List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

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The following is the list of cities in Kazakhstan that underwent a name change in the past.

• Yasi → Shavgar (?) → Turkestan (Kazakh: Түркістан) (?)
• Novopetrovskoye → Fort Alexandrovsky (1857) → Fort-Shevchenko (1939)
• Ayakoz → Sergiopol (1860) → Ayagoz (Kazakh: Аягөз) (1939)
• Aktau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aktau (Kazakh: Ақтау) (1991)
• Dzharkent → Panfilov (1942) → Zharkent (Kazakh: Жаркент) (1991)
• Guryev → Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау) (1991)
• Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (Kazakh: Орал) (1991)
• Verniy → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы) (1992)
• Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған) (1992)
• Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен) (1992)
• Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) → Oskemen (Kazakh: Өскемен) (1992)
• Chu → Shu (Kazakh: Шу) (1992)
• Yermak → Aksu (Kazakh: Ақсу) (1993)
• Stanitsa Kokchetavskaya (1827–1868) → Kokchetav (1868–1993) → Kokshetau (Kazakh: Көкшетау) (1993)
• Gavrilovka → Taldy-Kurgan (1920) → Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған) (1993)
• Chimkent → Shymkent (Kazakh: Шымкент) (1993)
• Leninsk → Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр) (1995)
• Ak-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Perovsk (1858) → Kyzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda (Kazakh: Қызылорда) (1996)
• Alexeyevka → Akkol (Kazakh: Ақкөл) (1997)
• Kustanay → Kostanay (Kazakh: Қостанай) (1997)
• Talas → Aulie-Ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936) → Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз) (1997)
• Aktyubinsk → Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе) (1999)
• Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (Kazakh: Риддер) (2002)
• Semipalatinsk → Semey (Kazakh: Семей) (2007)
• Akmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Akmola (1992) → Astana (Kazakh: Астана) (1998) → Nur-Sultan (Kazakh: Нұр-Сұлтан) (2019) → Astana (Kazakh: Астана) (2022)

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