{
  "place_id": "chyst#8014_11506",
  "wikidata": "Q13134307",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Чысць",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chysts",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chist",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly used alongside Chysts in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čysć",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чысць",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chysts",
      "why": "Same as in English; no independent French adaptation verified, so no extra French-looking spelling is constructed.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chysts is a settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It developed around peat extraction and later became a centre for building-material production.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Independent French locality-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chysts.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1541,
  "slug": "chysts"
}