Renaming of geographical objects in the Russian Far East of the Soviet Union (Russian: Переименование географических объектов на Дальнем Востоке) was a process massive[1] change in the names of geographical objects and settlements in Primorsky Krai, as well as in Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast, from predominantly Chinese and some local indigenous names to Russian-language ones, with the bulk of the changes occurred from 1972 to 1974.
On the territory of what is now Primorsky Krai, ethnic Chinese were engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing, robbery, mining (primarily gold), collecting wild plants (Ginseng), and trading.
By the time the first Russian sea posts of Posyet, Vladivostok, and Slavyanka appeared in the southern part of the region, native names of the Tungus-Manchu languages (Adimi, Sidimi, Hadimi, Talmi, Tuluchekoritsig) and Chinese (Suifun-he, Yanchi-he) coexisted.
In 1972–1974, as a result of the USSR's armed conflict with China over Damansky Island (1969), in Primorsky Krai and, to a lesser extent, in neighboring regions, a massive renaming of geographical objects and settlements was carried out in order to get rid of toponyms of Chinese origin.
These objects were originally named after the Russian sea vessels that explored the Pacific coast in the 19th century: the corvette Amerika and the transport Manjur.