{
  "place_id": "kupchin#7672_11521",
  "wikidata": "Q2375652",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Cupcini",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Cupcini",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalininsk",
          "why": "Former Soviet name. Most general references give replacement in 1990; the municipal development strategy cites a renaming resolution of 31 January 1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalininsc",
          "why": "Romanian spelling of the former name in the municipal development strategy; replaced under the resolution dated 31 January 1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Calininsc",
          "why": "Romanian historical spelling used in the municipal strategy; not a current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kupchiny",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Cupcini",
      "why": "Same as in English; no distinct established French prose form verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalininsk",
          "why": "Former Soviet name for French historical retrieval. General references give 1990, while the municipal strategy cites the renaming resolution of 31 January 1991."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Cupcini is a town in Edineț District in northern Moldova. It lies near the Ciuhur River and developed as an industrial centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "Kalininsk/Calininsc chronology is inconsistent. Municipal strategy 2022–2029 gives the common general statement until 1990, but its detailed history cites a Supreme Soviet resolution dated 31 January 1991 for the Cupcini name. Exact legal effective date requires further checking. https://api.cupcini.md/Strategia-de-dezvoltare-socio-economica-a-orasului-Cupcini-raionul-Edinet-2022-2029-1-1.pdf Independent French locality-prose evidence is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcini ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2375652.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1657,
  "slug": "cupcini"
}