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# Holubivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Голубівка.

## English name

**Holubivka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Kirovsk** — Former Soviet name, replaced by Holubivka under Ukrainian law in 2016; still used in Russian and occupation sources.
- **Golubovka** — Russian form of the restored historical name, encountered in older geographical records.
- **Golubìvka** — ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Голубівка** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Holoubivka** — French transcription writes Ukrainian у as ou; attested in French geographical references.

Other forms in use:

- **Holubivka** — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts may keep u.
- **Kirovsk** — Former name familiar in French Soviet-period references; replaced under Ukrainian law in 2016.
- **Goloubovka** — Russian historical name in French transcription; distinguish it from Ukrainian-based Holoubivka.

## About

Holubivka is a mining city in Luhansk Oblast on the Luhan River. It belongs to the coal-mining belt around Kadiivka and Sokolohirsk.

## Notes

Renamed from Kirovsk in 2016. This is the Luhansk city, not the numerous smaller Ukrainian settlements named Holubivka.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2234599](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2234599) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/holubivka/?format=json)


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