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# Kremenets

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кременець.

## English name

**Kremenets** — 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:

- **Kremenetsʹ** — Ukrainian transliteration marking the final soft sign.
- **Kremenets'** — Plain-apostrophe version of the soft-sign-marked form.
- **Krzemieniec** — Polish historical name well established in English histories of Volhynia.
- **Kremenez** — German historical spelling.
- **Kremnitz** — Jewish historical spelling used in genealogical accounts.
- **Kremenecʹ** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- **Кременець** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
- **Kremenets’** — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form.
- **Kremenet͡sʹ** — ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Kremenets** — Same as in English; French geographical references use Kremenets, while historical discussions may retain Polish Krzemieniec.

Other forms in use:

- **Krzemieniec** — Polish historical name used in French accounts of the lyceum and Polish literary history.
- **Kremnitz** — Jewish historical name quoted in French references.
- **Kremenetz** — Older French and international historical spelling.

## About

Kremenets is a town in Ternopil Oblast beneath a ridge of wooded hills. Castle ruins above the centre and its former lyceum reflect its importance in Volhynian history.

## Notes

Do not confuse with Kremnica in Slovakia, also historically called Kremnitz. Polish spelling checked against https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/documents/History/Kremenets-History-Doctor-2001.pdf . 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 .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q849116](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849116) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kremenets/?format=json)


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