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# Siversk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сіверськ.

## English name

**Siversk** — 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:

- **Seversk** — Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name.
- **Yama** — Former official name, replaced by Siversk in 1973.
- **Iama** — Alternative romanization of the former name Яма; useful for historical retrieval.
- **Sivers’k** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently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.
- **Sivers'k** — Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form; standard-derived retrieval variant.
- **Sìversʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Siversʹk** — 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.
- **Сіверськ** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English.

## French name

**Siversk** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Seversk** — Russian-based spelling also present in French reporting.
- **Yama** — Former name before 1973; used in French historical reference material.
- **Iama** — French-compatible rendering of Яма, for historical source matching; French textual frequency unverified.

## About

Siversk is a town in northern Donetsk Oblast, east of Sloviansk. Dolomite mining and processing shaped its economy, and older records identify it by the former name Yama.

## Notes

Renamed from Yama to Siversk in 1973. Russian Seversk is ambiguous with the much larger city in Russia; the country and region are essential. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1940853](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1940853) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/siversk/?format=json)


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