{
  "place_id": "myrnohrad#7683_12070",
  "wikidata": "Q45872",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Мирноград",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Myrnohrad",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dymytrov",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian name, replaced by Myrnohrad in 2016 during decommunization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dimitrov",
          "why": "Russian-based rendering of the former name, widespread in older English maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mirnograd",
          "why": "Russian-based transcription of the current name. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Мирноград",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Myrnohrad",
      "why": "Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dymytrov",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name in French references to the city before its 2016 renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dimitrov",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name, used in older French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mirnograd",
          "why": "Russian-based transcription; French sources following Ukrainian spelling use Myrnohrad."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Myrnohrad is a coal-mining city in Donetsk Oblast, close to Pokrovsk. Its urban development centred on the mines and workers’ settlements of the western Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed from Dymytrov in 2016. Russian-language administrative usage in occupied territory may retain the former name; no live control claim is made.",
  "rank": 211,
  "slug": "myrnohrad"
}