{
  "place_id": "siverskodonetsk#7719_12138",
  "wikidata": "Q160584",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сіверськодонецьк",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Siverskodonetsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sievierodonetsk",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian spelling Сєвєродонецьк in national romanization, replaced by Сіверськодонецьк in September 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Severodonetsk",
          "why": "Established Russian-based form, common in English reporting, especially before the 2024 Ukrainian renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Severodoneck",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of Russian Северодонецк. Standard-derived; medium confidence in actual English textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Severodonets’k",
          "why": "Older English cartographic form retaining a soft-sign marker."
        },
        {
          "name": "Siverskodonets’k",
          "why": "Older BGN/PCGN-style representation of the restored Ukrainian spelling; not the national 2010 output."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сєвєродонецьк",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, changed in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Северодонецк",
          "why": "Russian Cyrillic name, still common in Russian sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sivers’kodonets’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sìversʹkodonecʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Siversʹkodonet͡sʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сіверськодонецьк",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Siverskodonetsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian official name retained for French readers; French reporting still frequently uses pre-2024 Sievierodonetsk and Severodonetsk.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sievierodonetsk",
          "why": "French reporting commonly used this Ukrainian-based spelling before the September 2024 change; it remains useful for older texts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Severodonetsk",
          "why": "Russian-derived form also widely encountered in French war reporting."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Siverskodonetsk is a city in Luhansk Oblast near the Siverskyi Donets River. It developed around the Azot chemical complex and suffered extensive destruction during Russia’s full-scale invasion.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed by resolution 3984-IX of 19 September 2024, effective 26 September. Do not confuse Siverskodonetsk with the separate town Siversk. Russian/occupation usage may retain Severodonetsk.",
  "rank": 260,
  "slug": "siverskodonetsk"
}