{
  "place_id": "zymohiria#7699_12162",
  "wikidata": "Q1633740",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Зимогір'я",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zymohiria",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zymohirya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling retaining ya for я."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zimogorye",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherkasske",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Zymohiria in the Soviet period."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherkasskoye",
          "why": "Russian form of the earlier name, replaced in the Soviet period."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherkaskyi Brid",
          "why": "Early Ukrainian name recorded in Ukrainian historical encyclopedias; superseded by Cherkasske in 1764."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherkasskiy Brod",
          "why": "Russian form of the early name, recorded in historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zymohir”ya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Зимогір'я",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zymohiria",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zimogorie",
          "why": "Russian-derived form explicitly used in French geographical references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zymohiria is a small city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It lies on the Luhan River in the coal-mining region of the Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Former Cherkasske/Cherkasskoye replaced in the Soviet period. Ukrainian historical sources link the present name with city status in 1961, while a French reference gives 1956 and the NASU entry has conflicting 1961/1962 dates. Exact renaming year left unresolved. https://esu.com.ua/article-16124 ; https://holodomor-era.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?S21STR=Zymogirya System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymohiria ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymohiria.",
  "rank": 1022,
  "slug": "zymohiria"
}