Kitay-gorod (Moscow)

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  Of course, there is nothing to compare with China. When the name was given (12-13 centures), russian people didn't knew that the state of China even exist:) From Wkipedia: "Accordingly the popular translation might be Chinatown" - INCORRECT! Nobody calls it "Chinatown". Everybody calls it "Kitai-gorod". "Most scholars, however, tend to derive Kitai from an old word for the wooden stakes used in construction of the quarter's walls" - CORRECT! This is old russian word.

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