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# Dzyarzhynsk

A settlement in Belarus; local name Дзяржынск.

## English name

**Dzyarzhynsk** — Established English rendering from Belarusian; retained for recognition alongside Russian-based and national-system variants.

Other forms in use:

- **Dziaržynsk** — Belarusian national geographical romanization revised in 2007 and UN-approved in 2012; historical standard, superseded domestically in 2023.
- **Dziarzhynsk** — Belarusian-based spelling substituting zh for ž.
- **Dzerzhinsk** — Russian-based English form of the present name.
- **Koydanava** — Belarusian-based form of the earlier name, replaced in 1932.
- **Koidanov** — Russian-based historical name, still common in English Jewish history.
- **Koydanov** — Alternative English romanization of the historical Russian name.
- **Kojdanów** — Polish historical name.
- **Koidanovo** — Historical variant in English Jewish and geographical references.
- **Дзержинск** — Russian original-script name.

## French name

**Dziarjynsk** — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Dzerjinsk** — Russian-based French form of the present name.
- **Koïdanava** — French rendering of the older Belarusian name, replaced in 1932.
- **Koïdanov** — French rendering of the historical Russian name.
- **Kojdanów** — Polish historical form used in accounts of the former Polish national district.
- **Dziaržynsk** — Scholarly and map form also encountered in French references.

## About

Dzyarzhynsk is a town south-west of Minsk in Belarus. Its earlier name, Koydanava, is familiar in the history of the town’s Jewish community and the former Polish national district.

## Notes

Present name adopted in 1932; no decommunization renaming is asserted for Belarus. Different from Toretsk in Ukraine. French form: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziarjynsk . Input label 'Дзержинськ' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local\_name is restored to the native-language form.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q200891](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200891) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/dzyarzhynsk/?format=json)


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