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# Visaginas

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Visaginas** — Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.

Other forms in use:

- **Sniečkus** — Former Lithuanian official name, replaced by Visaginas in 1992; named after a Soviet Lithuanian leader.
- **Snieckus** — Diacritic-free spelling of the former name, used in older English indexes.
- **Snechkus** — Russian-mediated spelling of the former Soviet name, useful for English historical searches.

## French name

**Visaginas** — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Sniečkus** — Former name used in French histories of the Soviet nuclear town; replaced in 1992.
- **Snieckus** — Accent-free rendering of that former Lithuanian name in French indexes.
- **Snietchkous** — French-style rendering of the former Russian name; historical retrieval form, with limited evidence of a settled French preference.

## About

Visaginas is a planned town in eastern Lithuania amid lakes and pine woods. It was built for workers at the Ignalina nuclear power plant and has a strong Russian-speaking cultural heritage.

## Notes

Renamed on 22 September 1992 according to the municipality. The power station and the town of Ignalina are separate places. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling. Reference: https://www.visaginas.lt/savivaldybe/istorija/21

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q203892](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203892) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/visaginas/?format=json)


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