Zlatopil
A settlement in Ukraine; local name Златопіль.
English name
Zlatopil — 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:
- Pervomaiskyi — Former Ukrainian official name in the 2010 national romanization; replaced in 2024.
- Pervomayskyi — Older Ukrainian-based romanization of the former name.
- Pervomaysky — Russian-based form of the former name used in English references.
- Pervomayskiy — Russian romanization of the former name.
- Lykhachove — Historical settlement name associated with the railway origins of the city.
- Zlatopìlʹ — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- Златопіль — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.
French name
Zlatopil — Same spelling as in English; attested in French Ministry of the Armed Forces reporting after the September 2024 renaming. Older French references use Pervomaïsky.
Other forms in use:
- Pervomaïsky — Former name in French geographical usage; replaced officially in 2024.
- Pervomaïski — French Russian-based variant of the former name.
- Pervomaïskyï — French Ukrainian-based variant of the former name.
About
Zlatopil is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, south of Kharkiv. Railway development and chemical industry helped shape the modern settlement, formerly called Pervomaiskyi.
Notes
Renamed Первомайський to Златопіль in September 2024: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX . Not the historic Zlatopil incorporated into Novomyrhorod. French government reporting uses Zlatopil: https://www.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/ministere-armees/SITUATION_EN_UKRAINE_ARCHIVE_29_NOVEMBRE_AU_23_DECEMBRE_2024.pdf . ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.
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