Elamur LocationsBolekhiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Болехів.
English name
Bolekhiv — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.
Other forms in use:
- Bolekhov — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name.
- Bolechów — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- Bolechow — Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling familiar from English writing on the town’s former Jewish community.
- Bolehìv — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- Болехів — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- Болехов — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.
French name
Bolekhiv — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Bolekhov — Russian form recorded in French reference material.
- Bolechów — Polish name used in French historical and literary discussion of the town’s Jewish community.
- Bolechow — Diacritic-free historical form used in French discussions of Daniel Mendelsohn’s family history.
About
Bolekhiv is a town at the foot of the Carpathians in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former Jewish community and surviving cemetery are prominent in accounts of the town's history.
Notes
Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv.
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