{
  "place_id": "shcholkine#7523_11989",
  "wikidata": "Q997522",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Щолкіне",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shcholkine",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shchelkino",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, common in references to the nuclear plant and resort."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchyolkino",
          "why": "Russian-based English form explicitly rendering ё as yo."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schelkino",
          "why": "Simplified Latin spelling used in English travel and map references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Şçolkino",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin-script form quoted in English reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Heraklii",
          "why": "Ukrainian national romanization of Гераклій, a renaming proposed in 2024; not established here as enacted."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chtcholkine",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ŝolkìne",
          "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": "Щолкіне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Щёлкино",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Scolkino",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Şçolkino for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chtcholkine",
      "why": "French reference form using chtch for щ; Chtchiolkino is the Russian-derived spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chtchiolkino",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name, recorded alongside Chtcholkine."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shcholkine",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling useful in French source citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Şçolkino",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar form explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Heraklii",
          "why": "Proposed Ukrainian name from 2024, supplied for French source matching; no enacted renaming or settled French form established."
        },
        {
          "name": "Scolkino",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Şçolkino for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shcholkine is a town near Cape Kazantyp on Crimea's Sea of Azov coast. It was built to house workers for a nuclear power station that was never completed.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "Heraklii/Гераклій was proposed in 2024; an enacted renaming was not established, so Shcholkine remains main. Kazantyp names the nearby cape and festival, not an unrestricted civic alias. UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty. https://armyinform.com.ua/2024/01/25/dekolonizacziya-toponimiv-v-ukrayini-mozhe-zyavytysya-misto-geraklij-i-selyshhe-bolbochan/ 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/Shcholkine ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chtcholkine.",
  "rank": 958,
  "slug": "shcholkine"
}