Elamur LocationsOleshky
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Олешки.
English name
Oleshky — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.
Other forms in use:
- Tsiurupynsk — Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Oleshky in 2016 during decommunization.
- Tsyurupynsk — Older English spelling of the Ukrainian former name.
- Tsyurupinsk — Russian-based English spelling of the former name.
- Alyoshki — Russian-based historical name.
- Aleshki — Russian-based spelling without marking ё as yo.
- Oleški — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- Олешки — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
French name
Olechky — French spelling with ch for Ukrainian ш, used by Le Monde, including in its 2026 reporting. See https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/10/10/dans-la-ville-occupee-d-olechky-les-ukrainiens-survivent-dans-des-conditions-desesperees_6790941_3210.html .
Other forms in use:
- Oleshky — Same form as in English; an international spelling usable in French maps and references.
- Tsiouroupynsk — French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, replaced in 2016.
- Tsiouroupinsk — Russian-mediated French form of the former name.
- Aliochki — French transcription of the Russian name.
About
Oleshky is a town in Kherson Oblast on the low-lying left-bank side of the Dnipro. The nearby Oleshky Sands and the site of a former Cossack Sich are associated with the area.
Notes
Renamed from Tsiurupynsk in 2016. The historical landscape description makes no claim about present-day access or services. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olechky . Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .
Identifiers: Wikidata Q207105 · JSON
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