Chornobyl'(Other)Ukrainian Chornobyl' is the name of a power plant that had a meltdown in 1986 as well as a Ukrainian village, meaning "black" from Ukrainian чорний (chornyy). The English form is Chernobyl.
Khreshchatyk(Other)Ukrainian Derived from хрест (khrest), meaning "cross". Khreshchatyk is a historical street in the Ukrainian capital, and is the most iconic street in Ukraine.
Kiyev(Region, Settlement & Other)Russian Russian variant transcription of Kiev.
Nimechchyna(Country)Ukrainian Ukrainian form of Germany. Comes from an old Slavic word that meant "people who don't speak right".
Nizhny Novgorod(Other)Russian, Medieval Russian, English Derived from "нижний (nizhny)" meaning lower, "новый (novy)" meaning new, and "город (gorod)" meaning city. It joins together to mean "Lower New City" or could also be called "Lower Novgorod".... [more]
Novorossiya(Region)Russian Means New Russia, from новый (novyy) meaning new and Россия (Rossiya) meaning Russia. Historically it was used to describe a region of land around the Ukrainian coastline, but in contemporary usage it refers to the group of 8 regions in Ukraine* (Donyetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozh'ye, Kherson, Khar'kov, Odessa, Dnyepr, Nikolayev) that are predominantly Russian... [more]
Rrusastan(Country)Armenian Derived from the Armenian form of Kievan Rus', Kiyevyan Rrusia (Կիևյան Ռուսիա), the name of ancient Russia, and the Persian suffix "ستان (stan)", meaning "land of".
Velikiy Novgorod(Other)Russian Derived from "великий (velikiy)" meaning great and "новый (novy)" meaning new, and "город (gorod)" meaning city. It joins together to mean "Great New City" or could also be called "Great Novgorod"... [more]
Velikorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Great Russia" (великий/velikiy + россия/rossiya). It is a historical name of what is now mostly the Russian Federation.
Vorkuta(Other)Russian, Komi, Nenets Means "the abundance of bears" in Nenets. Vorkuta is a far north city in the Komi Republic in Russia.
Voroshilovgrad(Other)Russian Means "city of Voroshilov", referring to the military officer Kliment Voroshilov. It is the former name of Lugansk City.