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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:27:12 EDT
From:         Diane Kovacs <DKOVACS@KENTVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Far Eastern Place Names

From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu>
Subject: Far Eastern "Soviet" place names (fwd)
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> I thought this might be of interest to Document Librarians, et al.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:18:02 PST
> From: Mary Lukanuski <maryl@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
> To: Multiple recipients of list AUTOCAT
>  <AUTOCAT%UVMVM.BitNet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
> Subject: Far Eastern "Soviet" place names
>
>       Thanks to Marjorie Behrens and the RAND Washington Office for
> supplying the following.
>
> NAMES, ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS, FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
>
> Following are the conventional short-form and long-form (official)
> names for the newly independent former Soviet republics, as approved by
> the US Board on Geographic Names, and adjectives and nouns of
> nationality, as approved by the Department.
>
> Short form       Long form               Adjective/Noun of Nationality
>
> Armenia          Republic of Armenia              Armenian
> Azerbaijan       Republic of Azerbaijan           Azerbaijani
> Byelarus         Republic of Byelarus             Byelarusian
> Georgia          Republic of Georgia              Georgian
> Kazakhstan       Republic of Kazakhstan           Kazakh
> Kyrgyzstan       Republic of Kyrgyzstan           Kyrgyz
> Moldova          Republic of Moldova              Moldovan
> Russia           Russian Federation               Russian
> Tajikistan       Republic of Tajikistan           Tajik
> Turkmenistan     (no long form)                   Turkmen
> Ukraine          (no long form)                   Ukrainian
> Uzbekistan       Republic of Uzbekistan           Uzbek
>
> "CLARIFICATION ON MINSK"
>
> Please note that the name "Mensk" has not replaced "Minsk" as the
> name of the capital of Byelarus.  The Department Notice of December 13,
> 1991, only indicated "Mensk" as a spelling under consideration by the US
> Board on Geographic Names.  The officially approved name for the capital
> of Byelarus is still Minsk, and will probably remain so.
>
> "CHANGE IN NAME OF MOLDOVAN CAPITAL:  KISHINEV TO CHISINAU"
>
> The US Board on Geographic Names has adopted the native Romanian
> form of the name of Moldova's capital, Chisinau, replacing
> the former Russian form of the name, "Kishinev."  Chisinau is pronounced
> "Ke-shi-'nau" (or, "Kee-shih-now").
>
> United States Department of State Department Notice, February 25, 1992
>
> ____________
> The noun of nationality describing a person from the state is the
> same as the adjective; for the plural of the noun add "s."  The
> adjectives and nouns given designate only people or phenomena specific
> to the state.  In some cases, names of ethnic groups or languages are
> different from these forms.  "Azeri," for example, refers to people
> residing in Iran and Turkey as well as Azerbaijan.  "Azerbaijani" refers
> to people residing inside Azerbaijan whether Azeri or not.
>
>
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>
> I hope this will be of help to you. MB
>
> ------- End of Forwarded Message
>
> Ditto.  Torsten Adair         torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu
>
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