{
  "place_id": "putyvl#7851_11881",
  "wikidata": "Q1075057",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Путивль",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Putyvl",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Putivl",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling common in English historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putivl’",
          "why": "Russian transliteration preserving the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putivl'",
          "why": "ASCII-apostrophe version of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putyvl’",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based form preserving the soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putivlʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putyvlʹ",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Путивль",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putyvl'",
          "why": "ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Poutyvl",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Poutivl",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Putyvl",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling in French maps and source citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Putyvl is a town in Sumy Oblast above the Seim River. It is known for its association with the medieval Tale of Igor’s Campaign and for the Molchansky monastery.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 664,
  "slug": "putyvl"
}