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# Kozelets

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Козелець.

## English name

**Kozelets** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Kozielec** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- **Kozelets’** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Kozelecʹ** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Kozelet͡sʹ** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Козелець** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.

## French name

**Kozelets** — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.

## About

Kozelets is a settlement on the Oster River in Chernihiv Oblast, northeast of Kyiv. Its Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin is a major example of Ukrainian Baroque architecture.

## Notes

Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozelets ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozelets.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1669868](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1669868) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kozelets/?format=json)


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