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# Sokolohirsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сокологірськ.

## English name

**Sokolohirsk** — 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:

- **Pervomaisk** — Former official name Первомайськ, replaced in September 2024; widely used in older English maps.
- **Pervomaysk** — Russian-based romanization of the former name, common in English reporting.
- **Pervomais’k** — Older Ukrainian cartographic romanization of the former name.
- **Первомайськ** — Former Ukrainian Cyrillic name, replaced in 2024.
- **Первомайск** — Russian Cyrillic name retained in Russian and occupation usage.
- **Sokolohirs’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.
- **Sokologìrsʹk** — 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.
- **Sokolohirsʹk** — 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.
- **Сокологірськ** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Sokolohirsk** — Current official Ukrainian Latin form selected for French readers; older French references usually have Pervomaïsk.

Other forms in use:

- **Pervomaïsk** — Former name in French transcription, common in older accounts of the Luhansk mining city; replaced in 2024.
- **Pervomaisk** — Unaccented international spelling of the former name in French sources.

## About

Sokolohirsk is a coal-mining city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its industrial growth was linked to the mine settlements around the Luhan River.

## Notes

Renamed under resolution 3984-IX in September 2024. The separate city Pervomaisk in Mykolaiv Oblast has not acquired this name; avoid merging the two.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1844446](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1844446) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sokolohirsk/?format=json)


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