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# Sharkawshchyna

A settlement in Belarus; local name Шаркаўшчына.

## English name

**Sharkawshchyna** — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.

Other forms in use:

- **Sharkovshchina** — Russian-based English spelling explicitly used in English prose.
- **Šarkaŭščyna** — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023.
- **Sharkaŭshchyna** — Mixed-diacritic English naming-data spelling retaining Belarusian ŭ.
- **Sharkaushchyna** — English naming-data spelling using u for Belarusian ў.
- **Sharkowshchyna** — Alternative English naming-data spelling using w for ў.
- **Szarkowszczyzna** — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- **Šarkauscyna** — Partial diacritic simplification indexed in English naming data; not the full national system.
- **Sakovchizna** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sarkeyschina** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sarkeystsene** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sharkotsina** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sharkoyshchina** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sharkeyshtshine** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Charkowchtchyna** — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- **Шаркаўшчына** — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.
- **Sarkauscyna** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkauscyna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Charkowchtchyna** — French locality heading Charkowchtchyna uses ch and chtch; its Belarusian Latin spellings vary in the text.

Other forms in use:

- **Šarkaŭščyna** — Belarusian Latin name indexed in French naming data.
- **Šarkoŭščyna** — Variant Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly printed in French prose; differs from the modern Belarusian vowel spelling, medium certainty.
- **Szarkowszczyna** — Polish-looking spelling explicitly printed in French prose; standard Polish historical spelling is Szarkowszczyzna, so this shorter form is treated cautiously.
- **Sharkawshchyna** — International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified.
- **Sarkauscyna** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkaŭščyna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Sarkouscyna** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkoŭščyna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Sharkawshchyna is a small town in northern Belarus's Vitebsk Region. It is a district centre with a history shaped by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, interwar Poland and the destruction of its Jewish community in the Holocaust.

## Notes

National system has Šarkaŭščyna. French prose also prints Šarkoŭščyna and shortened Polish-looking Szarkowszczyna; both flagged as uncertain variants rather than silently normalized. Detailed Holocaust dates differ across references and are omitted. National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2659505 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkawshchyna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charkowchtchyna.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2659505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2659505) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/sharkawshchyna/?format=json)


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