Elamur LocationsVarash
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Вараш.
English name
Varash — 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:
- Kuznetsovsk — Former Soviet name, replaced by Varash in 2016 during decommunization.
- Kuznecovsk — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the former Russian name Кузнецовск. Standard-derived; medium confidence in actual English textual use.
- Varaš — 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.
- Вараш — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.
French name
Varach — French transcription uses ch for ш; French references record Varach alongside the former Kouznetsovsk.
Other forms in use:
- Varash — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization retain sh.
- Kouznetsovsk — Former city name in French transcription, replaced in 2016.
About
Varash is a planned city in Rivne Oblast on the Styr River. It developed to house workers for the nearby Rivne nuclear power station.
Notes
Renamed from Kuznetsovsk in 2016, drawing on the name of the earlier local village.
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