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# Pokrov

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Покров.

## English name

**Pokrov** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Ordzhonikidze** — Former Soviet name, replaced by Pokrov in 2016 during decommunization.
- **Ordzhonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast** — Disambiguating English form of the former name; distinguishes the city from other places named after the Soviet politician.
- **Покров** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Pokrov** — Same current form as in English; French historical references use Ordjonikidze.

Other forms in use:

- **Ordjonikidze** — Former name in French transcription, used in references before the 2016 renaming.

## About

Pokrov is a mining city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its growth is closely linked to the manganese deposits of the Nikopol basin.

## Notes

Renamed from Ordzhonikidze in 2016. Not Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, and not other settlements called Pokrov.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q639476](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639476) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/pokrov/?format=json)


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