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Korosten

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Коростень.

English name

Korosten — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for contemporary English use.

Other forms in use:

French name

Korosten — Nom ukrainien actuel dans la romanisation nationale de 2010 ; forme officielle retenue pour les textes français.

Other forms in use:

About

Korosten is a city on the Uzh River in Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. It is a railway junction and is associated with the medieval Drevlians.

Notes

Iskorosten is the historical name used for the medieval settlement; it is not a recent alternative official name. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q158904 · JSON

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