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# Shakhtarsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шахтарськ.

## English name

**Shakhtarsk** — 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.

Other forms in use:

- **Shakhtyorsk** — Russian-based spelling of Шахтёрск, common in English reporting and Soviet-era references.
- **Shakhtersk** — Russian-based spelling with ё represented as e rather than yo.
- **Shakhtars’k** — BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Šahtarsʹk** — ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Shakhtarsʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Шахтарськ** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Chakhtarsk** — Established French transcription with ch for ш; used in French reference writing.

Other forms in use:

- **Shakhtarsk** — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization retain sh.
- **Chakhtiorsk** — French transcription of the Russian name, with ch and io.
- **Chakhtersk** — Russian-based French variant with the written е/ё distinction flattened.

## About

Shakhtarsk is a coal-mining city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its identity and urban landscape grew from the mining settlements of the Donbas.

## Notes

Not the Russian town Shakhtyorsk on Sakhalin. The shared mining-derived Russian name requires country and region disambiguation.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q29756](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29756) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shakhtarsk/?format=json)


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