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# Popasna

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Попасна.

## English name

**Popasna** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. ISO 9:1995 gives the same string. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.

Other forms in use:

- **Popasnaya** — Russian-based name widely used in English reporting and older maps.
- **Popasnaia** — Alternative romanization of the Russian name.
- **Imeni L. M. Kahanovycha** — Former Ukrainian Soviet name honouring Lazar Kaganovich, replaced by Popasna in 1944.
- **Kaganovich** — Short Russian-mediated version of the former Soviet name; historical only.

## French name

**Popasna** — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Popasnaïa** — French-style transcription of Russian Попасная in older and Russian-mediated sources.
- **Popasnaya** — International Russian-based spelling retained by some French news sources.
- **Kaganovitch** — French rendering of the former Soviet commemorative name; replaced by Popasna in 1944.

## About

Popasna is a town in Luhansk Oblast whose development centred on a railway junction and railway workshops. It suffered extensive destruction during the fighting of 2022.

## Notes

The former Soviet name belongs to the 1930s–1944 period; no exact starting year asserted. The description does not infer a present population from the input.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2350804](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2350804) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/popasna/?format=json)


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