List of renamed cities in Georgia explained

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

Ağbulaq → Tetritsqaro (1940)
Baghdati → Maiakovski (1940) → Baghdati (1990)
Barmaqsız → Tsalka (1932)
Başkeçid → Dmanisi (1947)
Ninotsminda → Altunkale → Bogdanovka (1829) → Ninotsminda (1991)
Dioscurias → Savastapolis → Tskhumi → Sohumkale → Sukhumi
Elisabethtal → Asureti (1943)
Chqondidi → Martvili → Gegechkori (1936) → Martvili (1990)
Kvirila → Jugeli (1920) → Zestaponi (1921)
Qarayazı → Gardabani (1947)
Khashuri → Mikhailovo (1872) → Khashuri (1918) → Stalinisi (1931) → Khashuri (1934)
Çörük Qəmərli → Katarinenfeld (1817) → Lüksemburgi (1921) → Bolnisi (1943)
Stepantsminda → Kazbegi → Stepantsminda (2006)
Akhalgori → Leningori (1935) → Akhalgori (1991)
Ozurgeti → Makharadze (1922) → Ozurgeti (1990)
Kharagauli → Orjonikidze → Kharagauli (1990)
Sarvan → Borchalı (1929) → Marneuli (1947)
Senaki → Mikha-Tskhakaia (1935) → Tskhakaia (1976) → Senaki (1989)
Shulavery → Shahumiani (1925) → Shulaveri (1991)
Trialeti → Molotovo (1940) → Trialeti (1957)
Dedoplistskaro → Tsarskiye Kolodtsy (1803) → Tsitelitskaro (1921) → Dedoplistsqaro (1991)
Tskhinvali → Staliniri (1934) → Tskhinvali (1961)
Khoni → Tsulukidze (1936) → Khoni (1990)
Tiflis → Tbilisi (1936)

Source

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volumes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11; Tbilisi, 1977/1987
ქართლის ცხოვრების ტოპოარქეოლოგიური ლექსიკონი (Topoarcheological lexicon of Kartlis Tskhovreba), Tbilisi, 2013