{
  "place_id": "barvinkove#7717_12056",
  "wikidata": "Q809665",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Барвінкове",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Barvinkove",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Barvenkovo",
          "why": "Russian-based English form corresponding to Барвенково."
        },
        {
          "name": "Barvinkovo",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-script-derived spelling explicitly quoted in English reference text; conflicts with the standard Russian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Barvìnkove",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Барвінкове",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Barvinkove",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Barvenkovo",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Barvinkove is a small city on the Sukhy Torets River in eastern Ukraine. It lies in Kharkiv Oblast on a railway route between the Kharkiv and Donbas regions.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Russian references normally spell Барвенково, hence Barvenkovo. An English reference also prints Барвинково/Barvinkovo; retained as an attested variant with the inconsistency explicit. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barvinkove ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barvinkove.",
  "rank": 1194,
  "slug": "barvinkove"
}