Elamur LocationsDzyarzhynsk
A settlement in Belarus; local name Дзяржынск.
English name
Dzyarzhynsk — Established English rendering from Belarusian; retained for recognition alongside Russian-based and national-system variants.
Other forms in use:
- Dziaržynsk — Belarusian national geographical romanization revised in 2007 and UN-approved in 2012; historical standard, superseded domestically in 2023.
- Dziarzhynsk — Belarusian-based spelling substituting zh for ž.
- Dzerzhinsk — Russian-based English form of the present name.
- Koydanava — Belarusian-based form of the earlier name, replaced in 1932.
- Koidanov — Russian-based historical name, still common in English Jewish history.
- Koydanov — Alternative English romanization of the historical Russian name.
- Kojdanów — Polish historical name.
- Koidanovo — Historical variant in English Jewish and geographical references.
- Дзержинск — Russian original-script name.
French name
Dziarjynsk — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Dzerjinsk — Russian-based French form of the present name.
- Koïdanava — French rendering of the older Belarusian name, replaced in 1932.
- Koïdanov — French rendering of the historical Russian name.
- Kojdanów — Polish historical form used in accounts of the former Polish national district.
- Dziaržynsk — Scholarly and map form also encountered in French references.
About
Dzyarzhynsk is a town south-west of Minsk in Belarus. Its earlier name, Koydanava, is familiar in the history of the town’s Jewish community and the former Polish national district.
Notes
Present name adopted in 1932; no decommunization renaming is asserted for Belarus. Different from Toretsk in Ukraine. French form: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziarjynsk . Input label 'Дзержинськ' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q200891 · JSON
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