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# Shakhtarske

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шахтарське.

## English name

**Shakhtarske** — 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:

- **Pershotravensk** — Former Ukrainian official name in romanization; replaced in 2024.
- **Pershotravens’k** — Soft-sign-marked transliteration of the former Ukrainian name.
- **Šahtarsʹke** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Шахтарське** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Shakhtarske** — Same current spelling as in English, selected to follow the 2024 official renaming; older French geographical references use Perchotravensk. No separate French exonym is established.

Other forms in use:

- **Perchotravensk** — Former name in French Ukrainian-based transcription; replaced officially in 2024.
- **Pershotravensk** — International spelling of the former Ukrainian name in French references.

## About

Shakhtarske is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the Western Donbas coalfield. It developed as a mining town and was formerly known as Pershotravensk.

## Notes

Renamed Першотравенськ to Шахтарське in September 2024: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX . Not Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q604607](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604607) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shakhtarske/?format=json)


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