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# Shchastia

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Щастя.

## English name

**Shchastia** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Schastye** — Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name.
- **Shchastya** — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Schastie** — Another Russian-based transcription, encountered in reporting on the Donbas.
- **Chtchastia** — French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name.
- **Ŝastâ** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Shchasti͡a** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Щастя** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English.

## French name

**Chtchastia** — Attested French reference spelling; French chtch renders щ.

Other forms in use:

- **Shchastia** — International Ukrainian form also used by French media.
- **Chtchastie** — French Russian-based transcription, found alongside the Ukrainian-based form.
- **Chtchastya** — French variant retaining ya for the final Ukrainian vowel.
- **Stchastié** — Older French spelling appearing in the French reference account of the town’s history.
- **Stchastie** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Stchastié for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## About

Shchastia is a town on the Siverskyi Donets north of Luhansk. Its modern development is closely tied to the Luhansk thermal power station.

## Notes

Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q391938](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391938) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shchastia/?format=json)


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