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# Pereiaslav

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Переяслав.

## English name

**Pereiaslav** — 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:

- **Pereyaslav** — Traditional English spelling used in historical writing, including the name of the 1654 council.
- **Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi** — Former Ukrainian official name in national romanization; shortened in 2019.
- **Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi** — Older Ukrainian-based spelling of the former name.
- **Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky** — Russian-based English form of the former name.
- **Pereyaslavl** — Historical East Slavic form used in medieval history; distinguish Pereyaslavl-Zalessky.
- **Pereâslav** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Переяслав** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Pereïaslav** — French transcription with eï, familiar in French historical references to the Pereïaslav council; the compound name was officially shortened in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Pereiaslav** — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- **Pereïaslav-Khmelnytskyï** — French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, shortened in 2019.
- **Pereïaslav-Khmelnitski** — Russian-based French form of the former name.
- **Pereyaslav** — International historical spelling also used in French accounts of the 1654 council.

## About

Pereiaslav is a historic city in Kyiv Oblast on the Trubizh, near the Dnipro. It is known for its many museums and for the Cossack council held there in 1654.

## Notes

The 2019 renaming is confirmed by https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/251-20 . Not Pereslavl-Zalessky in Russia. The council’s political interpretation is disputed; no claim of timeless reunification is made. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q639839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639839) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/pereiaslav/?format=json)


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