{
  "place_id": "otamanivka#7685_12203",
  "wikidata": "Q2238005",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Отаманівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Otamanivka",
      "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": "Molodohvardiisk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, officially replaced by Otamanivka in September 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Molodohvardiysk",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English rendering of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Molodogvardeysk",
          "why": "Russian-based name still encountered in reporting and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Molodogvardeisk",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Russian former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Молодогвардійськ",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian original-script name, replaced in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Молодогвардейск",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otamanìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Отаманівка",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Otamanivka",
      "why": "Same as in English; selected to reflect the official 2024 renaming. French sources may still use Molodogvardeïsk.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Molodohvardiïsk",
          "why": "French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, changed officially in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Molodogvardeïsk",
          "why": "Russian-based French name in older geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Molodogvardeisk",
          "why": "Plain-letter variant of the Russian-mediated French name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Otamanivka is a city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. It developed in the coal-mining landscape of the Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Official Ukrainian name changed from Molodohvardiisk to Otamanivka in 2024. Russian-controlled sources may retain the old name. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-20 . 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": 433,
  "slug": "otamanivka"
}