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One place, all of its local and historical names
One place, all of its local and historical names: entity pages join Tallinn/Reval, Tartu/Dorpat/Jurjev, Turku/Åbo, Vyborg/Viipuri, Daugavpils/Dvinsk and…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
Entity pages join Tallinn/Reval, Tartu/Dorpat/Jurjev, Turku/Åbo, Vyborg/Viipuri, Daugavpils/Dvinsk and hundreds more without treating an exonym as the current official name. Each section gives language, script, pronunciation, time period, administrative entity and coordinates, with a map and citations to the national place-name register. Disputed or politically sensitive naming is described, not adjudicated by the site.
How to use it
Use One place, all of its local and historical names as a structured learning path: begin with the vocabulary, follow the evidence map, and keep the uncertainty labels attached to claims as you compare sources.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | Tartu vana nimi Dorpat |
| Finnish | kaupunkien nimet suomeksi ja ruotsiksi |
| Russian | старые названия городов Прибалтики |
| English | Baltic city historical names |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: national place-name registers (official open data), GeoNames (CC BY), Wikidata (CC0) and UNGEGN resources (official). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/cities is a practical city guide; this is a multilingual, time-bounded identifier record for the name itself.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
Cities
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Distance
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Translate
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Why it belongs on TempoLife
/cities, /distance and /translate.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
Entity pages join Tallinn/Reval, Tartu/Dorpat/Jurjev, Turku/Åbo, Vyborg/Viipuri, Daugavpils/Dvinsk and hundreds more without treating an exonym as the current official name. Each section gives language, script, pronunciation, time period, administrative entity and coordinates, with a map and citations to the national place-name register. Disputed or politically sensitive naming is described, not adjudicated by the site.
What evidence does it use?
national place-name registers (official open data), GeoNames (CC BY), Wikidata (CC0) and UNGEGN resources (official).
Where does this guide stop?
/cities is a practical city guide; this is a multilingual, time-bounded identifier record for the name itself.
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