{
  "place_id": "cherven#7983_11579",
  "wikidata": "Q201458",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Чэрвень",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chervyen",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the 2007 national geographical romanization is listed separately where it differs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Cherven",
          "why": "Conventional English variant with e rather than ye."
        },
        {
          "name": "Červień",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ihumen",
          "why": "Former Belarusian name, replaced by Chervyen in 1923."
        },
        {
          "name": "Igumen",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name, replaced in 1923."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ihumień",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tcherven",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чэрвень",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Червень",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ihumien",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Ihumień for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tcherven",
      "why": "French reference form; tch renders ч. French historical sources retain Igoumen for the name before 1923.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Igoumen",
          "why": "French rendering of the former name, replaced in 1923."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherven",
          "why": "International spelling for matching French source titles; French reference usage favours Tcherven."
        },
        {
          "name": "Červień",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chervyen is a district town east of Minsk in Belarus. Formerly called Ihumen, it has memorial sites connected with the killings of political prisoners and the destruction of its Jewish community during the Second World War.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Former name Ihumen/Igumen replaced in 1923. French Igoumen follows French ou rather than the English rendering. The Belarusian 2007 geographical system is identified by date; no claim that it remains the unchanged domestic standard after 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chervyen ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcherven_(Biélorussie).",
  "rank": 918,
  "slug": "chervyen"
}