Elamur LocationsYany Kapu
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Яни Капу.
English name
Yany Kapu — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.
Other forms in use:
- Krasnoperekopsk — Former Soviet name, still used by the Russian occupation authorities and in many international references.
- Krasnoperekops’k — Older Ukrainian-based transliteration of the former name.
- Krasnoperekops'k — Plain-apostrophe Ukrainian transliteration of the former name.
- Yañı Qapu — Crimean Tatar Latin-script form of the new name.
- Yani Kapu — Alternative English spelling, attested in early reports of the 2016 decision.
- Âni Kapu — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Яни Капу — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Yany Kapu — Same Ukrainian official spelling as in English, selected to reflect the renaming; Krasnoperekopsk remains much more recognizable in older French references. No dedicated French government recommendation has been established here.
Other forms in use:
- Krasnoperekopsk — Former name still widespread in French geographical references and Russian-administration reporting.
- Yañı Qapu — Crimean Tatar Latin-script form relevant to French discussion of Crimean Tatar toponymy.
About
Yany Kapu is an industrial city in northern Crimea near the Perekop isthmus and its salt lakes. Its development was closely tied to chemical production using the area’s saline resources.
Notes
Ukraine adopted the name in 2016; its initial deferred implementation was changed in 2023. Russian occupation authorities retain Krasnoperekopsk. Country is UA under internationally recognized borders. Government discussion of both names: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/621ca18b8fa8f549055b64bc/Crimea_ADM2s_-February_2022_update_18_.pdf . No assertion is made that the new name was the city’s pre-Soviet historical name. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
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