{
  "place_id": "oleshky#7590_11818",
  "wikidata": "Q207105",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Олешки",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Oleshky",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tsiurupynsk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Oleshky in 2016 during decommunization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsyurupynsk",
          "why": "Older English spelling of the Ukrainian former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsyurupinsk",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alyoshki",
          "why": "Russian-based historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aleshki",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling without marking ё as yo."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleški",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Олешки",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Olechky",
      "why": "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 .",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Oleshky",
          "why": "Same form as in English; an international spelling usable in French maps and references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsiouroupynsk",
          "why": "French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, replaced in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsiouroupinsk",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French form of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aliochki",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "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 .",
  "rank": 420,
  "slug": "oleshky"
}