Elamur LocationsPokrov
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Покров.
English name
Pokrov — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.
Other forms in use:
- Ordzhonikidze — Former Soviet name, replaced by Pokrov in 2016 during decommunization.
- Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — Disambiguating English form of the former name; distinguishes the city from other places named after the Soviet politician.
- Покров — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Pokrov — Same current form as in English; French historical references use Ordjonikidze.
Other forms in use:
- Ordjonikidze — Former name in French transcription, used in references before the 2016 renaming.
About
Pokrov is a mining city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its growth is closely linked to the manganese deposits of the Nikopol basin.
Notes
Renamed from Ordzhonikidze in 2016. Not Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, and not other settlements called Pokrov.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q639476 · JSON
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