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# Dokuchaievsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Докучаєвськ.

## English name

**Dokuchaievsk** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.

Other forms in use:

- **Dokuchayevsk** — Russian-based spelling common in English reporting.
- **Dokuchaevsk** — Russian-based spelling without marking the glide.
- **Dokuchayivsk** — Older Ukrainian-based English variant.
- **Yelenovskie Karyery** — Russian former name referring to the quarries, replaced by the present name in 1954.
- **Dokuchaievs’k** — Soft-sign-marked Ukrainian transliteration.
- **Dokučaêvsʹk** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- **Докучаєвськ** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
- **Dokuchayevs’k** — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form.
- **Dokuchai͡evsʹk** — ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym.
- **Olenivski Kariery** — Ukrainian form of the former quarry-settlement name, replaced in 1954; national-system rendering supplied for historical reference.

## French name

**Dokoutchaïevsk** — French transcription selected for reference use; no place-specific French government recommendation is claimed.

Other forms in use:

- **Dokuchaievsk** — Same form as in English; an international spelling usable in French maps and references.
- **Dokoutchaevsk** — French variant without the diaeresis.

## About

Dokuchaievsk is a city south of Donetsk in Donetsk Oblast. Its development is associated with limestone quarrying and the supply of raw materials to the steel industry.

## Notes

Current name confirmed in the Ukrainian geographical names register: https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/administratyvno-terytorialni-obyekty-ukrayiny\_08.2025.pdf . The name commemorates the soil scientist Vasily Dokuchaev; no recent renaming is asserted. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3\_0/rom2\_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf . The pre-1954 name and quarrying history are documented at https://esu.com.ua/article-20536 .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2416554](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2416554) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/dokuchaievsk/?format=json)


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