{
  "place_id": "mykilske#7622_12072",
  "wikidata": "Q4123759",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Микільське",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mykilske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name adopted in 2024; national romanization (2010) gives Mykilske.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nikolske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian official name in 2016–2024; replaced by Mykilske in September 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Nikolske in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nikolskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form of Nikolske, including in occupation-era sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former Soviet name, replaced in Ukrainian law in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mykil’s’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikìlʹsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mykilʹsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Микільське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mykilske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name retained for French readers. The French reference heading still uses Nikolske, but its text explicitly identifies Mykilske as the 2024 name.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nikolske",
          "why": "French reference heading still uses the Ukrainian name of 2016–2024; its text acknowledges Mykilske after the 2024 renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nikolskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French name explicitly quoted in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarske",
          "why": "Pre-2016 Ukrainian name explicitly mentioned in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nikolskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Nikolskoïe for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mykilske is a settlement northwest of Mariupol in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. It serves the surrounding steppe countryside and was formerly known as Volodarske.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Volodarske replaced by Nikolske in 2016; Nikolske replaced by Mykilske under resolution 3984-IX of 19 September 2024. French reference heading Nikolske is outdated but its text recognizes Mykilske. A 2025 local proposal to return to Nikolske is not treated as an enacted renaming. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-20 Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykilske,_Mariupol_Raion,_Donetsk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolske ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Микільське_(Маріупольський_район).",
  "rank": 1225,
  "slug": "mykilske"
}