{
  "place_id": "yedy-kuiu#7516_11987",
  "wikidata": "Q1817745",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Єди-Кую",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Yedy-Kuiu",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian official name, restored by a 2016 decision that took effect in 2023; national romanization (2010) gives Yedy-Kuiu.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Yedi Quyu",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin name meaning seven wells; source of the restored Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lenine",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name; restoration voted in 2016 took legal effect in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lenino",
          "why": "Russian Soviet name still used by the occupation administration; Ukrainian official name changed in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sem Kolodezey",
          "why": "Russian historical name translating the Crimean Tatar name, replaced by Lenino in 1957."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sim Kolodiaziv",
          "why": "Ukrainian rendering of the older translated name; national 2010 spelling applied retrospectively."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yedy-Kuyu",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Êdi-Kuû",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "I͡edy-Kui͡u",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Єди-Кую",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Yedy-Kuiu",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian legal name retained for French readers; no settled French adaptation verified. French reference heading Lénine is outdated, while its text explicitly quotes Crimean Tatar Yedi Quyu.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lénine",
          "why": "Former-name French reference heading remains current in some reference pages despite the Ukrainian restoration effective in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lenine",
          "why": "Unaccented former Ukrainian name explicitly given in French references; superseded in Ukrainian law in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lenino",
          "why": "Russian name explicitly quoted in French references and still used under occupation."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yedi Quyu",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name explicitly given in French historical reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sem’ Kolodezeï",
          "why": "French rendering of the historical Russian name, replaced by Lenino in 1957."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sem' Kolodezeï",
          "why": "Straight-apostrophe spelling actually printed in the French reference; the railway station retained this older name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sem' Kolodezei",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Sem' Kolodezeï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Yedy-Kuiu is a settlement on the Kerch Peninsula in eastern Crimea. It is an inland railway settlement formerly known in Ukrainian as Lenine and in Russian as Lenino.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Country UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Ukrainian parliament voted in 2016 to restore Yedy-Kuiu; the deferred Crimea renaming took effect in 2023. Russian administration continues Lenino; French reference heading Lénine is outdated. The railway station can retain Sem Kolodezey independently of the settlement name. https://ppu.gov.ua/press-center/istoriia-na-karti-krymu-dekomunizatsiia-iak-shliakh-do-vidnovlennia-pam-iati-ta-istorychnoi-spravedlyvosti/ Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenine,_Crimea ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lénine_(Crimée).",
  "rank": 1285,
  "slug": "yedy-kuiu"
}