For those who travel frequently or just likes to consider a map, not a secret, however entertaining and fun can be the names of settlements of our country and the world.Quite often it happens that the more interesting of the village is its name - and wants to know what kind of people live there, and as they call themselves.Often you can trace the origin of place names and find out why and how the village or the village have given a name - do not seem that funny ?!
This delicious title!
Very often ridiculous names of settlements are found in Ukraine.The local population is allegedly about the funny names of native towns and villages are not complex, just smiles at the event.
There is, for example, in the Odessa area a wonderful village Borscht.It went from the name, and no need to explain.The famous Ukrainian dish that gave the name of the settlement, masterfully knew how to cook in a local inn in the 18th century.Travelers look into the restaurant for lunch and a rest, eat a delicious soup and praised.And then not only the tried again to come back, but others advised that those in this village stopped because of the delicious dishes around there.Not surprisingly, the tradition of cooking borsch in the village with the same name remained to this day - every self-respecting hostess cooks here is a tasty dish for his own special recipe.
Tails?Cool?No, we do not bake!
again Ukraine - funny names of settlements is also found in the Lviv region.Ironically, in the village of Pechihvosty recipes unusual dishes with tails are not found, and its inhabitants prefer the oven pancakes.However, the legend of how the name will appear, has survived.It is said that during the attack of the Tatars in the land surrounding all the people took refuge in a large cave.But the flight in a hurry to escape, so much so that the take-away food took very little and survive somehow needed.That had the villagers have to bring your animals, including baked tails of horses and bulls.And then there was the name of Pechihvosty.As can be seen, ridiculous names of settlements often come from serious stories.Residents of the village have got used to the name.A lot of creative people here, funny and talented.
How Tsar Peter once enraged for evermore
course, ridiculous names of settlements, there are also Russian.A very large percentage of Russians are now living in the villages with funny names.And all special story.Often the funny name of the village was getting nicknamed lived there a bright personality, and sometimes the name of the locality given offended residents of neighboring villages, thus striving for revenge.
Or is in the Moscow region village Durykino Solnechnogorsk district.According to legend, the name of this settlement had a hand himself by Peter I. Once the great Russian emperor ordered the inhabitants of the village of raw chicken eggs, which were then used to strengthen clay and mortar to build walls.And the villagers, thinking worthless king eggs raw expel, took them and cooked.As the sovereign estimated the intelligence people, you can guess from the name of the village.Alas, Durykino almost deserted, but do not forget the legend of the old-timers.
When bad, is not always bad
In Voronezh station with a very intriguing title "sucks" - passengers who choose to travel by train to the regional center, it certainly pass.In appearance, by the way, the station is consistent with the title, showing a mostly deserted platform with pretty fired station.Maybe "sucks" and did not win the nomination at the competition "The most ridiculous names of settlements," but it is quite remarkable that the station is located just between the two villages to the tune names - Hrenische and bad.In the hamlet bad, by the way, quite a rich history.Once there was a large stud farm, and in 1892 he visited the village of APChekhov.A key name is quite simple - it went by the name of the local river.The river, of course, too bad, but not bad, it is called so due to the dense thickets along the banks of horseradish.
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Very often unusual names of villages and villages in such places attract many tourists, because this traveler is well known: to find something interesting, sometimes you just need to take a closer look around.Someone enough to record an unusual name, someone is photographed on a background of signs, then to show your friends and acquaintances.Here villagers Bereguyfalu to such attention long been accustomed to, but do not believe that it is fun - and you never know what someone is heard there.Yarim jokers calmly explain that Bereguyfalu - Hungarian name that represents just another village near the village of Berehove.Incidentally, there Hungarian hitherto not only live, but are around 60% of the population.
Happiness raisin
Funny names are not just small towns.Unusual names of the cities, too, are found.For example, the city of happiness in the Luhansk region of Ukraine - is unique in its name.According to legend, the founders of the city back in the 18th century began to escape from the castle of the landlords.Once through these places I drove Catherine II, who was glad of free people, living here, and said that here they have to be happy.And so it happened.
But the real highlight is near Kharkov - city Raisins.And even though the coat of arms depicts the grapes, there is still no release confirming the origin of the name of the city from raisins.Historians believe that the name of the city thanks to the river Izyumets and known since antiquity Izyum ford, which was founded a settlement.
village with indecent called
not only in Russia and the nearest neighbors can be found ridiculous names of settlements, there are, for example, in Western Europe and the United States.And quite often, there are some that will be understood and travelers with the initial level of knowledge of the language.For example, well-known all over the world precisely because of its funny (especially for English-speaking) name Austrian village of Fucking (Fucking).This is a place loved by tourists.In fact, of course, in the name of anything is not abusive - a village named after the founder of Fokko.However, this does not prevent the tourists having fun and photographed about tablets with the name of the village.By the way, in a relatively short time, this plaque stolen several times.
US also did not escape funny names of settlements.There are also speaking names such as, for example, Hell (Ag), Idiotville, Climax and others.
You laugh, and we're born, we live
Unfortunately, quite often it happens that the name of his native village is not happy its inhabitants.Sometimes they are even ashamed to admit where their small homeland.After funny names of settlements, which are so exciting to find on the map, not all seem so funny.Lohovo villagers that are located in the Irkutsk region, spicy name of the settlement is not satisfied.Youth, which, of course, the prestige is more important than the old-timers, even appealed to the city authorities with a request to change the name of the offensive, but was refused.After all, in spite of appearing in many curious travelers analogy, so named village by the name of Lokhov worn by its founder.
Interesting geography
cases listed here - only a little bit of fun and unusual names of settlements.There are villages and old worms Kozijavkin, Swell and Muhoedovo, Such Good and bees;Marsh and village Rogavka Durakova, Svinov and Zhabino dude and Golodrankino;village Yes, Bottom city and many others.
