{
  "place_id": "soledar#7705_12115",
  "wikidata": "Q2399843",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Соледар",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Soledar",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Karlo-Libknekhtovsk",
          "why": "Former Soviet name, replaced by Soledar in 1991; the form is widely used in English historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karlo-Libknekhtivsk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by Soledar in 1991; explicitly documented by the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine."
        },
        {
          "name": "Briantsivka",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian village name associated with the salt-mining settlement; not every use denotes the entire later city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bryantsevka",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the early village name used in English historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Соледар",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Soledar",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Karlo-Libknekhtivsk",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based form of the Soviet name, replaced in 1991; retained for French historical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karlo-Libknekhtovsk",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name in French historical references; replaced in 1991."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "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.",
  "rank": 924,
  "slug": "soledar"
}