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# Bashtanka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Баштанка.

## English name

**Bashtanka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement gives the same spelling here. ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval gives the same spelling here.

Other forms in use:

- **Poltavka** — Earlier name, replaced by Bashtanka in 1928.
- **Bachtanka** — French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name.
- **Baštanka** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Баштанка** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English.

## French name

**Bachtanka** — Attested French reference spelling; French ch renders ш.

Other forms in use:

- **Bashtanka** — International spelling also used in French; Bachtanka adapts sh to French ch.
- **Poltavka** — Earlier name, replaced in 1928; retained as a French historical search term.

## About

Bashtanka is a town northeast of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. It serves the surrounding farming area and is associated with the local anti-White uprising during the civil war.

## Notes

Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q572899](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q572899) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/bashtanka/?format=json)


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