Elamur LocationsSoledar
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Соледар.
English name
Soledar — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.
Other forms in use:
- Karlo-Libknekhtovsk — Former Soviet name, replaced by Soledar in 1991; the form is widely used in English historical accounts.
- Karlo-Libknekhtivsk — Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Soledar in 1991; explicitly documented by the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine.
- Briantsivka — Earlier Ukrainian village name associated with the salt-mining settlement; not every use denotes the entire later city.
- Bryantsevka — Russian-based form of the early village name used in English historical accounts.
- Соледар — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
French name
Soledar — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Karlo-Libknekhtivsk — Ukrainian-based form of the Soviet name, replaced in 1991; retained for French historical searches.
- Karlo-Libknekhtovsk — Russian-based form of the former name in French historical references; replaced in 1991.
About
Soledar is a salt-mining town near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Its vast underground chambers were once visitor attractions, before the town suffered devastating destruction in the Russian invasion.
Notes
Karlo-Libknekhtivsk/Karlo-Libknekhtovsk replaced by Soledar in 1991. NASU distinguishes the 1965–1991 compound name from the earlier Karla Libknekhta name; imprecise 1920s starting dates in some sources are not repeated. The description avoids current population and military-control claims. https://esu.com.ua/article-9860 Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledar ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledar.
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