Elamur LocationsShevchenkove
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шевченкове.
English name
Shevchenkove — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).
Other forms in use:
- Shevchenkovo — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Bulatselivka — Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Shevchenkove in 1922 according to the reference history.
- Bulatselovka — Russian form of the earlier name, replaced in 1922.
- Chevtchenkove — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Ševčenkove — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- Шевченкове — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
French name
Chevtchenkove — French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.
Other forms in use:
- Shevchenkove — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.
About
Shevchenkove is a settlement on the railway between Kharkiv and Kupiansk. It grew around a railway station and bears the name of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.
Notes
Earlier Bulatselivka/Bulatselovka replaced by Shevchenkove in 1922 according to English reference history. This is the Kharkiv Oblast settlement, not another Shevchenkove. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevchenkove,_Kharkiv_Oblast ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevchenkove_(rural_settlement) ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevtchenkove_(oblast_de_Kharkiv) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шевченкове_(селище,_Куп'янський_район) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шэўчэнкавэ_(Харкаўская_вобласць).
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