{
  "place_id": "blahovishchenske#7684_11679",
  "wikidata": "Q1020103",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Благовіщенське",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Blahovishchenske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian official name adopted in May 2016; national romanization (2010) gives Blahovishchenske.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ulyanovka",
          "why": "Former Russian-based English reference name; replaced in Ukrainian law in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ulianovka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name Ульяновка in national romanization (2010); replaced by Blahovishchenske in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hrushkivskyi vysilok",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian descriptive settlement name indexed in English naming data; historical scope and replacement year unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blahovichtchenske",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blahovishchens’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blagovìŝensʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blahovishchensʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Благовіщенське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Blahovichtchenske",
      "why": "French locality heading adapts щ as chtch; the former French spelling Oulianovka is retained below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Oulianovka",
          "why": "Former Soviet name in French transcription, replaced by Blahovichtchenske in May 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hrouchka",
          "why": "Name of the neighbouring village and railway locality in French history; not an exact synonym for the whole modern city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blahovishchenske",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Blahovishchenske is a city on the Synytsia River in western Kirovohrad Oblast. Its development was shaped by a sugar works and a connection to the Haivoron narrow-gauge railway network.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Ulianovka/Ульяновка replaced by Blahovishchenske on 19 May 2016. Early accounts differ on the relationship between Hrushka, the sugar works settlement and Tarasivka; no single founding year asserted. Hrouchka/Hrushka has narrower historical scope. https://ulrda.kr-admin.gov.ua/VidomostiRajon1.html Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020103 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blahovishchenske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blahovichtchenske ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Благовіщенське.",
  "rank": 1483,
  "slug": "blahovishchenske"
}