The name of the settlement has been known since 1261.

A competition was held to choose the name of the settlement.

The name of the settlement is mentioned first in 1193 as Neck.

There was much competition over the proposed name of the settlement.

The name of the settlement was officially changed in 1839 by the residents.

In 1872 a petition was launched to change the name of the settlement.

Historians disagree as to what was the earlier name of the settlement.

The name of the settlement was changed to Pittsburg in 1911.

The name of the settlement comes from the Evenk word for the number eight.

The original name of the settlement and the area was Taximaroa.