With this war in progress, I found out smth. about geographical names.
You know, Tskhinvali, is the capital of South Ossetia, that claims to be independent.
Tskhinvali, with an (i) at the end sounds Georgian, so Russian part in this war names this town Tskhinval, without (i), to sound more Ossetin.
Although, historically Tskhinvali is Georgian name of the city, Chreba is Ossetin one.
That is how political situation influences nomenclature.
I think that Russian maps will be with the new variants of all geographical names, for South Ossetia.
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With this war in progress, I found out smth. about geographical names.
You know, Tskhinvali, is the capital of South Ossetia, that claims to be independent.
Tskhinvali, with an (i) at the end sounds Georgian, so Russian part in this war names this town Tskhinval, without (i), to sound more Ossetin.
Although, historically Tskhinvali is Georgian name of the city, Chreba is Ossetin one.
That is how political situation influences nomenclature.
I think that Russian maps will be with the new variants of all geographical names, for South Ossetia.