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# Lyman

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Лиман.

## English name

**Lyman** — 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:

- **Krasnyi Lyman** — Former Ukrainian compound name, shortened officially in 2016.
- **Krasny Lyman** — Older English spelling of the former Ukrainian name.
- **Krasny Liman** — Russian-based former name used in English reporting.
- **Liman** — Russian-based spelling of the town’s shorter name.
- **Красний Лиман** — Former Ukrainian original-script name, replaced in 2016.
- **Лиман** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.

## French name

**Lyman** — Same as in English; Lyman is established in French reporting on the war. Liman and the former Krasny Liman remain useful historical matches.

Other forms in use:

- **Liman** — Russian-based French geographical spelling.
- **Krasny Lyman** — Former compound name in French reporting before and after the 2016 renaming.
- **Krasny Liman** — Russian-based French form of the former name.

## About

Lyman is a city in Donetsk Oblast near the forests and wetlands of the Siverskyi Donets valley. It developed as a railway centre and has been heavily affected by the war in eastern Ukraine.

## Notes

Renamed from Krasnyi Lyman to Lyman in 2016. No claim about the present front line is made. 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 Q2234641](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2234641) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/lyman/?format=json)


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