{
  "place_id": "shchastia#7707_12179",
  "wikidata": "Q391938",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Щастя",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shchastia",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schastye",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchastya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schastie",
          "why": "Another Russian-based transcription, encountered in reporting on the Donbas."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chtchastia",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ŝastâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchasti͡a",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Щастя",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chtchastia",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; French chtch renders щ.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shchastia",
          "why": "International Ukrainian form also used by French media."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chtchastie",
          "why": "French Russian-based transcription, found alongside the Ukrainian-based form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chtchastya",
          "why": "French variant retaining ya for the final Ukrainian vowel."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stchastié",
          "why": "Older French spelling appearing in the French reference account of the town’s history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stchastie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Stchastié for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shchastia is a town on the Siverskyi Donets north of Luhansk. Its modern development is closely tied to the Luhansk thermal power station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 859,
  "slug": "shchastia"
}