Statistics for Post-soviet cities by their former names

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Soviet-era name	Country	Population	Modern name	% Correct
Leningrad	Russia	5,601,911	St. Petersburg	100%
Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	2,147,113	Almaty	92%
Stalingrad	Russia	1,028,036	Volgograd	88%
Tselinograd	Kazakhstan	1,340,782	Astana	80%
Gorky	Russia	1,226,076	Nizhny Novgorod	68%
Sverdlovsk	Russia	1,544,376	Yekaterinburg	52%
Aktyubinsk	Kazakhstan	556,976	Aktobe	40%
Voroshilovgrad	Ukraine	397,677	Luhansk	40%
Shevchenko	Kazakhstan	261,907	Aktau	32%
Novgorod	Russia	224,286	Veliky Novgorod	32%
Semipalatinsk	Kazakhstan	306,838	Semey	28%
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	219,676	Kropyvnytskyi	20%
Arzamas-16	Russia	93,357	Sarov	20%
Dzhambul	Kazakhstan	425,959	Taraz	16%
Kaliningrad (not prussian)	Russia	228,095	Korolyov	12%