{
  "place_id": "pokrov#7647_11893",
  "wikidata": "Q639476",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Покров",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pokrov",
      "why": "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.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ordzhonikidze",
          "why": "Former Soviet name, replaced by Pokrov in 2016 during decommunization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast",
          "why": "Disambiguating English form of the former name; distinguishes the city from other places named after the Soviet politician."
        },
        {
          "name": "Покров",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pokrov",
      "why": "Same current form as in English; French historical references use Ordjonikidze.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ordjonikidze",
          "why": "Former name in French transcription, used in references before the 2016 renaming."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pokrov is a mining city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its growth is closely linked to the manganese deposits of the Nikopol basin.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed from Ordzhonikidze in 2016. Not Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, and not other settlements called Pokrov.",
  "rank": 278,
  "slug": "pokrov"
}