{
  "place_id": "oleksandriiske#7700_11832",
  "wikidata": "Q4161723",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Олександрійське",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Oleksandriiske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian official name adopted during decommunization in 2016; national romanization (2010) gives Oleksandriiske.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dymytrove",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Oleksandriiske in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dimitrovo",
          "why": "Russian form of the former Soviet name, superseded in Ukrainian law in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aleksandriyskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandriys’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandrìjsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandriĭsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Олександрійське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Oleksandriiske",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Oleksandriys’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandrìjsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandriĭsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Oleksandriiske is a settlement near Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad Oblast. It developed as a coal-mining settlement and received its current name during decommunization in 2016.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Former Dymytrove renamed Oleksandriiske in 2016. Local-authority discussion in 2024 about the names of Oleksandriia and Oleksandriiske is a proposal, not proof of a further enacted renaming. https://olexrada.gov.ua/prestsentr/news/podannya-oleksandrijskoyi-miskoyi-rady-kirovogradskoyi-oblasti-do-verhovnoyi-rady-ukrayiny-shhodo-nazvy-mista-oleksandriyi-ta-pohidnoyi-vid-neyi-nazvy-selyshha-oleksandriiskogo.html Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandriiske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandriiske.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1599,
  "slug": "oleksandriiske"
}