Elamur LocationsSokolohirsk
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сокологірськ.
English name
Sokolohirsk — 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.
Other forms in use:
- Pervomaisk — Former official name Первомайськ, replaced in September 2024; widely used in older English maps.
- Pervomaysk — Russian-based romanization of the former name, common in English reporting.
- Pervomais’k — Older Ukrainian cartographic romanization of the former name.
- Первомайськ — Former Ukrainian Cyrillic name, replaced in 2024.
- Первомайск — Russian Cyrillic name retained in Russian and occupation usage.
- Sokolohirs’k — 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.
- Sokologìrsʹk — 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.
- Sokolohirsʹk — 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.
- Сокологірськ — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Sokolohirsk — Current official Ukrainian Latin form selected for French readers; older French references usually have Pervomaïsk.
Other forms in use:
- Pervomaïsk — Former name in French transcription, common in older accounts of the Luhansk mining city; replaced in 2024.
- Pervomaisk — Unaccented international spelling of the former name in French sources.
About
Sokolohirsk is a coal-mining city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its industrial growth was linked to the mine settlements around the Luhan River.
Notes
Renamed under resolution 3984-IX in September 2024. The separate city Pervomaisk in Mykolaiv Oblast has not acquired this name; avoid merging the two.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1844446 · JSON
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