Elamur LocationsSorokyne
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сорокине.
English name
Sorokyne — 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. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.
Other forms in use:
- Krasnodon — Former name, replaced under Ukrainian law in 2016; still used by Russian and occupation authorities and in many historical works.
- Sorokino — Russian form of the historical name restored in Ukrainian as Sorokyne.
- Sorokine — 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.
- Сорокине — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Sorokyne — Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Krasnodon — Well-established name in French Soviet and Second World War history; the Ukrainian legal renaming dates to 2016.
- Sorokino — Russian historical spelling; distinguish it from the present Ukrainian Sorokyne.
About
Sorokyne is a mining city in Luhansk Oblast near the Russian border. It is associated with the Donbas coal industry and with the wartime story of the Young Guard resistance group.
Notes
Renamed from Krasnodon in 2016. The current Ukrainian legal name and usage under occupation differ; historical literary references often retain Krasnodon.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q158053 · JSON
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