{
  "place_id": "slavutych#7862_11708",
  "wikidata": "Q70231",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Славутич",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Slavutych",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slavutich",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling familiar in older English reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slavutič",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Славутич",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Slavoutytch",
      "why": "French transcription with ou and tch, used in French-language Council of Europe documents and by Swiss newspaper Le Temps.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slavutych",
          "why": "Same form as in English; an international spelling usable in French maps and references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slavoutitch",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French transcription."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Slavutych is a planned city in Kyiv Oblast near the Dnipro and the Belarusian border. It was built to house workers and families displaced from Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The city belongs administratively to Kyiv Oblast but is surrounded by Chernihiv Oblast. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf . French usage: https://rm.coe.int/16805abf29 ; https://www.letemps.ch/monde/europe/tchernobyl-sommes-coupes-monde .",
  "rank": 405,
  "slug": "slavutych"
}