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# Otamanivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Отаманівка.

## English name

**Otamanivka** — 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:

- **Molodohvardiisk** — Former Ukrainian name, officially replaced by Otamanivka in September 2024.
- **Molodohvardiysk** — Older Ukrainian-based English rendering of the former name.
- **Molodogvardeysk** — Russian-based name still encountered in reporting and historical references.
- **Molodogvardeisk** — Alternative English romanization of the Russian former name.
- **Молодогвардійськ** — Former Ukrainian original-script name, replaced in 2024.
- **Молодогвардейск** — Russian original-script name.
- **Otamanìvka** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- **Отаманівка** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.

## French name

**Otamanivka** — Same as in English; selected to reflect the official 2024 renaming. French sources may still use Molodogvardeïsk.

Other forms in use:

- **Molodohvardiïsk** — French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, changed officially in 2024.
- **Molodogvardeïsk** — Russian-based French name in older geographical references.
- **Molodogvardeisk** — Plain-letter variant of the Russian-mediated French name.

## About

Otamanivka is a city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. It developed in the coal-mining landscape of the Donbas.

## Notes

Official Ukrainian name changed from Molodohvardiisk to Otamanivka in 2024. Russian-controlled sources may retain the old name. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-20 . 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 Q2238005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2238005) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/otamanivka/?format=json)


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