{
  "place_id": "sorokyne#7683_12207",
  "wikidata": "Q158053",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сорокине",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sorokyne",
      "why": "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.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krasnodon",
          "why": "Former name, replaced under Ukrainian law in 2016; still used by Russian and occupation authorities and in many historical works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sorokino",
          "why": "Russian form of the historical name restored in Ukrainian as Sorokyne."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sorokine",
          "why": "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."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сорокине",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sorokyne",
      "why": "Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krasnodon",
          "why": "Well-established name in French Soviet and Second World War history; the Ukrainian legal renaming dates to 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sorokino",
          "why": "Russian historical spelling; distinguish it from the present Ukrainian Sorokyne."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed from Krasnodon in 2016. The current Ukrainian legal name and usage under occupation differ; historical literary references often retain Krasnodon.",
  "rank": 244,
  "slug": "sorokyne"
}