{
  "place_id": "slobozhanske#7755_12029",
  "wikidata": "Q4230273",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Слобожанське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Slobozhanske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Komsomolske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced in 2016 during decommunization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Komsomolskoye",
          "why": "Russian form of the former name; historical English geographical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozhansk",
          "why": "Proposed name discussed locally, not verified as an enacted replacement; low confidence as a name in current use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozhans’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; a standard-derived retrieval spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozhans'ke",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 retrieval form; not an additional official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobožansʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sloboz͡hansʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Слобожанське",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Slobojanske",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using j for the sound written zh in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Komsomolske",
          "why": "Former name for French historical searches, replaced in 2016; distinguish other places with the same Soviet name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozhansk",
          "why": "Proposal only; not adopted here as a current French name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozhanske",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Slobozhanske is a town near Zmiiv in Kharkiv Oblast, in the Siverskyi Donets valley. It developed in connection with the Zmiiv thermal power station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formerly Komsomolske; renamed in 2016. City status was granted on 13 March 2025 by resolution 4317-IX. Slobozhansk was proposed but is not substituted for the official name. Distinguish the Dnipro-area Slobozhanske later in this batch.",
  "rank": 729,
  "slug": "slobozhanske"
}