Elamur LocationsStaryi Krym
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Старий Крим.
English name
Staryi Krym — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.
Other forms in use:
- Stary Krym — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- Staryy Krym — Russian-based spelling retaining both final y letters in Старый. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified.
- Staryï Krym — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- Starij Krim — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified.
- Staryĭ Krym — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified.
- Старий Крим — Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
French name
Staryï Krym — French locality heading uses Staryï Krym; this is the Donetsk settlement, not its Crimean namesake.
Other forms in use:
- Staryi Krym — International spelling for French texts citing Ukrainian or English sources; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- Staryy Krym — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified.
- Starij Krim — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified.
- Staryĭ Krym — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified.
About
Staryi Krym is a settlement on the Kalchyk River near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast. It was established by Greeks displaced from Crimea and took the name of a town on that peninsula.
Notes
This Staryi Krym is near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, not the Crimean town from which its name derives. Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryi_Krym,_Donetsk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryï_Krym_(oblast_de_Donetsk).
Identifiers: Wikidata Q4441079 · JSON
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