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There are seven villages named Khrenovo in Russia! This one is in the Ivanovo region. Photo: Andrey KARA

Tupitsa, Suchkino, Bukhalovo, Lokhovo, Khrenovo... Among the 170 thousand settlements of the country, we have chosen those that you cannot drive past without emotions

The Russian people, of course, have no problems with imagination. But apparently they didn’t bother too much with the names of most settlements. As a result, what we have: approximately 44% of names are repeating. A third of them are named by name (Ivanovka, Mikhailovo, Aleksandrovka...), and a quarter by nature (Sosnovka, Berezovka, Kalinovka...). This is understandable: previously we somehow managed without brainstorming sessions and creative agencies. But among the 165 thousand rural settlements, 1300 urban settlements and 1100 cities of Russia there are real “pearls” of extraordinary folk thought! There are about a thousand names that stick in your memory. Together with the regional editors of KP, we selected from them two hundred of the most, in our opinion, strange and funny.

Let's start with Perm region. There is a village called Tupitsa. We don’t know why she’s like this...

Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV

Or the village of Suchkino. I wonder how the locals feel about this name.

Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV

And the village of Putino. Also available.

And here is the village of Khomyaki. “Looks like someone is eating too much!?” - I remembered from the fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh.

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

The Tyumen region is also famous for its considerable list of funny names. There is Kokuy, Partizan, Razdolye, Vagina, Half, Chubby, Shortness of breath, Goldobino, Sour, Beautiful, Nevolino, Elbows, Bad, Kinder, Cotton wool, Political Department, Shot.

IN Chelyabinsk region, like Bashkiria, also has its own Paris. And Fershanpenoise is available. And even the villages of Leipzig and Berlin.

In Udmurtia there are such unusual villages: Muki-Kaksi, Baldeika, Podmoy, Kosolapovo, Karavay, Zherebenki, Babino, Lyuk, Chur, Uzi. And the villages: Skates, Zabegalovo, Berezka, Krasny Kustar, Bannoye, Roosters, Kabanikha, Kozlovo, Barany, Malaya Igra and Bolshaya Igra, Ubytdur, Capture, Vanya-Chumo, Adam.

But the most creative people, apparently, live in the Pskov region! There the cities of Dno, Opochka, Pytalovo are lit... And the villages: Ulcers, Torchilovo, Babki, Badgers, Bolshoi Khochuzh, Sos, Blagodat, Novy Opel, Lobok...

Kozyulki, Mochilki, Potseluevo, Teeth, Crooked Hats, Lamons, Runts...

And also Zhizhitsa, Mokriki, Puffy, Butts, Red Seat, Alyo, Grandfather-Kabak, Bald-Flies, Legs, Fast, Big Rods, New Life.

In the Sverdlovsk region there are the following cities: Nizhnie Sergi, Rezh, Novaya Lyalya (and the village of Staraya Lyalya - this is all the Novolyalinsky urban district). And the villages - Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha, Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, Laya, Krasny Adui.

IN Yaroslavl region- Woe-Gryaz, Pshenichishche, Zhupeevo, Bukhalovo.

In the Voronezh region there is Khrenishche.

In Kaluga there is the village of Zhivotinki. The name is quite harmless and to the point: after all, a livestock farm is located here.

IN Lipetsk region There is a village called Zasosnaya. In Vologda there are two villages with the name Konets (and there are eight of them in Russia).

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

There are also a lot of unusual and funny names in the Trans-Baikal Territory. For example, in the Argunsky region there is the village of Duroy. There is also the village of Klichka, which is named after a mining engineer. In the Sretensky district there is the village of Bolshie Boty. Not far from the regional capital there is the village of Ulety. And in the Chernyshevsky district there is the village of Ukurey. In the Khiloksky district - Khokhotuy.

And in Murmansk region There is a village called Afrikanda. Under the snow, Afrikanda looks especially exotic.

IN Saratov region there is a village called Lokh.

And in Omsk - Babezh, Big Scourges, Big Murly, Lupus, Zagvazdino, Lezhanka, Prishib. In Samara there is the village of Koshki (it is a twin city of Myshkin, Yaroslavl region). In Penza - Tatarskaya Pendelka, Chulpan, Bogdanikha, Bright Path, Rubezh, Traffic Police. In Vladimir region stand out: the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka, the village of Pereb, the village of Likhaya Pozhnya. In Bryansk - Mamai, Bibiki, Zaytsev Dvor, Crimea, Varna, Bald, New Scales, Usherpie, Gobiki, Badgers, Byakovo, Sluchok, New World, Vesyoly, Hooks, Bobrik, Gnilevo, Usokh, Lizogubovka, Spoons, Ugrevische, Shiryaevka, Shapkino... And in the Khabarovsk Territory there is the village of Condon. In the Smolensk region - the village of Boduny. In Tambovskaya - Bolshaya Rzhaksa.

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

In Troitsky administrative district There is a village called Babenki in Moscow.

And in the Ryazan region there was once a village Lost heaven. Nobody lives there now. This is a tract. It seems that there is a much more friendly atmosphere in the local village of Good Bees.

IN Kostroma region there is a village called Pyankovo.

BY THE WAY

5 interesting facts about Russian settlements

1) The village “Central estate of the state farm named after the 40th anniversary of the Great October Revolution” is the longest name of a settlement in the country. I wonder if local residents are annoyed by having to pronounce or write this oh-so-long name somewhere in documents?

2) Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo and Starokozmodemyanovskoe are the longest combined names of settlements. It seems that from childhood everyone is ready to work as a TV announcer. After all, by the time you tell me where you're from...

3) 46 settlements in Russia have two-letter names. Of these, 11 are Yar. And there is also, for example, Yb - in Komi there are three villages with that name. Remember this to stun your opponents when playing town-village games.

4) There are only two settlements in the country with names starting from Y. These are Yoshkar-Ola and Yozefovka (a village in the Smolensk region).

5) And the names of 27 settlements in Russia begin with the letter Y. Almost all of them are in Yakutia. These are, for example, Ytyk-Kyuel and Yllymakh. In general, there are cities in our country with absolutely all letters, excluding soft and hard signs, of course.

What funny names of Russian settlements do you know? We are waiting for your comments!

My childhood was spent in a wonderful military town with what I then thought was an unusual name: Mirny. This language game, peaceful - military, seemed absolutely normal to the locals and very funny to everyone else. Having grown up, I was disappointed to learn that there are more than a dozen civilians (though not military ones) in Russia, and that there are hundreds of settlements in the world with much stranger and funnier names.

THIS SOUNDS OF A CITY

"Sir, I come from Gascony!” - what does it sound like, huh? D'Artagnan-Boyarsky twirls his mustache, the audience exhales in delight. Even though it’s a province, not Paris, it’s still beautiful - Gascony. How would he speak if he lived in the village? Goats in the Tver region, in the Ukrainian Bald Balde, Kemerovo Kozyavkino or Old Worms? Residents get upset and ask to rename their Trash y, Mukhoyedovo or Bolshoye Bukhalovo into something euphonious, linguists are perplexed. They say that national color and originality should be rejoiced, not renamed. Maybe it really is necessary? Otherwise they’ll rename it like the Saratov village Sodom V Great Sodom, you will complain yourself. Moreover, the funny cities of Russia are not alone. In the States, for example, there is an abandoned, although Idiotville, near which flows Idiot Creek, in Croatia there is a town called Slime, and in Michigan locality Hell. Life for its residents is quite heavenly: the skillful use of a gloomy theme - from the welcome sign with scarlet letters "Welcome to Hell" to the signature cocktail "Bloody Devil" - pays good dividends. In the village of Adovo Kirov region For some reason they didn't think of this before.

And if not for the ridiculous toponymy, who would have known about these settlements? So should you be ashamed of a bright line? Big Pyssa in the "Place of Birth" column? And for that matter, d’Artagnan’s own name was Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore. AND Constance, by the way, is actually a village in Ukraine. So let him keep quiet with his Gascony!

NAMED WITH LOVE

Exquisite Paris, romantic Venice, legendary Verona - these are all platitudes, suitable only for advertising travel agencies. Is it the Germans? Kissing And Petting. By the way, a forty-minute drive from the latter is an Austrian village Fucking. If such directness is disgusting, then the city Try again in South Africa will certainly evoke the brightest feelings, and maybe even push them to action. And everything will be complete Happiness, then, more precisely, the same one that is located in the Lugansk region.

However, not only cities, but also streets can be named with love. For example, residents of an English city named several city streets with love... for Robbie Williams.

HOW TO SAY

The capital of Brunei is called Bandar Seri Begawan, A main city Madagascar - Antananarivo. But, having remembered these names, it is too early to consider yourself an erudite: believe me, there is room for improvement. For example, on ski resort in the Bavarian Alps Garmisch-Partenkirchen or a village in Wales, for short - Llanwyre Pullgwingill. Full version contains 58 Latin letters, looks absolutely wild( Llanwyrepullgwingyllgogerihuirndrobulllantisiliogogoh) and translates as "The Church of St. Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near the stormy whirlpool and the Church of St. Tisilio near the red cave." Not only that, these strange Llanwirepullgwyngillins also created a website with the same domain name consisting of several dozen letters. And, perhaps, they recorded record attendance on it - in the form of two particularly stubborn tourists with a jammed keyboard. Total giggle!

We, of course, with our own Verkhnenovokutlumbetev(Orenburg region) and Starokozmodemyanovsky(Tambovskaya) are hopelessly behind!

But still, the leading position is held by the capital of Thailand, known to us as Bangkok. To the most experienced in geography, history and speech therapy, it appears in full grandeur - Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintarayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Nopparat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Avatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Vitsanukam Prasit. The official name is taught to little Thais in school, obediently repeating: “The city of angels, the great city, the city is the eternal treasure, the impregnable city of the god Indra, the majestic capital of the world, endowed with nine precious stones, the happy city, full of abundance, the grandiose royal palace, reminiscent of the divine the monastery where the reincarnated god reigns, the city donated by Indra and built by Vishwakarma.” Who here considers the multiplication tables and the Russian anthem difficult?

How gratifying it is to hear about an Australian town after this Wee-Waa, whose name resembles the cry of a baby (surely a future Thai schoolboy), an arrogant village Tsatsa in the Volgograd region or for the entire consenting village Yes Yes Khabarovsk Territory. Dear little town Why Arizona is also quite good. Initially, he was completely Y- this letter resembled two connecting city highways. But since the strict state of Arizona (American laws!) prohibited cities shorter than three letters, the game was given a kind of, one might say, philosophical and interrogative coloring.

As for spelling, a Californian village breaks all records in this category. Zzyzx. Such an original name allows it to be the last word in gazetteers of the States and in general in English language. And by the way, it is pronounced very humanely - just Zaizix.

ONE FOR ALL

London is the capital of Paris, Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome... The monologue of Carroll's Alice could well be continued and made geographically correct by declaring that Athens (and not alone) is in the USA, Brest is in France, Cordoba is in Argentina (and two more in Mexico), Constantinople - in the Donetsk region, and Paris, Leipzig and Berlin - not far from Chelyabinsk. The United States can easily be called the champion in world toponymy: homesick settlers generously endowed tiny dusty settlements with the proud names of cities dear to their hearts.

Everyone’s attitude towards strange names is different: some are ashamed of them, others ridicule them, and still others are proud and would not trade them for anything.

For example, residents of the village of Lokhovo in Irkutsk region ask to rename them small homeland to Siberian (which, they say, is worse than ex-Ibakov, now Nagornaya, Pozdyutok, called Rainbow, and Kherovka, ennobled into Krasnaya Pristan).

And the villagers from Dun Bleske, County Limerick, defended their Bleske in a difficult bureaucratic struggle. Dun is a fort, shine is, to put it mildly, a woman of free morals, and all together it doesn’t sound very good, something like a whore’s fort. But not for the Irish patriots: they categorically did not agree to “just a fort” (An-Dun). Maybe Bleske was just a feminist? And in general, love for one’s family comes first, and it doesn’t matter at all who that woman was, the representative of the village council proudly declared.

Funny cities were collected by Anna Morgunova

It cannot be said that there are very diverse names of settlements on the territory of Russia. In 45% the names are repeated. The most common are: Mikhailovka, Berezovka, Pokrovka, and there are as many as 166 settlements with the name Aleksandrovsk. But there are names that have glorified the city throughout the country, and without an attractive history, fame came to the settlement only because of the name.

The Moscow region also boasts interesting names for its villages. One of these is Durykino. By the way, the few residents who still live here are even proud of this name, because it was given by Peter I himself. During construction, the king needed great amount eggs, was the cry throughout the country. Residents of modern Durykino overdid it and brought not fresh, but boiled eggs to the construction site. It was then that the king called the village residents fools, and over time the name stuck.

The list of cities with funny names can also include a settlement called Radio ( Odintsovskii district). Although the origin of the name is very trivial. The settlement formed around the antenna receiving end point, on the site of a testing ground for radio link lines.

In the Solnechnogorsk region there is a village called Chernaya Gryaz. There are two versions of the origin of the name. According to one of them, the name of the settlement is associated with a river that flows there and has very muddy waters. According to another legend, allegedly Catherine II, stopping on the way from St. Petersburg to Moscow, got out of the carriage and got her snow-white shoes dirty. It seemed to the queen that the land here was too black, so they began to call the village - Black Mud.

Mamyri is another unique name for a village in the Moscow region. According to one legend, the name comes from the French expression Ma Marie!, that is, “Mama Marie”. Legend has it that in ancient times, a Frenchman asked one of the village residents on dates for a very long time, constantly repeating “Mama Marie.” So local residents and nicknamed their settlement.

According to another version, before her death, a local landowner married a Frenchman and, sensing his death, transferred the village to her husband, indicating in the inheritance document “The village of Mon Mari should be transferred to such and such.” Later, the name was simply adjusted to be more consonant with the Russian language.

By the way, in the Novo-Fominsk region there is also a village with the same name.

There is a city in this district called Novaya Lyalya (Sverdlovsk region). It is home to about 12 thousand people. However, the official date of foundation is considered to be the first mention of the settlement in the chronicles of 1723. That year they began to build a copper smelter near the village of Karaulskoye. However, historians very much doubt that 1723 can be considered the founding date.

Why the city received the name Novaya Lyalya (Sverdlovsk region) is not at all clear; no documented data exists. Like most cities in the Urals, this one was founded around an industrial copper mining enterprise.

Nizhniye Sergi in Sverdlovsk region They also have an interesting name, but the city got its name because of its location - on the Serga River. It was based on railway and an iron smelter. At the time of its founding, about 20 mines had already been developed in the district.

Another city is Rezh, Sverdlovsk region, located on the river of the same name. The founding date is considered to be 1773. The origin of the name is not known for certain. There is a version that translated from the Mansi language means “rocky shores”. Indeed, the city of Rezh, Sverdlovsk region, stands on the river of the same name, where there are more than 60 large rocks. According to another version, the name comes from the word “duct”. But there is more to the origin of the name of the river. In distant times, when in a place modern city The first settlers appeared, one of them, seeing the steep banks at the confluence of the river with the Neva, exclaimed: “Fathers, he seems to be cutting the Nevue.” This is how the name “Dir” appeared.

Available in Opochka. It is believed that the first fortress in these places appeared 800 years ago. And the settlement received its name because of the gray-whitish sedimentary rocks called “opoka”, which were used for construction. This is how the name was preserved - the city of Opochka, which for a long time played a huge defensive role for Russia.

There are interesting names in the Pskov region. For example, the city of Dno. Small in size and number of inhabitants, a little over 7 thousand people. This name is associated with the Russian word “Bottom”, which has several meanings, in particular it means the lowest part of the valley. But the city of Dno is known for the events of 1917. It is believed that here railway station Nicholas II signed his abdication from the throne.

On the Utro River there is a small settlement - the city of Pytalovo. According to one version, the town was named after the surname of the owner of these lands - Lieutenant Pytalov (1766).

Volgograd region

There is a village in this area with an interesting name - Tsatsa. In fact, the word “tsatsa” from the Kalmyk language means “Buddhist chapel.” And Buddhists in this area call clay figurines that are placed with the deceased as a symbol of positive energy.

Irkutsk region

There is a village called Lokhovo in the Irkutsk region, which can be included in the list of cities with funny names. Surely many have heard about this settlement, since there was even a television scandal over the issue of renaming (2005). Then local residents defended the name and even organized a rally against the renaming. So, the village of Lokhovo remained on the map, which was named, by the way, in honor of Mikhail Lokhov, a local rich farmer who did a lot for these places.

Kaluga region

There is a city with funny name in this area - Deshovki. One version of the origin of the name goes back to the time of the Mongol-Tatar yoke. When all the cities in the district were taken, except Kozelsk, the inhabitants of the modern village of Deshovki asked to leave the walls of the fortified town. The residents of Kozelsk took pity and let in the villagers with whom the Tatars passed. This is how the village retained the name Deshovki, that is, people who sold their brothers for practically nothing.

Oryol Region

There is another city in this district with a funny name - Mymrino, by the way, the birthplace of Zyuganov G. The settlement was given this name by a landowner who, according to legend, had a terrible character and was very cruel.

Buryat Autonomous Okrug

There is a village in this area with the funny name Zady. The name appeared in Soviet times due to the fact that the most profitable business for local population there was a trade in manure. So the village was given official name. Although there is another one that existed earlier - Durlai, named after one of the Buryat brothers, the founders of villages in these places.

Kemerovo region

The official name of the village of Starye Chervi is Starochervovo. However, the popular name has taken root more and is even listed at a stop located on the highway. It is believed that the official name comes from the word “chervovo”, that is, red. In the old days, chervonets were made from an alloy of copper and gold that was mined here. It is not clear where the name Old Worms came from, either because gold miners in the process of working are very reminiscent of worms, or because such a name is easier to pronounce.

Ryazan Oblast

This region also boasts Russian cities with unusual names. One of these is Good Bees. This name is associated with beekeeping. Previously, when there was a wasteland here, the monks of the Theological Monastery collected honey here in a natural apiary. In this context, the word “good” means “benign” or “best.”

By the way, there are also interesting villages in the area - Dobry Sot and Paseka.

Voronezh region

There is a village in this area called Khrenovoe. It was founded back in the 18th century. In the old days, logging took place on the banks of the Bityug River, where the village is located. Later, Count Orlov founded a stud farm on these lands. By the way, a riding school still operates in the village today.

According to one version, the name was given due to the fact that horseradish grows very abundantly in these places. According to another version, when Catherine II passed here, she simply said “Khrenovaya road,” and so the name of the settlement was assigned - Khrenovoe.

There is a village in these places with most interesting name- Vydropuzhsk. In ancient writings from the 16th century, the village is mentioned under the name Vydrobozhsk. According to one version, the name was given because of the large population of otters in these places. But since the village is located on the road where Catherine II often passed, there was a story about her. They say that once the queen was walking in these places and was afraid of an otter. In honor of this “noble” event, the meeting of the otter and the queen, they decided to rename the village from Vydrobozhsk to Vydropuzhsk. But the most interesting thing is that local residents claim that there have never been otters in these places.

Transbaikal region

The Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district was probably once inhabited by very cheerful people. Here there is the village of Khokhotuy, which stands on the Duralei River, and another river flows nearby with the same name as the village - Khokhotuy. The village appeared during the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway (1899).

Although there are versions that the name comes from the Buryat word “hogot”, which translates as “birch”. According to another legend, from the word “khohtotui”, that is, “the place where the road runs.”

Each of these cities is small, but unique. You might want to visit one of these unusual communities.

The city where you can't die

Longyearbyen in Norway is one of the northernmost settlements and a place where you officially cannot die. There is a cemetery here, but it has not been used for 70 years.

The reason is the intense cold, which prevents the bodies from decomposing and makes them attractive to wild animals. People who are likely to die soon are transported to more southern parts of Norway by plane.

A city stretching across two countries

Cities that straddle two states at the same time are much more common than you might imagine, but this one is the most unusual of them all. Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German exclave in Switzerland. Economically it is part of Switzerland, administratively part of Germany.

This is the only city in this country where the Swiss franc is used as the main currency. There are two postal codes here: German and Swiss. Residents of the city call both German and Swiss numbers, and football club Büsingen is the only German club playing in the Swiss League.

The most hellish city

IN American state Michigan you can find Hell, namely a city called Hell. The origin of the name is unknown, but residents are happy to keep it to maintain the hellish image of their city.

Tourists are happy to take photos next to signs that read “Welcome to Hell,” and at the local gift shop you can buy six square centimeters of hell for $6.66.

Austrian city in China

The Chinese are known for being able to make a good copy of anything in the world, including an entire city. To be able to travel without leaving the country, they decided to create their own version of the Austrian town of Hallstatt.

First the church was built, and then streets began to surround it, which were exact copies of the original. By the way, real estate prices in Hallstatt, China, are higher than in Austria.

Last free city

Slab City is a city in California populated by homeless people, retirees, and generally people who have nowhere else to go. They live in trailers and makeshift shacks with no addresses and no running water or electricity. There are no rents or utilities, no taxes.

This all doesn't sound very comfortable, but many people who have visited the city have reported that it is very pleasant. Local residents call their house "the last free city in America".

Cave City

Matmata in Tunisia is a city where most of the underground Berber dwellings remain inhabited.

In the seventies, above-ground houses were built here, but local residents prefer to stay in their underground dwellings. Fans " Star Wars"will quickly realize that this place is Luke Skywalker's home.

City under one roof

An entire city in Alaska is located in a 14-story building that was previously a large military facility. Here you will find shops, a police station, a hospital, and a church.

The purpose of this decision was to save on heating costs, since the weather here is always cold and windy. The population of the city is 220 people.

The bluest city

The walls, doors and even the stairs of incredibly beautiful Chavin in Morocco are painted in different shades of blue.

According to one of the main theories, the city was painted by the Jews who lived here, since blue is a sacred color for them. The Jews left this city a long time ago, but the tradition remained.

Alien city

In 1947, a UFO fell near the city of Roswell. What actually fell near the city is still unknown, but Roswell became known as "Alien City."

Themed festivals are held here, and even the local McDonald's is decorated in the appropriate style.

City on the high seas

Oil Rocks is an Azerbaijani industrial city. It is located in the open sea on metal platforms above an oil field.

No one lives in this city permanently. About two thousand workers come here for several months to work in shifts.

City in the rock

Setenil de las Bodegas is a city in Spain that attracts the attention of tourists from all over the world, mainly because it is built right into a large basalt rock.

There are streets here with not the sky hanging over them, but tons of basalt rock. It may seem like they are about to collapse on you, but they have been standing for many centuries.

A city with more dead than living

There are as many as 17 cemeteries in the city of Colma, California. The ratio of dead to living here is a thousand to one! This happened due to the fact that at one point the authorities decided to move all the cemeteries from nearby San Francisco here.

Previously, the population of this town consisted exclusively of gravediggers, monument manufacturers and florists, but in the eighties specialists from other fields began to flock here. Today the city's motto is: "It's good to be alive in Colma!"

10 chosen

There are so many amazing cities in the world! Some are famous for their craftsmen, others for their historical sights, others attract guests with fun carnivals or festivals, and others – for their names. When people settle in a new place and establish a settlement, they come up with a name for this place. It can be associated with a legend, with the name of a hero, with the area where it is located or with some event. But sometimes the name causes complete bewilderment - why? Why was this place called that?

Cities of the world

This is exactly what the town in the state of Arizona (USA) is called - Why (why). Either its first settlers themselves were surprised why it occurred to them to stay here, or perhaps because of the transcription of the letter Y, as they say official version and looks from above the intersection of roads on which it stands Why.

In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, a city is thriving Kissing. A city with such a name cannot fail to flourish. I wonder if there is some special tradition associated with kissing here, or if the city has glorified some famous kiss?

If you haven't succeeded in something in life, try going to South Africa. This is where the city is located for the most persistent - Try Again and... try again!

Rafting lovers have their own paradise for their hobby - a city named Slime (Dirt). For romantics in England there is a very nice place - the city Roseberry Topping). But where you wouldn’t want to go is a town in the Cayman Islands called 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 their friends - straight from Hell.

Sometimes a city with the most ordinary name changes it to a more original one. This happened with resort town Hot Springs, whose residents decided to change his name to Truth or Consequences giving in to temptation. The organizers of the game show of the same name promised to move production to a city that would be named after the program.

The city with the most long name also worthy to be mentioned among the unusual - Taumatahuakatangiangakoauauotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu. It is located in New Zealand and means the following - "The summit where Tamatea Pokai Whenua played the flute for his beloved." Beautiful, isn't it? In contrast, there is a city that is just an empty place, which is how the name of the town Noodle sounds in Texas slang. But what about living in cities called Spot, Monkey's Eyebrow, or even worse, Idiotville? I can't even imagine what the residents of these cities and towns answer when asked where they come from?

And we have?

On the sidewalk

Seven men came together:

Seven temporarily obliged,

A tightened province,

Terpigoreva County,

Empty parish,

From adjacent villages:

Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,

Razutova, Znobishina,

Gorelova, Neelova -

Bad harvest too...

There are many cities with strange names all over the world. And our country is no exception! If you have had a chance to travel by car across the expanses of our vast homeland, then you have also come across funny, amusing and even such original names that do not withstand censorship... But what people thought when they called the place they were going to live that way! Although, maybe this is all the tricks of the neighbors?

Judge for yourself: Bolshiye Pupsy (a village in the Tver region), Cheshevki (a village in the Kaluga region), Takoe (a village on Sakhalin), Bolshoye Struikino (a village in the Novgorod region), Ovnishche (a village in the Tver region), Dno ( a town near Pskov), Trusovo (a village in the Komi Republic), Kosyakovka (a village in Bashkiria), Krutiye Khutora (a village in the Lipetsk region), Novopozornovo (a village in the Kemerovo region), Bolotnaya Rogavka (a village in the Novgorod region), Starye Chervi (a village in the Kemerovo region), Verkhnee Zachatiye (a village in the Chekhov region), Durakovo (a village in the Kaluga region), Zayachiy Bubble (a river in the Kemerovo region), Kozyavkino (a village in the Kemerovo region), Tsatsa (Volgograd region) region), Zveronozhka (a river in the Moscow region), Mukhodoevo (a village in the Belgorod region), Da-da (a village in the Khabarovsk region), Bolshoye 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 the Ryazan region)!