Pole are in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has a theme park with live deer and Santa Claus.

6. Nameless

Bezymyanny is a small town in the state of Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned in this place with a turn to a non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed on the bend. As a result, the name stuck.

  7. The moon

To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called the Moon, which was probably named because it was located in a bend of a crescent-shaped river.

  8. Mars

Tourists recently often visit the city of Mars in the state of Pennsylvania. Not only is a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, you can also say that you visited Martians (that's what the locals are called).

  9. George Washington

George Washington is the only city in the United States to bear the full name of its founding father.

10. Ganja

The city with the most Rastaman name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named for a joke, but the second largest city in the country.

  11. Chinatown

Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in large cities around the world, but in Wisconsin there is a whole city that bears a similar name.

12. Batman

Everyone knows the famous hero of comics, but few people know that in Turkey in the province of Batman, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is the city of Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.

13. Bastardtown

Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque seaside Irish village.

14. Å

The village with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Also, six other Norwegian towns, the Swedish and Danish cities, bear the same name.

15. Accident

Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in West Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked the ground, accidentally choosing the same oak as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.

10 have chosen

How many amazing cities in the world! Some are famous for their masters, others for historical sights, still others attract guests with fun carnivals or festivals, and fourth - with their own names. When people settle in a new place and establish a settlement, they come up with a name for this place. It can be connected with the legend, with the name of the hero, with the area where it is located or with some kind of event. But sometimes the name is completely perplexing - why? Why is this place so named?

Cities of the world

That is exactly the name of the town in Arizona (USA) - Why (why). Either his first settlers themselves were surprised why it occurred to them to stay here, or because of the transcription of the letter Y, as the official version says and the road intersection on which stands Why.

In Germany, a city flourishes in the land of Bavaria Kissing. A city with that name cannot but flourish. I wonder if there is any special tradition associated with kisses, or is the city famous for some famous kiss?

If you have failed in your life, try heading to South Africa. This is where the city is located for the most persistent - Try again   and ... try again!

Rafting enthusiasts have their own paradise for their hobby - a city named Slime   For romantics in England there is a very nice place - a city Roseberry Topping (Strawberry Top)) But where I don’t want to go is a town in the Cayman Islands called Hell (hell) Yes, the place is gloomy, located among the rocks. Here anyone can exclaim: "I live in Hell!". But tourists really like to send postcards from here to friends - right from Hell.

Sometimes a city with the most common name changes it to a more original one. It happened with the resort town Hot Springswhose residents decided to change his name to Truth or Consequences,   succumbing to temptation. The organizers of the same game show promised to transfer production to the city, which will be named after the program.

The city with the longest name is also worthy to be mentioned among the unusual - Thaumatauacatangiangaakauauotamateapokanuenuakitananu.It is located in New Zealand and means the following - "The top where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his lover." Nice, isn't it? In contrast, there is such a city that is just an empty place, that’s how the name of the town Noodle (Noodle) sounds on Texas slang. And how to live in cities called Spot (Monkey's Eyebrow (Monkey Eyebrow) or worse Idiotville (Idiotville). I can not even imagine what the inhabitants of these cities and towns answer the question of where they come from?

And we have?

On the pole track

Seven men came together:

Seven temporarily liable

A tightened province

Terpigorev County,

Empty volost

From adjacent villages:

Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,

Razutova, Znobishina,

Gorelova, Neelova -

A poor harvest ...

There are many cities around the world with strange names. And our country is no exception! If you happen to travel by car through the expanses of our vast country, then you, too, have come across funny, funny and even such original names that can’t censor .... But people thought when they called the place in which they were going to live! Although, maybe it's all the tricks of the neighbors?

Judge for yourself: Bolshie Pupsy (a village in the Tver region), Deshevki (a village in the Kaluga region), Such (a village on Sakhalin), Big Struykino (a village in the Novgorod region), Ovnische (a village in the Tver region), Bottom ( a city near Pskov), Trusovo (a village in the Komi Republic), Kosyakovka (a village in Bashkiria), Krutye Khutor (a village in the Lipetsk region), Novopozornovo (a village in the Kemerovo region), Bolotnaya Rogavka (a village in the Novgorod region), Old Worms (a village in the Kemerovo region), Upper Zachatya (a village in the Chekhov region), Durakovo (a village in the Kaluga region), Hare bubble ( a river in the Kemerovo region), Kozyavkino (a village in the Kemerovo region), Tsatsa (Volgograd region), Zveronozhka (a river in the Moscow region), Mukhodoevo (a village in the Belgorod region), Yes (village in the Khabarovsk Territory) , Bolshoi Bukhalovo (a village in the Vologda region), Zhabino (a village in Mordovia), Chuvaki (a village in the Perm region), Musorka (a village in the Ulyanovsk region), Bezvodovka (a village in the Ulyanovsk region) and even Good Bees (in Ryazan region)!

There are settlements on the planet with such amazing names that it is difficult to believe in the fact of their existence. And perhaps, only love with a good sense of humor can live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names of the existing ones.

1. Swastika

The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi refuge at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.

2. The Kingdom of Satan

What is funny and strange, on Earth there are cities and geographical places named after hell. For example, two cities in the USA (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.

3. Peniston

The name of the town of Peniston in Yorkshire, England, probably originates from the old forms of Welsh and English. Initially, this name meant "Hilltop Village". Today everyone chuckles at him.

4. nothing

The previously inhabited (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. On the tablet at the entrance to the city it says: “Loyal citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years, these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked for Nothing. "

5. The North Pole

Cities called the North Pole are in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has a theme park with live deer and Santa Claus.

6. Nameless

Bezymyanny is a small town in the state of Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned in this place with a turn to a non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed on the bend. As a result, the name stuck.

7. The moon

To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called the Moon, which was probably named because it was located in a bend of a crescent-shaped river.

8. Mars

Tourists recently often visit the city of Mars in the state of Pennsylvania. Not only is a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, you can also say that you visited Martians (that's what the locals are called).

9. George Washington

George Washington is the only city in the United States to bear the full name of its founding father.

10. Ganja

The city with the most Rastaman name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named for a joke, but the second largest city in the country.

11. Chinatown

Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in large cities around the world, but in Wisconsin there is a whole city that bears a similar name.

12. Batman

Everyone knows the famous hero of comics, but few people know that in Turkey in the province of Batman, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is the city of Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.

13. Bastardtown

Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque seaside Irish village.

14. Å

The village with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Also, six other Norwegian towns, the Swedish and Danish cities, bear the same name.

15. Accident

Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in West Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked the ground, accidentally choosing the same oak as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.

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Title A   at the same time have rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, towns on the Lofot Islands of Norway, as well as in France, Denmark and Sweden.

There are two small towns with the name AND   - one is located in the north of France, and the other on the west coast of Finland.

There is a village in France ABOUTTrue, it is read this way, although it is written not in one but in four letters: Nah.

Small towns YU   located in France and Sweden.

E - This is the name of a town in Belgium and one of the ports of Burma.

On the Caroline Islands in the Pacific, you can visit a town called At. A similar name is given to the left tributary of the great Southeast Asian Mekong River in the Lao Republic and the city in South Korea.

Dad   - a city in Hungary.

Chum   (old Russian "father") - a volcano on the Kuril island of Iturup.

Mother   - the city and the river, the left tributary of the Vitim river in the Irkutsk region of Russia. By the way, the sources of this river are called Right Mom and Left Mom.

Daughter   - a river in the Bryansk region, a tributary of the Desna, and a river in the Moscow region.

Woman   - Cape in the west of the Asia Minor Peninsula (Turkey). The mountain range in the Hindu Kush system in Afghanistan bears the same name. By the way, "Baba" in translation from Arabic means "Father".

Grandmothers   - A village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Great Grandma   - also in Ukraine - a tributary of the Seversky Donets and the village of the same name in the Kharkov region. Babka is a river in the Perm region of Russia and a city in the west of New Guinea.

Dedovsk   - a village in the Moscow region.

Sister   - rivers in the Moscow and Leningrad regions.

Brothers   - islands off the south coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

Vnukovo   - a village near Moscow.

Men   - A village on the Ob River in Siberia and the left tributary of the Daegu River in Portugal.

Qum   - a river in Turkey. Kuma is a river in the North Caucasus and a city in the Australian state of Victoria.

Cousin   - An island in the group of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

Matchmaker   - A river in Eastern Slovakia and Pakistan.

Twins   - A village in the Kharkov region of Ukraine.

Stepmother   - a village in the Volgograd region.

Relatives   - A village in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.

Village Neighbor   located in the Penza region.

River Guy   flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.

Village Damsel   located in the Voronezh region of Russia.

Town Virgo   - in Western Romania.

The inflow of the Abakan River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is called She, and the village on the Rioni River in Georgia is called They are.

In the state of Massachusetts (USA) there is a small lake, the name of which is not easy to pronounce non-stop, because it consists of 42 letters, and in the English transcription it is even longer (44 letters). Judge for yourself: Cargoggagogg. Translated from the local Indian language, this abracadabra means: "I will fish on this side, you will fish on that side, and in the middle no one will catch anything." Thus, the name of the lake recorded an agreement between two Indian tribes that once lived on its shores.

The long name is associated with one of the villages of the North Island of New Zealand: Thaumatavhakakapikimakhu   (83 letters!). Translated from the local Maori language, it means: “The place where Tamatea, a man with long legs, a famous mountain eater who moved mountains, climbed them and swallowed them, played the flute for his beloved.”

The longest among the gulliver names is the name of the capital located in Southeast Asia of the Republic of Thailand - Bangkok. In translation it sounds like this: “A place of wild plum”, the full local name has as many as 147 (!) Letters and means: “The great city of angels, the highest reservoir of divine treasures, a great land that cannot be conquered, a great and prosperous kingdom, magnificent and the wonderful capital of nine gems, the place where the greatest rulers live and there is a large palace, the dwelling of the gods who can transform into spirits. " It is this geographical name that is registered in the Guinness Book of Records, as the longest in the world.

River Volga, except for the well-known, flows in Iowa (USA). The right tributary of the Mississippi has the same name. The city of the same name is located on the shores of the American Volga.

River Don   flows in Scotland, in the north of the island of Great Britain, and the well-known tributary of the Volga Oka has a "namesake" - a large tributary of the Angara in Eastern Siberia.

Town Moscow   located in the Vyatka region of Russia.

In Russia you can get from Berlin   in Pariswithout leaving the territory of the Chelyabinsk region. There is also here Leipzig, Varna   and other cities. All these, usually small towns, got their names in honor of the outstanding victories of the Russian army in the Patriotic War of 1812.

In the Odessa region of Ukraine there are railway stations Borodino, Leipzig, Paris   other. Village Paris   located in the Krasnokutsky district of the Kharkov region.

In the Ferghana region of Uzbekistan there is a village with a big name Baghdad, in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan - a railway station Cairo, in Moldova - a railway station - Sofia, in Latvia and the Yekaterinburg region of Russia - towns Nice, in the Novosibirsk region - the village Shanghai, in the Oryol region - the village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.

Nile   - settlement in the Amur region of Russia, Chad   - railway station in the Perm region, Sahara   - a river in Yakutia, Africa   - Cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Victoria   - A village in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

Gulf america   - in the Far East, danube Islands   - at the mouth of the great Siberian river Lena, eldorado Village   - on the middle Yenisei, lake china   - in the Odessa region of Ukraine.

On the Perm - Nizhny Tagil railway there eurasia station   (on the border of Europe and Asia).

An interesting signpost is located in the vicinity of the American city of Lynchula (Maine). He points out from here to Peru   - 90, to Of Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway   - 25 km. All of these settlements are in this state, and are not countries.

There are villages in Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Russia, Belarus   and Kiev. They were founded over 100 years ago by natives of these areas who moved to America in search of a happy life.

In the California desert there is stop station Siberia. One cannot but admit that the authors of this title were humorists. After all, the hottest place in the entire western hemisphere is located nearby.

In the south of Brazil is located america city.

In the USA there are cities such as London, Boston, Newcastle, Cambridge, Oxford, Baltimore, Bristol, Greenwich   and many others whose "parents" are in Europe.

Geographic Names From France to the American Continent Orleans, Nancy, Toulon, Lyon, a Paris   occurs over ten times.

Seven times on the map of the USA Moscow   and repeatedly numerous towns under the names Petersburg, Rome, Cairo, Athens, Odessa   other.

Geographic names such as "migrated" from Spain to Latin America Barcelona, Valencia, Venice, Granada, Cordoba, Seville   other.

In Ukraine, in the Chernivtsi region there is mamalyga village, and in Poltava - Pie.

Cockroach   - the name of a small island and the city of the same name off the eastern coast of the Indonesian island of Kalimantan.

Gang   - one of the seas washing the shores of the islands of Sulawesi, New Guinea and Timor.

The islet with an attractive name Paradise   can be seen off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

In the Gulf of Thailand in the west of the island of New Guinea rises mountain house.

Sombrero   - this is the name of the strait in the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean.

Rivers Sleep   and Barack   flow in India.

City Furnace   located in Hungary Stand - in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, name Fat   located in Finland and Northern Italy.

In Italy, there are towns Bank, Fortune   and Mirage.

Madonna   is a city in Latvia.

City Duma   located in Syria.

Village Game   - in Udmurtia.

Give me   - in Romania.

My river   flows in ireland as well islet of poppy   located in the Hebrides group off the coast of Great Britain.

City Kucha   located in Western China, Tank   - in Pakistan Tea   and Chan   - in Turkey, lemon city   - in Guatemala.

Topic   - Seaport in the African Republic of Ghana.

Marine name Squid   assigned to the land French city in Alsace.

On a geographical map of the Russian Federation you will see nearby Summer   and Winter   the coast as well as the city Winter   in Eastern Siberia.

Stump   - a village in the Novosibirsk region, Marvelous   - in Smolenskaya, Bucks   and Turks   - in Saratov, Kalach   - in Volgograd, Boot   - in Ryazan, Wand   - in Tomsk, Bottom   - in Pskov, Mud   - in Lipetsk, Hat   - in Leningrad, Wasp   - in Perm regions, Barysh   - a river in the Ulyanovsk region.

In Ukraine - Paradise   in the Ternopil region, Bar   - in Vinnitsa, Duckbill, Partying, Benefit   - in Odessa, Wise heads   - in Khmelnitsky, good afternoon   - in Chernihiv Buyan, Butch   and Leather jacket   - in Kiev, Money   - in Cherkasy Happiness   - in the Lugansk regions.

Stomach   can be found in the Grodno region of Belarus.

Note   flowing in Murmansk, Dark   in Tverskaya Couple   in Ryazan Leather   in the Arkhangelsk and even Shish   - the right tributary of the Irtysh - in the Omsk regions.

In the Gomel region of Belarus are located villages Mars, Venus   and even Capricorns. Villages with the name Mars   we find in the Sharansky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia and the Novoaydarsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine.

Cape The end of the world   located on the easternmost island of the Kuril ridge Shikotan.

Half   - this is the name of the village in the Irkutsk region of Russia, halfway between Moscow and Vladivostok.

In the Far East, on the Moscow-Vladivostok railway, one of the cities is called by name and patronymic - Erofei Pavlovich.

Some geographical names reflect the shape of objects. So, for example, in Siberia, in the East Sayan there pyramid mountainin the Arctic Ocean - yugorsky and Matochkin Shary straitsin the Sea of \u200b\u200bOkhotsk - cone island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky peninsula, there is cape Duga Zapadnaya. River Curve   flows in the Republic of Macedonia and in Serbia.

There are names on the map that consist of only vowels. it Wye   - river in England, city Aye   (Germany), Aya   ("Holy" in Greece), island Eui   in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, a village Oi   - in Australia, island Eiao   in the group of the Marquesas islands.

But there are also names consisting of only consonants, for example, the Croatian island Krk   in the adriatic sea and mountain Smrk   (1204 m) in the Czech Republic.

There are geographical names starting with the letter “Y”, for example, a river Yhne   in Estonia, Yrgayty   in Kyrgyzstan Yngata   in Yakutia (the right tributary of Vilyui), as well as villages Yndin   in the Komi Republic, Eijou   in North and Eunson   in South Korea.

Purely Russian geographical names can be found on the world map. Villages Oh god, Top, Morning   - in France, Sleep   - in Spain, Moan   - in England, Favorite   - in Germany, Rich   - in Hungary, Plan   - An island off the coast of the Republic of Tunisia in Africa.

based on the book "entertaining geography"

And last summer I discovered this in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
  and could not pass by.