On the ground of certain conservatism in Finnic adaptations of imported Slavic place-names some reconstructions are presented of possible Slavic placenames of Ingermanland dated back to times before the first Slavic palatalization of velars (Finnish Kirnu < Church Slav *kir(s)nu 'black': cf Finnish musta 'black' > Russian Мустово and Russian Корново/Кёрново; cf Finnish Kuippina vs Russian Кunенъ< *Кыneнъ< Church Slav **Kuipini, where palatalization was impossible before a back vowel) and before the rise of ы from u through ui.