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# Siverskodonetsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сіверськодонецьк.

## English name

**Siverskodonetsk** — 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:

- **Sievierodonetsk** — Former official Ukrainian spelling Сєвєродонецьк in national romanization, replaced by Сіверськодонецьк in September 2024.
- **Severodonetsk** — Established Russian-based form, common in English reporting, especially before the 2024 Ukrainian renaming.
- **Severodoneck** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of Russian Северодонецк. Standard-derived; medium confidence in actual English textual use.
- **Severodonets’k** — Older English cartographic form retaining a soft-sign marker.
- **Siverskodonets’k** — Older BGN/PCGN-style representation of the restored Ukrainian spelling; not the national 2010 output.
- **Сєвєродонецьк** — Former official Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, changed in 2024.
- **Северодонецк** — Russian Cyrillic name, still common in Russian sources.
- **Sivers’kodonets’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.
- **Sìversʹkodonecʹk** — 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.
- **Siversʹkodonet͡sʹk** — 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.
- **Сіверськодонецьк** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Siverskodonetsk** — Current Ukrainian official name retained for French readers; French reporting still frequently uses pre-2024 Sievierodonetsk and Severodonetsk.

Other forms in use:

- **Sievierodonetsk** — French reporting commonly used this Ukrainian-based spelling before the September 2024 change; it remains useful for older texts.
- **Severodonetsk** — Russian-derived form also widely encountered in French war reporting.

## About

Siverskodonetsk is a city in Luhansk Oblast near the Siverskyi Donets River. It developed around the Azot chemical complex and suffered extensive destruction during Russia’s full-scale invasion.

## Notes

Renamed by resolution 3984-IX of 19 September 2024, effective 26 September. Do not confuse Siverskodonetsk with the separate town Siversk. Russian/occupation usage may retain Severodonetsk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q160584](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160584) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/siverskodonetsk/?format=json)


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