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# Bolekhiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Болехів.

## English name

**Bolekhiv** — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.

Other forms in use:

- **Bolekhov** — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name.
- **Bolechów** — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- **Bolechow** — Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling familiar from English writing on the town’s former Jewish community.
- **Bolehìv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Болехів** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- **Болехов** — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.

## French name

**Bolekhiv** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Bolekhov** — Russian form recorded in French reference material.
- **Bolechów** — Polish name used in French historical and literary discussion of the town’s Jewish community.
- **Bolechow** — Diacritic-free historical form used in French discussions of Daniel Mendelsohn’s family history.

## About

Bolekhiv is a town at the foot of the Carpathians in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former Jewish community and surviving cemetery are prominent in accounts of the town's history.

## Notes

Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q146595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146595) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/bolekhiv/?format=json)


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