Elamur LocationsOleksandrivsk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Олександрівськ.
English name
Oleksandrivsk — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.
Other forms in use:
- Aleksandrovsk — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Oleksandrivs’k — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Oleksandrìvsʹk — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Oleksandrivsʹk — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Олександрівськ — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
French name
Oleksandrivsk — Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.
Other forms in use:
- Aleksandrovsk — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching.
- Aleksandrovka — Earlier name explicitly recorded in French locality history; not the present civic name.
About
Oleksandrivsk is a small city just west of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Its historic buildings include the estate of the Yuzbash family.
Notes
This is Oleksandrivsk adjoining Luhansk, not former Oleksandrivsk/Alexandrovsk now called Zaporizhzhia. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandrivsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandrivsk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Олександрівськ ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алэксандрыўск ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandrivsk.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1945882 · JSON
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