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# Shostka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шостка.

## English name

**Shostka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for contemporary English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Šostka** — Scholarly transliteration using Slavist conventions; these conventions are not one single dated national standard.
- **Шостка** — Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources.
- **Chostka** — French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form.

## French name

**Chostka** — Transcription française du nom ukrainien actuel, retenue pour sa lisibilité en français ; la romanisation nationale figure aussi parmi les formes de recherche.

Other forms in use:

- **Šostka** — Translittération savante selon les conventions slavistiques, qui ne constituent pas une seule norme nationale datée.
- **Shostka** — Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification.
- **Шостка** — Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales.

## About

Shostka is a city in the north of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. Its industrial history is especially associated with chemicals and the production of photographic film.

## Notes

Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1000454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1000454) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shostka/?format=json)


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