DCCL - World Numbering Zone 7 - former USSR territory, including CIS nations

14 August 2002

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7 Russia, Kazakstan


    Country code 7 was assigned during the years of the Soviet Union.
    With the dissolution of the USSR, most of the republics outside
    Russia (including republics in the Commonwealth of Independent
    States) began to acquire individual country codes. Many nations
    never recognized 1940 seizure of the Baltic republics, which are
    now using new country codes (see below).

    [In the early versions of this list (since 1990), an asterisk was used
    in lines containing a 3-digit city codes, to signify that '22' or '2' was
    to be added before a 5 or 6 digit telephone number respectively. Data as
    of 2002 suggests that use of '22'/'2' seems standard and has replaced most
    of the cases where '00'/'0' would be added past the initial 3-digit area
    code. The extensions to area codes are now indicated in parentheses
    where known and applicable.

    [31 Oct 1992: new information from OAG Travel Planner was found for
    these nations. Individual republics are listed now; any question mark
    after a republic name indicates that this is probably which country
    the code belongs to, but was not confirmed.

    [30 Apr 1993: some nations formerly in country code 7 now have service
    under new country codes. These are Lithuania (+370), Latvia (+371),
    Estonia (+372) and Moldova (+373), all in the European zone 3 (see
    that file for detailed listings of these nations).

    [27 Feb 1995: Belarus will use +375 and Ukraine +380 effective
    16 April 1995, as these nations withdraw from the +7 country code.
    Azerbaijan was assigned country code +994, but implementation
    appears to be limited (mentioned in BT's phone books in the UK).

    [29 Apr 1995:
    * Armenia changes to +374, effective 1 May 1995; permissive dialing
      with +7 until 1 July 1995.
    * Belarus +375 has permissive dialing with +7 until some unknown point
      in 1997.
    * Ukraine has permissive dialing with +7 for approximately six months
      following the 16 Apr 1995 activation of +380.
    * Georgia has been assigned +995; details of any changeover from +7
      are unknown at this point.

    [4 July 1995: From Kazakhstan update (ITU OB#584), 7-digit local
     numbers following the 3-digit area code in automatic dialing. Local
     numbers do not begin with the digit 0 or 8. Some 6-digit numbers are
     mentioned as being unconnected to automatic dialing.

    [3 April 1996: +996 is assigned for Kyrgyzstan, but there is no
     word when that country code will be placed in service. ITU OB#616
     lists a revised Kyrgyzstan numbering plan, but remaining within +7.

    [29 January 1997: +993 assigned to Turkmenistan; Canada established
     use of this country code with tariff effective 29 November 1996.
     3 January 1997 was reported as official start date, with +7 invalid
     for calls to Turkmenistan from 3 April 1997 (details courtesy Stentor,
     Toby Nixon, and Turkmenistan Embassy in U.S. (www.infi.net).]

    [25 March 1999: +992 assignment for Tajikistan came into effect,
     replacing use of +7.]

    [Ex-USSR Country Codes Profile

     In the following table, "Effective" means the date at which the
     country code began service (which could vary according to the nation).
     "Mandatory" means the date at which the country code 7 is invalid for
     calls to that nation. There are a number of question marks since
     dates are not known all cases, or may vary according to the
     international calling practices of different nations.

     CC  Nation             Effective     Mandatory    Notes
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     +370 Lithuania         1993?         ???          Announced Jan 1993
     +371 Latvia            1993?         ???
     +372 Estonia           1 Feb 1993?   March 1993?
     +373 Moldova           1993?         ???          Announced Jan 1993
     +374 Armenia           1 May 1995    1 July 1995  Announced Jan 1995 (ITU)
     +375 Belarus           16 Apr 1995   1997?
     +380 Ukraine           16 Apr 1995   Oct 1995?
     +7   Kazakstan         (no known changes)
     +7   Russia            (presumably not changing)
     +992 Tajikistan        25 Mar 1999   1 Mar 2000?  Announced 1996-7?
     +993 Turkmenistan      3 Jan 1997    3 Apr 1997   Canada as of 29 Nov 1996
     +994 Azerbaijan        Sept 1994?    ???          Announced 1992
     +995 Georgia           1994?         ???          ref: Tel. Digest Oct 1994
     +996 Kyrgyz Republic   1 May 1997    ???          ref: Stentor Canada/CRTC
     +998 Uzbekistan        1 Oct 1998    1 Jun 1999?  Announced 1996? (ITU)

     Details courtesy Toby Nixon, ITU, Stentor (Canada), CRTC (Canada),
     Telecom Digest (including information collected for the country code
     listings, Vince Humphries.)]

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        011      Kaliningrad, Russia (0112, 01122)
        011 41   Chernyakhovsk
        011 42   Ozersk
        011 43   Gusev
        011 44   Nesterov
        011 45   Baltijsk
        011 50   Zelenogradsk
        011 51   Guryevsk (Gur'evsk) (Kaliningrad)
        011 52   Svetly (Kaliningrad)
        011 53   Pionersky  (one source claims 01155?)
        011 533  Svetlogorsk (Kaliningrad)
        011 56   Bagratyonovsk
        011 57   Pravdinsk
        011 58   Polessk
        011 59   Gvardeysk
        011 61   Sovetsk (Kaliningrad)
        011 62   Neman
        011 63   Slavsk
        011 64   Krasnoznamensk
        012      [formerly Lithuania points; now +370]
        013      [formerly Latvia points; now +371]
        014      [formerly Estonia points; now +372]
        015      [formerly Grodno, Belarus area; now +375]
        016      [formerly Brest, Belarus area; now +375]
        017      [formerly Mensk (was Minsk), Belarus area; now +375]
        021      [formerly Vitebsk, Belarus area; now +375]
        022      [formerly Mogilev, Belarus area; now +375]
        023      [formerly Gomel, Belarus area; now +375]
        031      [formerly Uzhhorod (Uzhgorod), Ukraine; now +380]
        032      [formerly Lviv (Lvov), Ukraine; now +380]
        033      [formerly Lutsk, Ukraine; now +380]
        034      [formerly Ivano-Frankivsk (-Frankovsk), Ukraine; now +380]
        035      [formerly Ternopil (Ternopol), Ukraine; now +380]
        036      [formerly Rivne (Rovno), Ukraine; now +380]
        037      [formerly Chernivtsi (Chernovtsi, Chernovtsy), Ukraine;
                    now +380]
        038      [formerly Khmelnytsky (Khmelnitskiy, Khmelnitski), Ukraine;
                    now +380]
        041      [formerly Zhytomyr (Zhitomir), Ukraine; now +380]
        042      [formerly Moldova; now +373]
        043      [formerly Vinnytsya (Vinnitsya), Ukraine; now +380]
        044      [formerly Kyiv (Kyyiv, Kiev), Ukraine; now +380]
        046      [formerly Chernihiv (Chernigov), Ukraine; now +380]
        047      [formerly Cherkasy (Cherkassi, Cherkassy), Ukraine; now +380]
        048      [formerly Odessa, Ukraine area; now +380]
        051      [formerly Mykolayiv (Nikolaev), Ukraine; now +380]
        052      [formerly Kirovohrad (Kirovograd), Ukraine (05222) [now +380]
        053      [formerly Poltava, Ukraine (05322) [now +380]
        054      [formerly Sumy (Sumi), Ukraine (05400) [now +380]
        055      [formerly Kherson, Ukraine (05500) [now +380]
        056      [formerly Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk), Ukraine; now +380]
        057      [formerly Kharkiv (Kharkov), Ukraine; now +380]
        060      [formerly Yalta, Ukraine; now +380]
        061      [formerly Zaporizhya (Zaporozhye), Ukraine; now +380]
        062      [formerly Donetsk, Ukraine area; now +380]
        064      [formerly Luhansk (Lugansk), Ukraine; (was Voroshilovograd);
                    now +380]
        065      [formerly Simferopol, Ukraine; now +380]
        069      [formerly Sevastopol (or Sebastapol, Sebastopol), Ukraine;
                    now +380]
        071      Kursk, Russia (0712 or 07122? 07100?)
        071 31   Kurchatov
        071 32   Glushkovo
        071 33   Gorshechnoe
        071 34   Pristen'
        071 35   Ponyri
        071 36   Bol'shoe Soldatskoe
        071 37   Khomutovka
        071 40   L'gov (071400)
        071 41   Oboyan'
        071 42   Pryamitsyno
        071 43   Sudzha
        071 44   Fatezh
        071 45   Schigry
        071 46   Medvenka
        071 47   Korenevo
        071 48   Zheleznogorsk (Kurskoj)
        071 49   Belaya
        071 50   Dmitriev-L'govsky
        071 51   Zolotukhino
        071 52   Ryl'sk
        071 53   Tim
        071 54   Solntsevo
        071 55   Manturovo (Kurskoj)
        071 56   Konyshevka
        071 57   Kastornoe
        071 58   Kshensky
        071 59   Cheremisinovo
        072      Belgorod, Russia (07222)
        072 31   Korocha
        072 32   Chernyanka
        072 33   Novyj Oskol
        072 34   Alekseevka (Belgorodskoj)
        072 35   Volokonovka
        072 36   Valujki
        072 37   Vejdelevka
        072 38   Roven'ki
        072 41   Gubkin
        072 42   Prohorovka
        072 43   Ivnya
        072 44   Stroitel'
        072 45   Rakitnoe
        072 46   Borisovka (Belgorodskoj)
        072 47   Krasnogvardejskoe (Belgorodskoj)
        072 48   Schebekino (Shebekino) (Belgorodskoj)
        072 52   Staryj Oskol (some sources state 0725)
        072 61   Grajvoron
        072 62   Krasnoe (Belgorodskoj)
        073      Voronezh, Russia (0732)
        073 40   Ramon'
        073 41   Novaya Usman'
        073 42   Kashirskoe (Voronezhskoj)
        073 43   Verkhnyaya Khava
        073 44   Panino
        073 45   Ertil'
        073 46   Anna
        073 47   Ternovka
        073 48   Gribanovsky
        073 50   Bobrov
        073 52   Talovaya
        073 53   Novohopersk (Novokhopersk)
        073 54   Borisoglebsk (Voronezhsky)
        073 55   Verkhny Mamon (Verkhny Mamon)
        073 56   Vorob'evka
        073 57   Kamenka (Voronezhskoj)
        073 61   Buturlinovka
        073 62   Pavlovsk (Voronezhskoj)
        073 63   Kalach
        073 64   Novovoronezhsky
        073 65   Petropavlovka (Voronezhskoj)
        073 66   Boguchar
        073 67   Kantemirovka
        073 70   Nizhnedevitsk
        073 71   Khokhol'sky
        073 72   Semiluki
        073 74   Rep'evka
        073 75   Ostrogozhsk
        073 76   Povorino
        073 91   Liski
        073 94   Podgorensky
        073 95   Olkhovatka (Voronezhskoj)
        073 96   Rossosh'
        074      Lipetsk, Russia? (0742? 0740?)
        074 61   Gryazi (Lipetskoj)
        074 62   Dobrinka
        074 63   Dobroe
        074 64   Lev Tolstoj
        074 65   Dankov
        074 66   Lebedyan' (Lipetskoj)
        074 67   Elets (Lipetskoj)
        074 68   Dolgorukovo
        074 69   Krasnoe (Lipetskoj)
        074 71   Zadonsk
        074 72   Usman'
        074 73   Volovo (Lipetskoj)
        074 74   Terbuny
        074 75   Chaplygin
        074 76   Stanovoe
        074 77   Khlevnoe
        074 78   Izmalkovo
        075      Tambov, Russia (0752; 07522?)
        075 31   Rasskazovo
        075 32   Sosnovka
        075 33   Morshansk
        075 34   Bondari
        075 35   Zherdevka
        075 36   Dmitrievka
        075 37   Kirsanov
        075 41   Kotovsk (Tambovskoj)
        075 42   Mordovo
        075 43   Staroyur'evo
        075 44   Petrovskoe
        075 45   Michurinsk
        075 46   Muchkapsky
        075 48   Pervomajsky (Tambovskoj)
        075 51   Gavrilovka-2-ya (Vtoraya Gavrilovka)
        075 52   Znamenka (Tambovskoj)
        075 53   Inzhavino
        075 54   Pichaevo
        075 55   Rzhaksa
        075 56   Satinka
        075 57   Tokarevka
        075 58   Uvarovo
        075 59   Umet
        081      Smolensk, Russia (0812 or 08122; formerly 08100?)
        081 30   Sychevka
        081 31   Vyaz'ma
        081 32   Velizh
        081 33   Shumyachi
        081 34   Roslavl'
        081 35   Gagarin
        081 36   Temkino
        081 37   Ugra
        081 38   Novodugino
        081 39   Kholm-Zhirkovsky
        081 40   Khislavichi
        081 41   Rudnya (Smolenskoj)
        081 42   Safonovo
        081 43   Yartsevo
        081 44   Dorogobuzh
        081 45   Krasnyj
        081 46   El'nya
        081 47   Demidov
        081 48   Monastyrschina
        081 49   Pochinok (Smolenskoj)
        081 53   Desnogorsk
        081 55   Ershichi
        081 65   Glinka
        081 66   Dukhovscina (Smolenskoj)
        081 67   Kardymovo
        082      Tver (former Kalinin), Russia (0822, 08222)
        082 31   Bezhetsk (Tverskoj)
        082 32   Rzhev [5D subscriber numbers]
        082 323  Rzhev [4D subscriber numbers]
        082 33   Vyshni Volochek (Vyshny Volochek)
        082 34   Kashin
        082 35   Ostashkov
        082 36   Kimry
        082 38   Bologoe
        082 39   Firovo
        082 42   Konakovo
        082 44   Rameshki (Rameshky)
        082 46   Sonkovo
        082 49   Kalyazin
        082 502  Belyj (Tverskoj)
        082 51   Torzhok
        082 53   Maksatikha
        082 55   Udomlya
        082 57   Kuvshinovo
        082 58   Olenino
        082 61   Likhoslavl'
        082 62   Zubtsov
        082 63   Staritsa (0826300?)
        082 65   Zapadnaya Dvina
        082 66   Nelidovo
        082 67   Andreapol'
        082 68   Toropets
        082 71   Lesnoe
        082 72   Sandovo
        083      Bryansk, Russia (0832, 08322)
        083 30   Surazh
        083 31   Rognedino
        083 32   Dubrovka (Bryanskoj)
        083 33   Dyat'kovo (Dyatkovo)
        083 34   Zhukovka
        083 35   Karachev
        083 36   Klintsy
        083 38   Kletnya
        083 39   Mglin
        083 40   Gordeevka (Tordeyevka)
        083 41   Vygonichi
        083 42   Navlya
        083 43   Novozybkov
        083 44   Zhiryatino
        083 45   Pochep
        083 46   Krasnaya Gora
        083 47   Klimovo
        083 48   Starodub
        083 49   Pogar
        083 51   Unecha
        083 52   Trubchevsk
        083 53   Suzemka
        083 54   Lokot'
        083 55   Komarichi
        083 56   Sevsk
        083 58   Zlynka
        084      Kaluga, Russia (0842, 08422)
        084 22   Kaluga (also 0842?)
        084 31   Maloyaroslavets
        084 32   Zhukov (Zhukovo)
        084 33   Medyn'
        084 34   Kondrovo
        084 35   Tarusa
        084 36   Yukhnov
        084 37   Ferzikovo
        084 38   Borovsk
        084 39   Obninsk
        084 41   Peremyshl'
        084 42   Kozel'sk
        084 43   Ul'yanovo
        084 44   Lyudinovo
        084 45   Zhizdra
        084 46   Meschovsk (Mescovsk, Meshchovsk)
        084 47   Duminichi
        084 48   Babynino
        084 49   Iznoski
        084 51   Sukhinichi (Sukinichi)
        084 52   Mosal'sk (Mosalsk)
        084 53   Khvastovichi
        084 54   Baryatino
        084 55   Spas-Demensk
        084 56   Kirov (Kaluzhskoj / Kaluga)
        084 57   Betlitsa
        084 58   Balabanovo
        085      Yaroslavl, Russia (or 0852, from Kyiv 1992 book)
        085 31   Nekrasovskoe (Nekrasovskoye)
        085 32   Uglich
        085 33   Tutaev (Tutayev)
        085 34   Gavrilov Yam
        085 35   Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
        085 36   Rostov, Russia
        085 37   [Rybinsk (former Andropov), Russia now 0855?]
        085 38   Danilov (Yaroslavskoj)
        085 39   Borisoglebsky (Yaroslavskoj)
        085 42   Bol'shoe Selo
        085 43   Lyubim
        085 44   Myshkin
        085 45   Brejtovo
        085 46   Poshehon'e (Poshekhon'e)
        085 47   Novyj Nekouz (Novy Nekouz)
        085 49   Prechistoe (Prechistoye)
        085 5    Rybinsk (most sources; formerly 085 37?)
        086      Orel (Oryol), Russia (0862 or 08622; formerly 0860, 08600?)
        086 40   Bolkhov
        086 42   Khotynets
        086 43   Kromy
        086 44   Shablykino
        086 45   Zmievka
        086 46   Mtsensk
        086 47   Naryshkino
        086 48   Zalegosc'
        086 49   Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky
        086 62   Znamenka (Orlovskoj)
        086 63   Krasnaya Zarya
        086 64   Pokrovskoe (Orlovskoj)
        086 65   Soskovo
        086 66   Trosna
        086 67   Korsakovo
        086 72   Dolgoe
        086 73   Novosil'
        086 74   Kolpny
        086 75   Glazunovka
        086 76   Verkhov'e
        086 77   Livny
        086 78   Khomutovo
        086 79   Maloarkhangel'sk
        087      Tula, Russia (0872)
        087 31   Uzlovaya
        087 32   Dubna (Tul'skoj)
        087 33   Arsen'evo (Tul'skoj)
        087 34   Zaoksky
        087 35   Kimovsk
        087 36   Odoev (Odoyev)
        087 41   Efremov
        087 42   Belev
        087 43   Kurkino
        087 44   Arkhangel'skoe (Tul'skoj) (Arhangel'skoe)
        087 45   Venev
        087 46   Donskoj (Tul'skoj)
        087 51   Schekino (Szchekino, Scekino)
        087 52   Plavsk
        087 53   Aleksin
        087 54   Kireevsk (Kireyevsk)
        087 55   Teploe
        087 56   Chern'
        087 61   Bogoroditsk (Tul'skoj) (Bogorodick)
        087 62   Novomoskovsk
        087 63   Suvorov
        087 66   Yasnogorsk
        087 67   Leninsky
        087 68   Volovo (Tul'skoj, Tula)
        091      Ryazan, Russia (0912)
        091 30   Mikhajlov (Ryazanskoj)
        091 31   Kasimov
        091 32   Ryazhsk
        091 33   Sasovo
        091 34   Solotcha
        091 35   Spassk-Ryazansky
        091 36   Shilovo
        091 37   Rybnoe
        091 38   Chuchkovo
        091 39   Kadom
        091 41   Novomichurinsk
        091 42   Spas-Klepiki
        091 43   Korablino (091432?)
        091 44   Ermish'
        091 45   Pitelino
        091 46   Putyatino
        091 47   Shatsk
        091 48   Sarai
        091 51   Starozhilovo
        091 52   Sapozhok
        091 54   Ukholovo
        091 55   Pronsk
        091 56   Skopin
        091 57   Miloslavskoe
        091 58   Aleksandro-Nevsky
        092      Vladimir, Russia (0922, 09222)
        092 31   Suzdal
        092 32   Kovrov
        092 33   Vyazniki
        092 34   Murom
        092 35   Sudogda
        092 36   Krasnaya Gorbatka
        092 37   Kirzhach
        092 38   Gorokhovets
        092 41   Gus'-Khrustal'nyj (Gus-Khrustalnyj)
        092 42   Sobinka
        092 43   Petushki
        092 44   Aleksandrov (Vladimirskoj)
        092 45   Kol'chugino
        092 46   Yur'ev-Pol'sky (Yuryev-Polsky)
        092 47   Melenki
        092 48   Kameshkovo
        092 54   Raduzhnyj (Vladimirskoj) (Raduzhny)
        093      Ivanovo, Russia (0932, 09322)
        093 31   Kineshma
        093 34   Palekh
        093 36   Rodniki
        093 37   Yur'evets (Ivanovskoj)
        093 39   Privolzhsk (Ivanovskoj)
        093 41   Furmanov
        093 43   Tejkovo (Teykovo)
        093 46   Pestyaki
        093 47   Yuzha
        093 49   Verkhny Landekh
        093 51   Shuya
        093 52   Komsomol'sk (Ivanovskoj)
        093 53   Il'inskoe-Khovanskoe
        093 54   Vichuga
        093 55   Gavrilov Posad
        093 56   Savino
        093 57   Lezhnevo
        094      Kostroma, Russia? (0942, 09422)
        094 30   Antropovo
        094 31   Nerekhta
        094 32   Krasnoe-na-Volge
        094 33   Sudislavl'
        094 34   Susanino
        094 35   Buj
        094 36   Soligalich
        094 37   Galich
        094 38   Ostrovskoe
        094 39   Pavino
        094 40   Parfen'evo
        094 41   Chukhloma
        094 42   Kadyj
        094 43   Kologriv
        094 44   Neya
        094 45   Makar'ev (various sources also have 094 4555, 094 4777)
        094 46   Manturovo (Kostromskoj)
        094 47   Georgievskoe (Kostromskoj) (Georgyevskoye)
        094 48   Ponazyrevo
        094 49   Shar'ya (Sharya)
        094 50   Vokhma
        094 51   Bogovarovo
        094 52   Pyschug
        094 53   Volgorechensk
        095      Moscow (Moskva), Russia (treated as a republic because of size)
        096      Moscow (Moskva) suburban, Russia cellular mobile
        096 20   Taldom
        096 21   Dubna (Moscow)
        096 22   Dmitrov
        096 24   Klin
        096 26   Solnechnogorsk
        096 27   Ruza
        096 28   Lotoshino
        096 31   Istra
        096 32   Zvenigorod
        096 33   Golitsyno (Golicyno)
        096 34   Naro-Fominsk
        096 36   Volokolamsk
        096 37   Shakhovskaya
        096 38   Mozhaisk (Mozhajsk)
        096 4    Orekhovo-Zuevo
        096 40   Egoryevsk (Egor'evsk)
        096 43   Pavlovsky Posad
        096 44   Voskresensk
        096 45   Shatura
        096 46   Ramenskoe
        096 48   Zhukovsky
        096 51   Noginsk
        096 52   Chernogolovka
        096 53   Pushkino
        096 54   Sergyev Posad (Sergiev Posad)
        096 56   Schelkovo
        096 57   Elektrostal
        096 6    Kolomna [also 09661]
        096 61   Kolomna [also 0966]
        096 63   Lukhovitsy
        096 64   Stupino
        096 66   Zarajsk
        096 67   Serebryanye Prudy
        096 69   Kashira
        096 7    Podol'sk [also 9675]
        096 7    Serpukhov [also 9673]
        096 7    Troitsk
        096 70   Ozery
        096 72   Chekhov
        096 73   Serpukhov [also 967]
        096 75   Podol'sk [also 967]
        096 79   Domodedovo
        301      Ulan-Ude, Russia (3012, 30122)
        301 31   Barguzin
        301 33   Bichura
        301 34   Petropavlovka (Buryatiya)
        301 35   Sosnovo-Ozerskoye
        301 36   Zaigrayevo
        301 37   Zakamensk (301370?)
        301 39   Severobaykalsk (Severobajkal'sk)
        301 40   Ivolginsk
        301 41   Kizhinga
        301 42   Kyakhta
        301 43   Mukhorshibir
        301 44   Turuntayevo
        301 45   Gusinoozersk
        301 46   Tarbagatav
        301 48   Khorinsk
        301 49   Kurumkan
        302      Chita, Russia (3022, 30222)
        302 30   Krasny Chikoy
        302 31   Aksha
        302 32   Baley
        302 34   Karymskaya (Karymskoe)
        302 35   Kyra
        302 36   Petrovsk-Zabaykalsk
        302 37   Khilok
        302 38   Ulety
        302 39   Aginskoye (Chita)
        302 42   Nerchinsk
        302 43   Priargunsk
        302 44   Shilka
        302 45   Krasnokamensk (Chitinskoj)
        302 46   Sretensk
        302 48   Nerchinsky Zavod
        302 49   Kalga
        302 51   Zabajkal'sk (Zabaykalsk)
        302 52   Nizhny Tsasuchey
        302 55   Mogotuy
        302 56   Duldurga
        302 64   Verkh-Usugli
        302 65   Chernyshevsk
        302 66   Shelopugino
        310      Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan (3102)
        311      Uralsk, Kazakhstan (31122)
        312      Atyrau (formerly Guryev), Kazakhstan (31222)
        313      Aktobe (formerly Aktubinsk, Aktyubinsk) (3132), Kazakhstan
        314      Kustanai (or Kostanai, Kustanay), Kazakhstan (3142)
        314 31   Rudny, Kazakhstan
        314 33   Lisakovsk, Kazakhstan
        314 34   Ordjonikidze, Kazakhstan
        314 36   Taranovskoye, Kazakhstan
        314 37   Kamyshnoye, Kazakhstan
        314 41   Komsomolets, Kazakhstan
        314 42   Fyodorovka, Kazakhstan
        314 52   Karasu, Kazakhstan
        315      Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan (3152)
        316      Kokchetav (Kokshetau), Kazakhstan (31622)
        317      Astana (formerly Tsilinograd, Tselinograd, Akmola), Kazakhstan
                   (3172, 31722)
        317 32   Balkashino, Kazakhstan
        317 33   Erementau, Kazakhstan
        317 34   Astrakhanka, Kazakhstan
        317 36   Atbasar, Kazakhstan
        317 37   Kurgaldjinsky, Kazakhstan
        317 46   Makinsk, Kazakhstan
        317 47   Stepnogorsk, Kazakhstan
        318      Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (3182)
        319      [formerly Kara-Kol Region, Kyrgyzstan; now +996]
        320      [unknown location; reserved for Kazakhstan]
        321      Karaganda, Kazakhstan (3212)
        321 38   Tokarevka, Kazakhstan
        321 44   Kievka, Kazakhstan
        321 46   Karkaralinsk, Kazakhstan
        321 47   Egendybulak, Kazakhstan
        321 48   Molodyozhnoye, Kazakhstan
        321 49   Osakarovka, Kazakhstan
        321 53   Topar, Kazakhstan
        321 54   Ulyanovsky, Kazakhstan
        322      Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan (3222)
        323      Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan (3232 or 32322)
        324      Kzyl-Orda (Kyzyl Orda), Kazakhstan (32422)
        325      Chimkent (Shymkent), Kazakhstan (3252 or 32522)
        325 31   Bely Vody, Kazakhstan
        325 33   Turkestan, Kazakhstan
        325 34   Zhetysai, Kazakhstan
        325 36   Kentau, Kazakhstan
        325 37   Sary-Agach, Kazakhstan
        325 38   Vannovka, Kazakhstan
        325 41   Slavyanka, Kazakhstan
        326      Taraz (formerly Dzhambul, Djambul, Zhambyl), Kazakhstan
                   (3262 or 32622)
        327      Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan (3272)
        327 52   Energetichesky, Kazakhstan
        327 57   Akshy, Kazakhstan
        327 70   Uzun-Agach (Uzynagash), Kazakhstan
        327 71   Kaskelen, Kazakhstan
        327 72   Kapchagai, Kazakhstan
        327 73   Bakanas, Kazakhstan
        327 74   Talgar, Kazakhstan
        327 75   Issyk, Kazakhstan
        327 76   Chilyk (Chilik), Kazakhstan
        327 77   Kegen, Kazakhstan
        327 78   Chundja (Chundzha), Kazakhstan
        327 79   Narynkol, Kazakhstan
        328      Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan (32822)
        329      Aktau, Kazakhstan (3292 or 32922)
        330      Arkalyk, Kazakhstan (33022)
        331      [formerly Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan area; now +996]
        332      [formerly Jalal-Abad and Osh Regions, Kyrgyzstan; now +996]
        334      [formerly Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan; now +996]
        335      [formerly Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan; now +996]
        336      [was reserved for use in Kara-Kol Region, Kyrgyzstan; now +996]
        336      Baikonur (Leninsk), Kazakhstan (3362, 33622)
        337      [formerly Dushanbe, Tajikistan area; now +992]
        341      Izhevsk (was Ustinov), Russia (3412, 34122)
        341 23   Zav'yalovo (Udmurt Autonomous Region; 5D subscriber numbers)
        341 30   Uva
        341 32   Karakulino
        341 33   Kiyasovo
        341 34   Igra
        341 36   Sharkan
        341 38   Malaya Purga
        341 39   Mozhga
        341 41   Glazov
        341 45   Votkinsk
        341 47   Sarapul
        341 50   Alnashi
        341 51   Debesy
        341 52   Syumsi
        341 53   Kambarka
        341 54   Kizner
        341 55   Vavozh
        341 57   Yar
        341 58   Kez
        341 59   Selty
        341 61   Yukamenskoe
        341 62   Yakshur-Bodya
        341 63   Grakhovo
        341 64   Krasnogorskoe
        341 66   Balezino
        342      Perm, Russia (3422)
        342 40   Cherdyn
        342 41   Chajkovsky
        342 42   Berezniki
        342 43   Krasnovishersk
        342 44   Usolye (Usol'e)
        342 47   Aleksandrovsk
        342 48   Gubakha
        342 49   Lys'va
        342 50   Gremyachinsk
        342 51   Berezovka
        342 52   Ust-Kishert
        342 53   Solikamsk
        342 54   Vereschagino
        342 55   Kizel
        342 56   Chusovoj
        342 57   Bol'shaya Sosnova
        342 58   Orda
        342 59   Uinskoe
        342 60   Kudymkar
        342 61   Chernushka
        342 62   Kueda
        342 633  Zvezdnyj
        342 65   Dobryanka
        342 66   Oktyabr'sky (Permskoj)
        342 68   Chastye
        342 69   Gornozavodsk
        342 71   Kungur
        342 72   Nytva
        342 73   Krasnokamsk
        342 75   Suksun
        342 76   Il'insky
        342 77   Siva
        342 78   Ocher
        342 79   Okhansk
        342 91   Osa
        342 92   Barda
        342 96   Elovo
        342 97   Karagaj
        343      Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russia (3432)
        343 10   Severoural'sk
        343 13   Karpinsk
        343 14   Krasnotur'insk
        343 15   Serov
        343 18   Novaya Lyalya
        343 19   Verkhotur'e
        343 41   Kachkanar
        343 42   Nizhnyaya Tura
        343 43   Krasnoural'sk
        343 44   Kushva
        343 45   Verkhnyaya Salda
        343 46   Alapaevsk
        343 47   Tabory
        343 49   Turinsk
        343 5    Nizhny Tagil [also 343 51]
        343 50   Polevskoj
        343 51   Nizhni Tagil [also 343 5]
        343 55   Irbit
        343 56   Nev'yansk
        343 57   Kirovgrad
        343 58   Shalya
        343 60   Tavda
        343 61   Turinskaya Sloboda
        343 62   Bajkalovo
        343 63   Artemovsky
        343 64   Rezh
        343 65   Asbest
        343 67   Tugulym
        343 68   Verkhnyaya Pyshma
        343 69   Berezovsky
        343 70   Novoural'sk
        343 72   Pyshma
        343 73   Suhoj Log
        343 74   Sysert'
        343 76   Bogdanovich
        343 77   Beloyarsky
        343 77   Zarechnyj
        343 78   Kamensk-Ural'sky
        343 91   Achit
        343 92   Pervoural'sk
        343 94   Krasnoufimsk
        343 95   Arti
        343 96   Nizhnie Sergi
        343 97   Revda
        345      Tyumen, Russia (3452, 34522)
        345 11   Tobol'sk
        345 16   Uvat
        345 31   Yarkovo
        345 33   Nizhnyaya Tavda
        345 35   Yalutorovsk
        345 37   Isetskoe
        345 41   Uporovo
        345 42   Zavodoukovsk
        345 44   Omutinsky
        345 46   Golyshmanovo
        345 50   Bol'shoe Sorokino
        345 51   Ishim
        345 53   Kazanskoe
        345 54   Berdyuzh'e
        345 55   Sladkovo
        345 57   Vikulovo
        345 64   Noyabr'sk
        345 97   Tarko-Sale
        346 2    Surgut
        346 74   Berezovo
        347      Ufa, Russia (3472)
        347 10   Kushnarenkovo
        347 11   Sterlitamak
        347 12   Tujmazy
        347 13   Neftekamsk
        347 14   Birsk
        347 15   Isyangulovo
        347 16   Belebej
        347 17   Dyurtyuli
        347 18   Kirgiz-Miyaki
        347 19   Mrakovo
        347 3    Sterlitamak
        347 40   Krasnousol'sky
        347 41   Ermekeevo
        347 42   Bakaly
        347 43   Bizhbulyak
        347 44   Karaidel'
        347 45   Tolbazy
        347 46   Fedorovka
        347 47   Yazykovo
        347 48   Verkhnie Kigi
        347 49   Mishkino
        347 50   Novobelokataj
        347 51   Bajmak
        347 52   Zilair
        347 54   Raevsky
        347 56   Buraevo
        347 57   Ermolaevo
        347 59   Nikolo-Berezovka
        347 60   Yanaul
        347 61   Kumertau
        347 62   Verkhneyarkeevo
        347 63   Salavat
        347 64   Meleuz
        347 65   Karmaskaly
        347 66   Blagoveschensk (Bashkir Autonomous Region)
        347 67   Oktyabr'sky (Bashkir Autonomous Region)
        347 68   Davlekanovo
        347 69   Sharam
        347 70   Bol'sheust'ikinskoe
        347 71   Askino
        347 72   Askarovo
        347 73   Buzdyak
        347 74   Arkhangel'skoe
        347 75   Sibaj
        347 76   Krasnaya Gorka
        347 77   Maloyaz
        347 79   Kaltasy
        347 91   Uchaly
        347 92   Beloretsk
        347 93   Sterlibashevo
        347 94   Ishimbaj
        347 95   Iglino
        347 96   Chekmagush
        347 97   Chishmy
        347 98   Mesyagutovo
        351      Chelyabinsk, Russia (3512)
        351 1    Magnitogorsk [formerly 351 37?]
        351 11   Trekhgornyj
        351 32   Argayash
        351 33   Kartaly
        351 34   Yuzhnoural'sk
        351 35   Miass
        351 36   Zlatoust
        351 37   [Magnitogorsk - now 3511?]
        351 38   Emanzhelinsk
        351 39   Kopejsk
        351 40   Agapovka
        351 41   Bredy
        351 42   Varna
        351 43   Verkhneural'sk
        351 44   Dolgoderevenskoe
        351 45   Etkul'
        351 46   Solnechnaya Dolina
        351 47   Katav-Ivanovsk
        351 48   Kunashak
        351 49   Kasli
        351 50   Miasskoe
        351 51   Kyshtym
        351 52   Korkino
        351 54   Kusa
        351 55   Kizil'skoe
        351 56   Nyazepetrovsk
        351 57   Fershampenuaz
        351 58   Oktyabr'skoe (Chelabinsk)
        351 59   Asha
        351 60   Plast
        351 61   Satka
        351 63   Troitsk (Chelabinsk)
        351 64   Verkhny Ufalej
        351 65   Ujskoe
        351 66   Uvel'sky
        351 67   Ust'-Katav
        351 68   Chebarkul'
        351 69   Chesma
        351 71   Ozersk (Chelyabinsk)
        351 72   Snezhinsk
        352      Kurgan, Russia (3522, 35222)
        352 30   Chastoozer'e
        352 31   Ketovo
        352 32   Belozerskoe
        352 33   Vargashi
        352 34   Mokrousovo
        352 35   Petukhovo
        352 36   Makushino
        352 37   Lebyazh'e (Kurgansk)
        352 38   Polovinnoe
        352 39   Glyadyanskoe
        352 41   Tselinnoe (Kurgansk)
        352 42   Al'menevo
        352 43   Safakulevo
        352 44   Schuch'e
        352 45   Shumikha
        352 47   Mishkino
        352 48   Yurgamysh
        352 49   Kurtamysh
        352 5    Shadrinsk [also 35253]
        352 51   Katajsk
        352 52   Dalmatovo
        352 53   Shadrinsk [also 3525]
        352 56   Kargapol'e
        352 57   Shatrovo
        353      Orenburg, Russia (3532; formerly 35300?)
        353 30   Oktyabr'skoe (Orenburg)
        353 31   Sakmara
        353 32   Tyul'gan
        353 33   Saraktash
        353 35   Akbulak
        353 36   Sol'-Iletsk
        353 37   Ilek
        353 38   Perevolotski (one source 3533846)
        353 39   Novosergievka
        353 41   Kurmanaevka
        353 42   Buzuluk
        353 44   Grachevka
        353 46   Sorochinsk
        353 47   Tashla
        353 48   Pervomajsky
        353 49   Totskoye
        353 51   Asekeevo
        353 52   Buguruslan
        353 54   Severnoe
        353 55   Abdulino
        353 56   Matveevka
        353 58   Sharlyk
        353 59   Aleksandrovka
        353 61   Kuvandyk
        353 62   Gaj
        353 65   Adamovka
        353 66   Svetlyj (Orenburg)
        353 67   Dombarovsky
        353 68   Yasnyj
        353 72   Orsk
        353 76   Novotroitsk
        353 79   Mednogorsk
        360      [formerly Tashauz, Turkmenistan; now +993]
        361      [formerly Nukus, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        362      [formerly Urgench, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        363      [formerly Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan; now +993]
        365      [formerly Bukhara, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        366      [formerly Samarkand, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        367      [formerly Gulistan, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        369      [formerly Namangan, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        370      [formerly Mary, Turkmenistan; now +993]
        371      [formerly Tashkent, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        372      [formerly Dzhizak, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        373      [formerly Fergana, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        374      [formerly Andizhan, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        375      [formerly Karshi, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        376      [formerly Termez, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        377      [formerly Dushanbe, Tajikistan; now +992]
        379      [formerly Khudzhand (Khujand), Tajikistan; now +992]
        381      Omsk, Russia (3812)
        381 50   Ust'-Ishim
        381 51   Tavricheskoe
        381 52   Novovarshavka
        381 53   Cherlak
        381 54   Tevriz
        381 55   Kalachinsk
        381 56   Russkaya Polyana
        381 57   Gor'kovskoe
        381 58   Muromtsevo
        381 59   Odesskoe
        381 61   Nazyvaevsk
        381 63   Poltavka
        381 64   Sedel'nikovo
        381 65   Nizhnyaya Omka
        381 66   Okoneshnikovo
        381 67   Krutinka
        381 68   Mar'yanovka
        381 70   Kormilovka
        381 71   Tara
        381 72   Pavlogradka
        381 73   Isil'kul'
        381 74   Moskhalenki
        381 75   Lyubinsky
        381 76   Tyukalinsk
        381 77   Sherbakul'
        381 78   Sargatskoe
        381 79   Znamenskoe (Omsk)
        382      Tomsk, Russia (3822 or 38222)
        382 41   Asino
        382 43   Zyryanskoe
        382 44   Kozhevnikovo
        382 45   Pervomajskoe
        382 46   Tegul'det
        382 47   Mel'nikovo
        382 52   Parabel'
        382 53   Kargasok
        382 54   Kolpashevo [5D subscriber numbers]
        382 542  Kolpashevo [4D subscriber numbers]
        382 55   Aleksandrovskoe
        382 56   Molchanovo
        382 59   Strezhevoj
        383      Novosibirsk (or Novossibirsk), Russia (3832)
        383 40   Toguchin
        383 41   Berdsk
        383 43   Iskitim
        383 45   Cherepanovo
        383 46   Suzun
        383 47   Maslyanino
        383 48   Moshkovo
        383 49   Bolotnoe
        383 50   Chulym
        383 51   Kochenevo
        383 52   Kolyvan'
        383 53   Bagan
        383 54   Dovol'noe
        383 55   Karasuk
        383 56   Kochki
        383 57   Krasnozerskoe
        383 58   Kupino
        383 59   Ordynskoe
        383 60   Severnoe
        383 612  Barabinsk
        383 62   Kujbyshev
        383 63   Zdvinsk
        383 64   Tatarsk
        383 65   Kargat
        383 66   Ubinskoe
        383 67   Chany
        383 68   Chistoozernoe
        383 69   Vengerovo
        383 71   Kyshtovka
        383 72   Ust'-Tarka
        383 73   Ob'
        384      Kemerovo, Russia (3842, 38422)
        384 3    Novokuznetsk
        384 41   Yaya
        384 42   Promyshlennaya
        384 43   Mariinsk
        384 44   Verkh-Chebula
        384 45   Berezovsky
        384 47   Tisul'
        384 49   Tyazhinsky
        384 51   Yurga
        384 52   Belovo
        384 53   Anzhero-Sudzhensk
        384 54   Topki
        384 55   Yashkino
        384 56   Lenisk-Kuznetsky
        384 59   Izhmorsky
        384 63   Gur'evsk
        384 64   Kiselevsk
        384 66   Prokop'evsk
        384 71   Osinniki
        384 73   Tashtagol
        384 74   Myski
        384 75   Mezhdurechensk
        385      Barnaul, Russia (3852)
        385 10   Pankrushikha
        385 11   Pavlovsk
        385 12   Rebrikha
        385 13   Mamontovo
        385 14   Kamen' na Obi
        385 15   Baevo
        385 16   Gornyak
        385 17   Zmeinogorsk
        385 18   Tyumentsevo
        385 19   Krutikha
        385 30   Zonal'noe
        385 32   Novoaltajsk
        385 33   Solton
        385 34   Troitskoe (Altajskogo)
        385 35   Krasnogorskoe (Altajskogo)
        385 36   Smolenskoe (Altajskogo)
        385 37   Altajsky
        385 38   [Bijsk (Biysk); best sources now indicate 3854]
        385 4    Bijsk (Biysk) [formerly 3854?]
        385 50   Shipunovo
        385 51   Kalmanka
        385 52   Topchikha
        385 53   Alejsk
        385 54   Ust'-Charyshskaya Pristan'
        385 55   Novichikha
        385 56   Pospelikha
        385 57   Rubtsovsk
        385 58   Shelabolikha
        385 59   Staroalejskoe
        385 60   Novoegor'evskoe
        385 61   Romanovo
        385 62   Zav'yalovo (Altajskogo)
        385 63   Rodino
        385 64   Blagoveshchenka
        385 65   Volchikha
        385 66   Kulunda
        385 67   Tabuny
        385 68   Slavgorod
        385 69   Khabary
        385 70   Mikhajlovka (Altajskogo)
        385 71   Bystryj Istok
        385 73   Petropavlovskoe (Altajskogo)
        385 76   Kur'ya
        385 77   Belokurikha
        385 78   Klyuchi
        385 79   Uglovskoe
        385 90   Kytmanovo
        385 91   Tal'menka
        385 92   Zalesovo
        385 93   El'tsovka
        385 94   Soloneshnoe
        385 95   Zarinsk
        385 96   Tselinnoe (Altajskogo)
        385 97   Togul
        385 98   Sovetskoye
        385 99   Ust'-Kalmanka
        388      Gorno-Altajsk (38822 for 5D; 388221 for 4D)
        390      Abakan (39022)
        390 31   Chernogorsk
        390 32   Ust'-Abakan
        390 33   Sorsk
        390 34   Bograd
        390 35   Shira
        390 36   Kop'evo
        390 41   Belyj Yar
        390 42   Sayanogorsk
        390 44   Beya
        390 45   Askiz
        390 46   Tashtyp
        391      Krasnoyarsk, Russia (3912)
        391 15   Enisejsk
        391 16   Kazachinskoe
        391 17   Pirovskoe
        391 18   Bol'shaya Murta
        391 19   Sukhobuzimskoe
        391 32   Minusinsk
        391 33   Emel'yanovo
        391 34   Krasnoturansk
        391 35   Idrinskoe
        391 36   Kuragino
        391 37   Karatuzskoe
        391 38   Ermakovskoe
        391 39   Shushenskoe
        391 40   Partizanskoe
        391 42   Aginskoe (Krasnoyarskogo)
        391 44   Divnogorsk
        391 45   Lesosibirsk
        391 46   Uyar
        391 47   Novoselovo
        391 48   Balakhta
        391 49   Shalinskoe
        391 50   Novobirilyussy
        391 51   Achinsk
        391 53   Sharypovo
        391 55   Nazarovo
        391 56   Uzhur
        391 59   Bol'shoj Uluj
        391 61   Kansk
        391 63   Aban (3916322)
        391 64   Taseevo
        391 67   Dzerzhinskoe
        391 68   Borodino
        391 69   Zelenogorsk
        391 71   Nizhny Ingash
        391 73   Ilansky
        391 74   Irbejskoe
        391 75   Berezovka
        391 95   Kedrovyj (Kedrovy')
        391 97   Zheleznogorsk
        394      Kizil (or Kyzyl?) (39422)
        395      Irkutsk, Russia (3952)
        395 10   Shelekhov
        395 12   Zalari
        395 14   Zima
        395 18   Angarsk [one source 3951]
        395 2    Irkutsk
        395 35   Ust'-Ilimsk
        395 31   Bratsk [one source 3953]
        395 41   Ust'-Ordynski
        395 43   Usol'e-Sibirskoe
        395 45   Ust'-Uda
        395 46   Cheremkhovo
        395 62   Kazachinskoe (Irkutskoj)
        395 63   Tajshet
        395 65   Ust'-Kut
        395 66   Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky
        395 68   Kirensk
        411      Yakutsk, Russia (4112 or 41122)
        411 31   Berdigestyakh
        411 32   Vilyujsk
        411 33   Verhnevilyujsk
        411 34   Nyurba
        411 35   Suntar
        411 36   Mirnyj
        411 37   Lensk
        411 38   Olekminsk
        411 41   Ust'-Maya
        411 42   Amga
        411 43   Majya
        411 44   Pokrovsk
        411 45   Aldan
        411 47   Neryungri
        411 51   Churapcha
        411 52   Ytyk-Kyuel'
        411 53   Khandyga
        411 55   Zyryanka (4115521?)
        411 61   Borogontsy
        411 62   Namtsy
        411 63   Sangar
        411 67   Tiksi
        413      Magadan, Russia (41322; was 41300?)
        413 41   Ola
        413 42   Palatka
        413 44   Ust'-Omchug
        413 45   Susuman
        413 46   Omsukchan
        413 47   Sejmchan
        415      Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia (4152 or 41522; was 41500?)
        416      Blagoveshchensk (Amurskaya), Russia (4162, 41622)
        416 39   Konstantinovka
        416 41   Belogorsk
        416 42   Seryshevo
        416 43   Svobodnyj
        416 44   Novokievsky Uval
        416 51   Shimanovsk
        416 53   Magdagachi
        416 54   Skovorodino
        416 56   Tynda
        421      Khabarovsk, Russia (4212; formerly 4210 or 42100?)
        421 72   Komsomol'sk-na-Amure
        423      Vladivostok, Russia (4232; was 42300?)
        423 31   Slavyanka
        423 34   Vol'no-Hadezhdinskoe
        423 35   Bol'shoj Kamen'
        423 37   Artem [5D subscriber numbers]
        423 370  Artem [4D subscriber numbers]
        423 39   Fokino
        423 41   Ussurijsk
        423 44   Pokrovka
        423 45   Pogranichnyj
        423 46   Mikhajlovka
        423 47   Khorol'
        423 49   Kamen'-Rybolov
        423 51   Chernigovka
        423 52   Spassk-Dal'ny
        423 54   Kirovsky
        423 55   Lesozavodsk
        423 56   Dal'nerechensk
        423 57   Luchegorsk
        423 59   Hovopokrovka (Novopokrovka) 
        423 61   Arsen'ev
        423 62   Anuchino
        423 630  Partizansk
        423 65   Vladimiro-Aleksandrovskoe
        423 66   Hakhodka
        423 71   Yakovlevka
        423 72   Chuguevka
        423 73   Dal'negorsk
        423 74   Ternej
        423 75   Kavalerovo
        423 76   Ol'ga
        423 77   Lazo
        424      Juzhno-Sakhalinsk (or Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Russia
                  (4242 or 42422; formerly 42400?)
        426      Birobidzhan (42622)
        427      Anadyr' (42722)
        436      [formerly Navoi, Uzbekistan; now +998]
        501      Sovintel network in Moscow
        502      Combellga network in Moscow
        503      Comstar network in Moscow
        504      Nakhodka & Sakhalin
        505      Asteli network in Moscow
        509 0    Khabarovsk
        509 3    Amaruskom
        509 96   Sakhalin Radius
        510      Kaliningrad (WBT)
        511 11   overlay network (Moscow Tech. University for Comm. & Info.)
        512 85   overlay network (Baltic Communications Ltd)
        811      Pskov, Russia (8112, 81122)
        811 31   Gdov
        811 32   Strugi Krasnye
        811 33   Plyussa
        811 34   Porkhov
        811 35   Dno
        811 36   Dedovichi
        811 37   Krasnogorodskoe
        811 38   Opochka
        811 39   Loknya
        811 40   Sebezh
        811 41   Bezhanitsy
        811 42   Pustoshka
        811 43   Novorzhev
        811 44   Novosokol'niki
        811 45   Palkino
        811 46   Pushkinskie Gory
        811 47   Pytalovo
        811 48   Pechory
        811 49   Kun'ya
        811 50   Usvyaty
        811 51   Nevel'
        811 52   Ostrov
        811 53   Velikie Luki
        812      Saint Petersburg, Russia (Sankt-Peterburg)
                   (name changed 1991 from Leningrad)
        812 61   Tosno
        812 62   Kirovsk (Leningrad area)
        812 63   Volkhov
        812 64   Lodeynoe Pole
        812 65   Podporozh'e
        812 66   Boksitogorsk
        812 66   Pikalevo
        812 67   Tikhvin
        812 68   Kirishi
        812 69   Sosnovyy Bor
        812 70   Vsevolozhsk
        812 71   Gatchina
        812 72   Luga
        812 73   Volosovo
        812 74   Slantsy
        812 75   Kingisepp (Kingiseppski)
        812 76   Anino
        812 76   Bol'shaya Izhora
        812 76   Gorbunki
        812 76   Gostilitsy
        812 76   Kipen'
        812 76   Nizino
        812 78   Vyborg
        812 79   Priozersk
        814      Petrozavodsk, Russia (8142, 81422; formerly 81400?)
        814 30   Sortavala
        814 31   Segezha
        814 33   Pitkyaranta
        814 34   Medvezh'egorsk
        814 36   Olonets
        814 37   Belomorsk
        814 39   Loukhi
        814 50   Lakhdenpokh'ya
        814 51   Kondopoga
        814 52   Pudozh
        814 54   Kalevala
        814 55   Muezersky
        814 56   Pryazha
        814 57   Suoyarvi
        814 58   Kem'
        814 59   Kostomuksha
        815      Murmansk, Russia (8152 or 81522; formerly 8150 or 81500?)
        815 30   Skalistyj
        815 30   Snezhnogorsk
        815 31   Kirovsk
        815 32   Polyarnye Zori
        815 33   Kandalaksha
        815 35   Kovdor
        815 36   Monchegorsk
        815 37   Severomorsk
        815 38   Lovozero
        815 51   Polyarnyj [5D subscriber numbers]
        815 512  Polyarnyj [4D subscriber numbers]
        815 52   Olenegorsk [5D subscriber numbers]
        815 522  Olenegorsk [4D subscriber numbers]
        815 53   Kola
        815 54   Nikel'
        815 54   Zapolyarnyj
        815 55   Apatity
        815 56   Zaozersk
        815 59   Umba
        816      Novgorod, Russia (8162, 81622; formerly 8160, 81600?)
        816 50   Parfino
        816 51   Demyansk
        816 52   Staraya Russa
        816 53   Moshenskoe
        816 54   Kholm
        816 55   Sol'tsy
        816 56   Shimsk
        816 57   Okulovka
        816 58   Poddor'e
        816 59   Kresttsy
        816 60   Malaya Vishera
        816 61   Batetsky
        816 62   Volot
        816 63   Marevo
        816 64   Borovichi
        816 65   Chudovo
        816 66   Valdaj
        816 67   Khvojnaya
        816 68   Lyubytino
        816 69   Pestovo
        817      Vologda, Russia (8172, 81722)
        817 32   Kharovsk
        817 33   Sokol
        817 36   [formerly Cherepovets; best sources now indicate 820]
        817 37   Ustyuzhna
        817 38   Veliky Ustyug
        817 39   Tot'ma
        817 40   Kichmengsky Gorodok
        817 41   Chagoda
        817 42   Kaduj
        817 43   Babaevo
        817 44   Vozhega
        817 45   Selo im. Babushkina
        817 46   Vytegra
        817 47   Nyuksenitsa
        817 48   Tarnogsky Gorodok
        817 49   Shujskoe
        817 51   Sheksna
        817 52   Syamzha
        817 53   Ust'e
        817 54   Nikol'sk
        817 55   Gryazovets
        817 56   Belozersk
        817 57   Kirillov
        817 58   Lipin Bor
        817 59   Verkhovazh'e
        818      Arkhangelsk, Russia (8182, 81822; formerly 81800?)
        818 30   Kholmogory
        818 31   Bereznik
        818 32   Plesetsk
        818 33   Leshukonskoe
        818 34   Mirnyj
        818 36   Vel'sk
        818 37   Kotlas
        818 38   Nyandoma
        818 39   Onega
        818 40   Krasnoborsk
        818 41   Kargopol'
        818 42   Severodvinsk (one source also indicates just 8184)
        818 43   Il'insko-Podomskoe
        818 48   Mezen'
        818 50   Koryazhma
        818 51   Shenkursk
        818 52   Novodvinsk
        818 53   Nar'yan-Mar
        818 54   Verkhnyaya Tojma
        818 55   Oktyabr'sky
        818 56   Karpogory
        818 58   Konosha
        818 59   Yarensk
        820      Cherepovets [8202; formerly 81736?]
        821      Siktivkar (or Syktyvkar), Russia? (8212 or 82122)
        821 30   Vyl'gort
        821 31   Vizinga
        821 32   Kojgorodok
        821 33   Ob'yachevo
        821 34   Ajkino
        821 35   Usogorsk
        821 36   Kortkeros
        821 37   Ust'-Kulom
        821 38   Troitsko-Pechorsk
        821 39   Emva
        821 40   Izhma
        821 41   Ust'-Tsil'ma
        821 42   Pechora
        821 44   Usinsk
        821 45   Inta
        821 46   Vuktyl
        821 47   Ukhta
        821 49   Sosnogorsk
        821 51   Vorkuta
        831      Nizhni(i) Novgorod (was Gorky or Gorki), Russia (8312)
        831 3    Dzerzhinsk
        831 30   Sarov
        831 38   Bol'shoe Boldino
        831 41   Vad
        831 42   Shatki
        831 43   Diveevo
        831 44   Balakhna
        831 45   Kstovo
        831 46   Pervomajsk
        831 47   Arzamas
        831 48   Perevoz
        831 49   Lyskovo
        831 50   Vetluga
        831 52   Shakhun'ya
        831 53   Tonkino
        831 54   Uren'
        831 55   Sharanga
        831 57   Kovernino
        831 58   Varnavino
        831 59   Bor
        831 60   Chkalovsk
        831 61   Gorodets
        831 62   Semenov
        831 63   Voskresenskoe
        831 65   Spasskoe
        831 67   Bol'shoe Murashkino
        831 68   Dal'nee Konstantinovo
        831 69   Zavolzh'e
        831 70   Bogorodsk
        831 71   Pavlovo
        831 72   Buturlino
        831 73   Vacha
        831 74   Sosnovskoe
        831 75   Navashino
        831 76   Kulebaki
        831 77   Vyksa
        831 78   Voznesenskoe
        831 79   Ardatov
        831 91   Sergach
        831 92   Pil'na
        831 93   Sechenovo
        831 94   Urazovka
        831 95   Gagino
        831 96   Lukoyanov
        831 97   Pochinki
        833      Vyatka (formerly Kirov), Russia (8332; formerly 83300?)
        833 30   Arbazh
        833 32   Falenki
        833 33   Bogorodskoe
        833 34   Vyatskie Polyany
        833 35   Verkhoshizhem'e
        833 36   Darovskoj
        833 37   Zuevka
        833 38   Kil'mez'
        833 39   Kirs
        833 40   Tuzha
        833 41   Kiknur
        833 42   Kotel'nich
        833 43   Kumeny
        833 44   Lebyazh'e
        833 45   Leninskoe
        833 46   Luza
        833 47   Malmyzh
        833 48   Murashi
        833 49   Nagorsk
        833 50   Nema
        833 51   Podosinovets
        833 52   Omutninsk
        833 53   Oparino
        833 54   Orichi
        833 55   Pizhanka
        833 57   Sanchursk
        833 58   Svecha
        833 59   Uni
        833 61   Kirovo-Chepetsk
        833 62   Slobodskoj
        833 63   Urzhum
        833 64   Belaya Kholunitsa
        833 65   Orlov
        833 66   Yur'ya
        833 67   Yaransk
        833 68   Nolinsk
        833 69   Suna
        833 75   Sovetsk
        834      Saransk, Russia (8342 or 83422)
        834 31   Ardatov
        834 32   Staroe Shajgovo
        834 33   Kemlya
        834 34   Atyashevo
        834 36   Bol'shie Berezniki
        834 37   Chamzinka
        834 38   Romodanovo
        834 39   Kochkurovo
        834 41   Lyambir'
        834 42   Bol'shoe Ignatovo
        834 43   Krasnoslobodsk
        834 44   El'niki
        834 45   Temnikov
        834 46   Ten'gushevo
        834 47   Dubenki
        834 48   Kadoshkino
        834 49   Insar
        834 51   Ruzaevka
        834 53   Kovylkino
        834 54   Atyur'evo
        834 56   Torbeevo
        834 57   Yavas
        834 58   Zubova Polyana
        835      Cheboksari (or Cheboksary), Russia (8352; formerly 8350?)
        836      Ioshkar-Ola (Joshkar-Ola), Russia (8362, 83622)
        836 2    Medvedevo, Russia
        836 31   Volzhsk
        836 32   Koz'modem'yansk
        836 33   Sernur
        836 34   Mari-Turek
        836 35   Morki
        836 36   Novyj Tor'yal
        836 37   Kuzhener
        836 38   Sovetsky
        836 39   Paran'ga
        836 41   Orshanka
        836 43   Kilemary
        836 44   Yurino
        836 45   Zvenigovo
        841      Penza, Russia (8412)
        841 40   Bessonovka
        841 42   Vadinsk
        841 43   Bashmakovo
        841 44   Issa
        841 45   Russkij Kameshkir
        841 46   Kolyshlej
        841 48   Lopatino
        841 50   Mokshan
        841 51   Bednodem'yanovsk
        841 52   Pachelma
        841 53   Belinsky
        841 54   Nizhny Lomov
        841 55   Zemetchino
        841 56   Kamenka
        841 57   Kuznetsk
        841 58   Gorodische
        841 59   Shemyshejka
        841 61   Lunino
        841 62   Malaya Serdoba
        841 63   Narovchat
        841 64   Neverkino
        841 65   Nikol'sk
        841 67   Serdobsk
        841 68   Sosnovoborsk
        841 69   Tamala
        842      Kaluga, Russia (8422, 84222)
        842      Simbirsk (formerly Ulyanovsk), Russia (8422, 84222)
        842 30   Staraya Majna
        842 31   Cherdakly
        842 32   Novaya Malykla
        842 34   Teren'ga
        842 35   Dimitrovgrad
        842 37   Kuzovatovo
        842 38   Novospasskoe
        842 39   Radischevo
        842 41   Inza
        842 42   Surskoe
        842 43   Veshkajma
        842 44   Majna
        842 45   Bol'shoe Nagatkino
        842 46   Karsun
        842 47   Nikolaevka
        842 49   Staraya Kulatka
        842 53   Barysh
        842 54   Isheevka
        842 55   Novoul'yanovsk
        843      Kazan, Russia (8432)
        843      Zhukovo, Russia (8432)
        843 12   Almetyevsk
        843 16   Cheremshan
        843 41   Alekseevskoe
        843 42   Chistopol'
        843 44   Aksubaevo
        843 45   Nurlat
        843 46   Bazarnye Mataki
        843 48   Novosheshminsk
        843 53   Nizhnekamsk [one source claims 8555]
        843 60   Tyulyachi
        843 61   Rybnaya Sloboda
        843 62   Bogatye Saby
        843 64   Kukmor
        843 65   Vysokaya Gora
        843 66   Arsk
        843 67   Pestretsy
        843 68   Baltasi
        843 69   Atnya
        843 71   Zelenodol'sk
        843 73   Tetyushi
        843 74   Buinsk
        843 75   Staroe Drozhzhanoe
        843 76   Apastovo
        843 77   Kamskoe Ust'e
        843 78   Laishevo
        843 79   Verkhny Uslon
        843 9    [Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia; now 8552]
        844      Volgograd, Russia (8442) (was once Stalingrad)
        844 3    Volzhsky
        844 42   Uryupinsk
        844 43   Nekhaevsky
        844 44   Novonikolaevsky
        844 45   Kikvidze
        844 46   Alekseevskaya
        844 47   Novoanninsky
        844 52   Elan'
        844 53   Rudnya
        844 54   Zhirnovsk [5D subscriber numbers]
        844 542  Zhirnovsk [4D subscriber numbers]
        844 55   Kotovo
        844 56   Ol'khovka
        844 57   Kamyshin
        844 58   Dubovka
        844 61   Danilovka
        844 62   Kumylzhenskaya
        844 63   Mikhaylovka (Volgograd)
        844 64   Serafimovich
        844 65   Frolovo
        844 66   Kletsky
        844 67   Ilovlya
        844 68   Gorodische (Volgograd)
        844 72   Kalach-na-Donu (Kalach-On-Don)
        844 73   Surovikino
        844 74   Chernyshkovsky
        844 75   Oktyabr'sky
        844 76   Kotel'nikovo
        844 77   Svetlyj Yar
        844 78   Leninsk
        844 79   Srednyaya Akhtuba
        844 92   Pallasovka
        844 93   Staraya Poltavka
        844 94   Nikolaevsk
        844 95   Bykovo
        845      Saratov, Russia (8452)
        845 11   Engel's
        845 40   Rtischevo
        845 42   Arkadak
        845 44   Romanovka
        845 45   Balashov
        845 48   Samojlovka
        845 49   Kalininsk
        845 50   Krasnoarmejsk
        845 51   Lysye Gory
        845 52   Atkarsk
        845 555  Petrovsk [4D subscriber numbers]
        845 5533 Petrovsk [3D subscriber numbers]
        845 57   Novye Burasy
        845 58   Tatischevo
        845 60   Krasnyj Kut
        845 61   Piterka
        845 62   Novouzensk
        845 63   Dergachi
        845 64   Ershov
        845 65   Mokrous
        845 66   Stepnoe
        845 67   Marks
        845 70   Balakovo
        845 73   Dukhovnitskoe
        845 74   Pugachev
        845 75   Perelyub
        845 76   Ozinki
        845 77   Gornyj
        845 79   Ivanteevka
        845 92   Baltaj
        845 93   Vol'sk
        845 95   Khvalynsk
        846      Samara (was Kuibishev or Kuybyshev), Russia (8462)
        846 35   Novokujbyshevsk (Novokuybyshevsk)
        846 39   Chapaevsk
        846 48   Shigony
        846 50   Koshki
        846 52   Shentala
        846 53   Klyavlino
        846 54   Isakly
        846 55   Sergievsk
        846 56   Pokhvistnevo
        846 57   Krasnyj Yar
        846 60   Kinel'-Cherkassy
        846 61   Otradnyj
        846 62   Zhigulevsk
        846 63   Kinel'
        846 70   Neftegorsk
        846 71   Alekseevka
        846 72   Bol'shaya Chernigovka
        846 73   Bol'shaya Glushitsa
        846 75   Krasnoarmejskoe
        846 76   Bezenchuk
        847      Elista, Russia (84722)
        847 32  Iki-Burul
        847 33  Kaspijskij
        847 35  Ketchenery
        847 36  Priyutnoe
        847 41  Sadovoe
        847 42  Troitskoe (Kalmykiya)
        847 44  Tsagan Aman
        847 46  Yashkul'
        848     Tolyatti, Russia (8482) [see Note 3 below]
        851     Astrakhan, Russia (8512; formerly 85100?)
        851 10  Znamensk
        851 11  Akhtubinsk [5D subscriber numbers]
        851 111 Akhtubinsk [4D subscriber numbers]
        851 12  Volodarsky
        851 13  Enotaevka
        851 14  Ikryanoe
        851 15  Kamyzyak
        851 16  Krasnyj Yar
        851 17  Liman
        851 18  Kharabli
        851 19  Chernyj Yar
        851 71  Narimanov
        851 72  Nachalovo
        855     Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia (8552)
        855 11  Aznakaevo
        855 55  Menzelinsk
        855 57  Elabuga
        855 58  Zainsk
        855 59  Sarmanovo
        861     Krasnodar, Russia (8612)
        861 17  Novorossijsk [best sources indicate this; also 86134?]
        861 30  Timashevsk
        861 31  Krymsk
        861 32  Ejsk
        861 33  Anapa
        861 34  [Novorossijsk (Novorossiysk), Russia? See 861 17]
        861 35  Ust'-Labinsk
        861 37  Armavir
        861 38  Kropotkin
        861 40  Uspenskoe
        861 41  Gelendzhik
        861 42  Korenovsk
        861 43  Primorsko-Akhtarsk
        861 44  Otradnaya
        861 45  Leningradskaya
        861 46  Slavyansk-na-Kubani
        861 47  Kurganinsk
        861 48  Temryuk
        861 49  Novopokrovskaya
        861 50  Abinsk
        861 51  Staroscherbinovskaya
        861 52  Apsheronsk
        861 53  Starominskaya
        861 54  Belaya Glina
        861 55  Belorechensk
        861 56  Stanitsa Bryukhovetskaya
        861 57  Vyselki
        861 58  Stanitsa Tbilisskaya
        861 59  Goryachi Klyuch
        861 60  Gul'kevichi
        861 61  Stanitsa Krylovskaya
        861 62  Stanitsa Dinskaya
        861 63  Stanitsa Kalininskaya
        861 64  Stanitsa Kanevskaya
        861 65  Stanitsa Krasnoarmejskaya
        861 66  Severskaya
        861 67  Tuapse
        861 68  Stanitsa Kuschevskaya
        861 69  Labinsk
        861 91  Stanitsa Pavlovskaya
        861 92  Mostovskoj
        861 93  Stanitsa Kavkazskaya
        861 95  Novokubansk
        861 96  Tikhoretsk
        862     Sochi, Russia (8622; formerly 8620?)
        863     Rostov-na-Donu (or Rostov-on-Don), Russia (8632)
        863 11  Veshenskaya
        863 12  Bokovskaya
        863 13  Belaya Kalitva
        863 14  Morozovsk
        863 15  Millerovo
        863 16  Tarasovsky
        863 17  Chertkovo
        863 19  Milyutinskaya
        863 40  Rodionovo-Nesvetajskaya
        863 41  Matveev Kurgan
        863 42  Azov
        863 44  Taganrog
        863 45  Kagal'nitskaya
        863 47  Pokrovskoe
        863 48  Kujbyshevo
        863 49  Chaltyr'
        863 50  Aksaj
        863 51  Ust'-Donetsky
        863 52  Novocherkassk
        863 54  Batajsk
        863 56  Semikarakorsk
        863 57  Bagaevsky
        863 58  Veselyj
        863 59  Zernograd
        863 61  Gukovo
        863 62  Shakhty
        863 65  Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
        863 68  Donetsk
        863 69  Novoshakhtinsk
        863 70  Egorlykskaya
        863 72  Sal'sk
        863 75  Orlovsky
        863 76  Zimovniki
        863 77  Dubovskoe
        863 78  Zavetnoe
        863 79  Remontnoe
        863 91  Tsimlyansk
        863 92  Volgodonsk
        863 93  Konstantinovsk
        863 94  Romanovskaya
        863 95  Bol'shaya Martynovka
        863 96  Oblivskaya
        865     Stavropol, Russia (8652 or 86522)
        865 31  Mineralnye Vody, Russia
        865 37  Kislovodsk, Russia
        865 40  Grachevka
        865 41  Krasnogvardejskoe (Stavropol'sk)
        865 42  Ipatovo
        865 43  Levokumskoe
        865 44  Novoaleksandrovsk
        865 45  Izobil'nyj
        865 46  Donskoe
        865 47  Svetlograd
        865 48  Novoselitskoe
        865 49  Blagodarnyj
        865 50  Kochubeevskoe
        865 52  Zelenokumsk
        865 54  Nevinnomyssk
        865 55  Divnoe
        865 56  Kursavka
        865 57  Aleksandrovskoe (Stavropol)
        865 58  Neftekumsk
        865 66  Letnyaya Stavka
        866     Nalchik, Russia (8662, 86622; formerly 86600?)
        866 31  Prokhladnyj
        866 33  Majsky
        866 35  Nartkala
        866 38  Tyrnyauz
        867     Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), Russia (8672, 86722)
                  (also spelled Vladikarkaz?)
        867 31  Alagir
        867 32  Ardon
        867 33  Digora
        867 34  Chikola
        867 35  El'khotovo
        867 36  Mozdok
        867 37  Beslan
        867 38  Oktyabr'skoe
        867 39  Arkhonskaya
        871     Groznii (or Grozny), Russia (8712 or 87122)
        871 31  Vedeno
        871 32  Znamenskoe
        871 35  Shatoj
        871 36  Shelkovskaya
        871 37  Gudermes
        871 41  Nozhaj-Yurt
        871 42  Achkhoj-Martan
        871 45  Urus-Martan
        871 46  Shali
        871 47  Argun
        872     Makhachkala, Russia (8722, 87222; formerly 8720, 87200?)
        873     Nazran (87322)
        877     Majkop (87722)
        878     Cherkessk (87822)
        878 75  Ust-Dzhequta
        878 78  Zelenchukskaya
        879     Pyatigorsk, Russia (8792, 87922; formerly 8790 or 87900?)
        879 33  Pyatigorsk [some sources; in addition to 8792(2)?]
        879 34  Essentuki [or just 8793?]
        879 37  Kislovodsk
        881     [formerly Sukhumi, Georgia; now +995]
        882     [formerly Batumi, Georgia; now +995]
        883     [formerly Tbilisi, Georgia area; now +995]
        885     [formerly Erevan (or Yerevan), Armenia area; now +374]
        892     [formerly Baku, Azerbaijan area; now +994]
        895     [formerly Gyandzha, Azerbaijan area; now +994]


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Note 1 (courtesy Jason Childers, notes added in brackets where new
        codes were found):

Date: 26 Feb 92 11:50:00 EST
From: childeja@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU (Jason Childers)
Subject: Name Game in the CIS

Now that the Soviet Union (USSR, CCCP) is non-existent, the republics
have decided to change the names of some of their cities back to their
pre-Soviet titles.  Here is a list of names which {Time Magazine}
published last month, some of which are stated in the Telecom Archives
file ZONE.7 as having city codes:

[notice 2 occurrences of Ordzhonikidze, in Russia and in Georgia]

[note: codes on the following list were updated 14 August 2002]

Old name                        New Name                Code

Leninakan, Armenia              Kumayri or Giumri       +7 885 69, now +374
Kirovabad, Azerbaijan           Gyandzha                +7 895, now +994
Minsk, Byelorussia              Mensk, Belarus          +7 017, now +375 %%
Gegechkori, Georgia             Martvili                now +995
Makharadze, Georgia             Ozurgeti                now +995
Ordzhonikidze, Georgia          Kharagouli              now +995
Tsakhaya, Georgia               Senaki                  now +995
Tsulukidze, Georgia             Khoni                   now +995
Frunze, Kirghizia               Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan     +7 331, now +996 312
Rybachye, Kirghizia             Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan   now +996 39
Moldavia                        Moldova                 +373
Andropov, Russia                Rybinsk                 +7 085 37, now +7 0855
Brezhnev, Russia                Naberezhnye Chelny      +7 843 9, now +7 855
Chernenko, Russia               Sharypovo               +7 391 53
Georgiu-Dezh, Russia            Liski                   +7 073 91
Gorky, Russia                   Nizhni(i) Novgorod      +7 831
Kirov, Russia                   Vyatka                  +7 833
Kuibyshev, Russia               Samara                  +7 846
Kalinin, Russia                 Tver                    +7 082
Leningrad, Russia               St Petersburg           +7 812
Ordzhonikidze, Russia           Vladikarkaz             +7 867
Sverdlovsk, Russia              Yekaterinburg           +7 343
Ustinov, Russia                 Izhevsk                 +7 341
Zagorsk, Russia                 Sergiev Posad           +7 096 54 (not +7 254)
Lvov, The Ukraine               Lviv, Ukraine           +7 032, now +380   %%
Voroshilovgrad, The Ukraine     Lugansk, Ukraine        +7 064, now +380   %%
Zhdanov, The Ukraine            Mariupol, Ukraine       +7 062 9, now +380 %%
[added by CGM from another source:]
Ulyanovsk, Russia               Simbirsk                +7 842

Any edits and amendments would be appreciated.

Does anybody know if Kaliningrad (the little oblast north of Poland
and west of either Estonia or Lithuania (sorry, don't have a map next
to me) is going back to being known as Ko:nigsberg?

Jason Childers 

[%% - Feb. 1995 - new country codes will be used in Belarus (+375) and
Ukraine (+380) effective 16 April 1995 - old +7 codes will be changed.]

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Note 2:

(courtesy Carl Moore)

These change only a vowel (mind you, Russian uses the Cyrillic
alphabet instead of the one we use).  How does this compare to
the changes such as Peking-to-Beijing in China?
Minsk --> Mensk
Lvov --> Lviv

I also notice Kirghizia --> Kyrgyzstan.  Nit-picking change
in the "Kirghiz" spelling; yes, I also see the "ia" and "stan"
endings.

Kaliningrad (Ko:nigsberg being the name it had when part of
East Prussia in Germany) is in an enclave which is part of
the Russian republic but which borders Poland and Lithuania
(you have to go through Lithuania and Byelorussia, now called
Belarus, to reach the rest of the Russian republic).

Yekaterinburg (see notes below regarding Sverdlovsk) has also
been spelled without the leading Y; I'm sure this is due to
transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Note 3:

Tolyatti (+7 848), also spelled Toliatti, is apparently named for former
Italian Communist party leader Palmiro Togliatti(?). As is the case with
Kaliningrad (see above), there is no information about this name being
changed.  But many other cities named for Communists (and these are not
just in the former USSR) have had their names changed, usually back to
their previous names:

Leningrad, Russia
 (name had been changed from St. Petersburg to Petrograd during World
 War I, because of German-sounding name being an embarrassment then;
 British royal house name was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
 for the same reason)
Stalingrad, Russia
 (previously called Tsaritsyn; became Volgograd in "de-Stalinization"
 program under Khrushchev, deposed from power in 1964)
Andropov, Russia
Brezhnev, Russia
Chernenko, Russia
Kalinin, Russia
Sverdlovsk, Russia
 (became Yekaterinburg, the name it had before the Bolshevik revolution
 and when deposed Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered there in
 1918; according to "Nicholas and Alexandra", Jacob Sverdlov headed the
 Soviet cabinet and arranged those murders)
Ulyanovsk, Russia (Ulyanov was Lenin's real last name)
Leninakan, Armenia
Karl-Marx-Stadt (became Chemnitz), in the former East Germany
Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt (became Guben), in the former East Germany
Titograd (became Podgorica), in the former Yugoslavia
Gottwaldov (became Zlin), in the former Czechoslovakia

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Note 4 (August 2002):

Some Kazakstan name change information courtesy Andrew Owens, who adds:

"Very oddly, the very Russian "Petropavlovsk" and "Ust-Kamenogorsk"
appear to have retained their names, while Jambul didn't :)"

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