{
  "place_id": "radyvyliv#7785_11402",
  "wikidata": "Q1020069",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Радивилів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Radyvyliv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chervonoarmiisk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Radyvyliv in 1993."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chervonoarmeysk",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name, replaced in 1993."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radivilov",
          "why": "Russian-based historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziwiłłów",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziwillow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free historical spelling used in accounts of the imperial frontier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radivilìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Радивилів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Радивилов",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Radyvyliv",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchervonoarmiisk",
          "why": "French-adapted spelling of the former Ukrainian name, replaced in 1993."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchervonoarmeïsk",
          "why": "French rendering of the Russian Soviet name, replaced in 1993."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radivilov",
          "why": "Russian-based historical form used in French accounts of the customs frontier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziwiłów",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziwilow",
          "why": "Older French historical spelling, including accounts of Balzac’s travels."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchervonoarmeisk",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Tchervonoarmeïsk for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Radyvyliv is a town near Brody in Rivne Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former position on the frontier between the Russian and Austrian empires made it an important customs and railway point.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Restored name Radyvyliv dates to 3 March 1993, resolution 3044-XII. Some English summaries incorrectly give 1992; that year is not repeated. The spelling Radziwiłłów belongs to historical Polish usage. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3044-12 Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radyvyliv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radyvyliv.",
  "rank": 951,
  "slug": "radyvyliv"
}