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# Sorokyne

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сорокине.

## English name

**Sorokyne** — 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. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Krasnodon** — Former name, replaced under Ukrainian law in 2016; still used by Russian and occupation authorities and in many historical works.
- **Sorokino** — Russian form of the historical name restored in Ukrainian as Sorokyne.
- **Sorokine** — 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.
- **Сорокине** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Sorokyne** — Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Krasnodon** — Well-established name in French Soviet and Second World War history; the Ukrainian legal renaming dates to 2016.
- **Sorokino** — Russian historical spelling; distinguish it from the present Ukrainian Sorokyne.

## About

Sorokyne is a mining city in Luhansk Oblast near the Russian border. It is associated with the Donbas coal industry and with the wartime story of the Young Guard resistance group.

## Notes

Renamed from Krasnodon in 2016. The current Ukrainian legal name and usage under occupation differ; historical literary references often retain Krasnodon.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q158053](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158053) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sorokyne/?format=json)


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