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# Stolin

A settlement in Belarus; local name Столін.

## English name

**Stolin** — Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms. The Belarusian national system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012, gives the same string; domestic rules changed in 2023.

Other forms in use:

- **Stoline** — French spelling with final e, used to preserve the consonantal ending.
- **Stolìn** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Столін** — Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources.

## French name

**Stoline** — French reference spelling, using a final e after the pronounced n. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

## About

Stolin is a district town in the Polesia region of southern Belarus, near the Ukrainian border. It lies near the Horyn River and has a significant Jewish religious history, reflected in the name of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidic tradition.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q956565](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956565) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/stolin/?format=json)


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