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# Khrestivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Хрестівка.

## English name

**Khrestivka** — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Kirovske** — Former Ukrainian official name in romanization; replaced in 2016.
- **Kirovskoye** — Russian-based form of the former name, retained in occupation-administration usage.
- **Krestovka** — Russian form of the historical name corresponding to Khrestivka.
- **Hrestìvka** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Хрестівка** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Khrestivka** — Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Kirovske** — Former name in Ukrainian-based French references, replaced officially in 2016.
- **Kirovskoïe** — Russian-based French form of the former name.

## About

Khrestivka is a city in Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas coalfield. It developed as a mining centre and is still frequently identified by its former Soviet name in older sources.

## Notes

Renamed Кіровське to Хрестівка in 2016: https://donetskstat.gov.ua/region/detailed/naseleni-punkty-ta-raiony-nazvy-yakykh-buly-pereimenovani-u-2016-rotsi/20160000/ . Do not confuse with Khrustalnyi or another Kirovsk. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2496758](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2496758) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/khrestivka/?format=json)


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