Ordzhonikidze Explained

Ordzhonikidze was the surname of Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze, after whom several places in the USSR were named.

Ordzhonikidze may refer to:

People

• Ordzhonikidze (surname)

Places

Armenia

• Vahan, Armenia, formerly, Ordzhonikidze, a town

Azerbaijan

• Orconikidze, Beylagan, Azerbaijan, formerly Ordzhonikidze, a village
• Nərimankənd, Gadabay, Azerbaijan, also known as Ordzhonikidze, a village and municipality
• Orconikidze, Shaki, Azerbaijan, also called Ordzhonikidze, a village

Russia

• Ordzhonikidze, former name of the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania

Kazakhstan

• former name of the village of Denisovka, Kazakhstan

Ukraine

• former name of the city of Yenakiieve, Ukraine, from 1937 to 1943 (as Ordzhonikidze, Stalino Oblast)
• former name of the city of Pokrov, Ukraine
• Ordzhonikidze, Crimea, an urban settlement of Feodosiya, Crimea (since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea fully controlled by Russia)

Georgia

• Bambora, formerly Ordzhonikidze, a village in the Gudauta District of Abkhazia (status of Abkhazia is disputed)

Other uses

• Ordzhonikidze, a Sverdlov-class cruiser
• Ordzhonikidze Yard, another name for Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad

See also

• Ordzhonikidzevsky (disambiguation)