{
  "place_id": "ichki#7519_11940",
  "wikidata": "Q2627007",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ічкі",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ichki",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian legal name, restoring the Crimean Tatar-derived name; adopted in 2016 and brought into effect in 2023. National romanization (2010) gives Ichki.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "İçki",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin-script name from which the restored Ukrainian name derives."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ichky",
          "why": "Older English spelling of the Crimean Tatar-derived name, recorded in geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sovietskyi",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced in Ukrainian law by Ichki; the renaming was adopted in 2016 and brought into effect in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sovetsky",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used by the occupying administration and in older references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sovetskiy",
          "why": "Alternative English transcription of Russian Советский."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sovetskii",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Russian former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìčkì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ічкі",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Icki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of İçki for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ichki",
      "why": "Current legal name retained for French readers; French reference sources still use Sovietski or Sovietsky. A settled French adaptation of the restored name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sovietski",
          "why": "Established French reference form of the former name, still used under Russian occupation; Ukrainian law adopted Ichki in 2016 and activated the change in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sovietsky",
          "why": "Alternative French reference spelling of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "İçki",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar spelling, relevant to French accounts of the restored name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Icki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of İçki for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ichki is a settlement in the eastern part of Crimea, Ukraine. It has served as a local administrative and railway centre in the peninsula's steppe interior.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "Ichki adopted by Ukrainian resolution in 2016; deferred Crimean renamings were activated by legislation in 2023. Russian occupation sources retain Sovetsky. French reference heading still uses Sovietski, so current French main follows the legal name rather than that old heading; preferred French press form remains uncertain. UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty. https://ppu.gov.ua/en/press-center/12-travnia-postanova-verkhovnoi-rady-ukrainy-pro-pereymenuvannia-okremykh-naselenykh-punktiv-ta-rayoniv-avtonomnoi-respubliky-krym-ta-mista-sevastopolia/ ; https://ecseed.zrc-sazu.si/Portals/22/28%20session/ECSEED_Report_Ukraine_ENG.pdf System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietskyi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietski_(raïon_de_Sovietski).",
  "rank": 1032,
  "slug": "ichki"
}