{
  "place_id": "rodynske#7686_12067",
  "wikidata": "Q2416543",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Родинське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rodynske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rodinskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rodyns’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rodyns'ke",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rodinsʹke",
          "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": "Rodynsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Родинське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Родинское",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rodynske",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rodinskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French form recorded alongside Rodynske."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rodinskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Rodinskoïe for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rodynske is a coal-mining town near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It grew as part of the industrial development of the Donbas coalfield.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "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/Rodynske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodynske.",
  "rank": 985,
  "slug": "rodynske"
}