Elamur LocationsKhoroshiv
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Хорошів.
English name
Khoroshiv — Current Ukrainian name restored in 2016; national romanization (2010) gives Khoroshiv. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Volodarsk-Volynskyi — Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Khoroshiv in February 2016.
- Volodarsk-Volynsky — Older English form of the former Soviet name, superseded in 2016.
- Volodarsk-Volynskiy — Russian-based form of the former name, superseded in Ukrainian law in 2016.
- Horoshky — Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Kutuzove in 1912.
- Goroshki — Russian-based form of the older Horoshky name.
- Kutuzove — Ukrainian form of the imperial commemorative name used from 1912 until the Soviet renaming in 1921.
- Kutuzovo — Russian form of the 1912–1921 name.
- Volodarsk — Soviet name used from 1921, expanded to Volodarsk-Volynskyi in 1927.
- Oleksandropil — Early Ukrainian form of the settlement name recorded in regional history; not a recent restoration.
- Horoszów — Polish historical name indexed in reference data; English prose frequency uncertain.
- Khorochiv — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym.
- Horošìv — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- Хорошів — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
- Horoszow — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Horoszów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Khorochiv — Current French reference heading Khorochiv supersedes Volodarsk-Volynskyï; ch represents Ukrainian ш.
Other forms in use:
- Volodarsk-Volynskyï — Former-name French Wikidata label, outdated since the 2016 renaming.
- Horochky — Older name explicitly used in French historical narrative; superseded by Koutouzove in 1912.
- Koutouzove — French rendering of the imperial name of 1912–1921.
- Oleksandropil — Early Ukrainian name explicitly quoted in French historical narrative.
- Aleksandropol — Russian-based early name explicitly quoted in French historical narrative.
- Khoroshiv — International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above.
- Volodarsk-Volynskyi — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Volodarsk-Volynskyï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Khoroshiv is a settlement on the Irsha River in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast. Its museum of precious and decorative stones reflects the mineral wealth of the surrounding region.
Notes
Volodarsk-Volynskyi renamed Khoroshiv in February 2016. French reference text has the current heading Khorochiv, while the French Wikidata label retains the outdated former name. Earlier Horoshky/Goroshki, Kutuzove/Kutuzovo and Volodarsk are distinguished. https://vv.zt.court.gov.ua/sud0606/pres-centr/news/258329/ Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoroshiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorochiv.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2993479 · JSON
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