{
  "place_id": "varash#7852_11436",
  "wikidata": "Q997541",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Вараш",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Varash",
      "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": "Kuznetsovsk",
          "why": "Former Soviet name, replaced by Varash in 2016 during decommunization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kuznecovsk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the former Russian name Кузнецовск. Standard-derived; medium confidence in actual English textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Varaš",
          "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": "Вараш",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Varach",
      "why": "French transcription uses ch for ш; French references record Varach alongside the former Kouznetsovsk.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Varash",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization retain sh."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kouznetsovsk",
          "why": "Former city name in French transcription, replaced in 2016."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Varash is a planned city in Rivne Oblast on the Styr River. It developed to house workers for the nearby Rivne nuclear power station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed from Kuznetsovsk in 2016, drawing on the name of the earlier local village.",
  "rank": 251,
  "slug": "varash"
}