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# Sosnivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Соснівка.

## English name

**Sosnivka** — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.

Other forms in use:

- **Sosnovka** — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name.
- **Kirov** — Early workers’ settlement name recorded before Sosnivka received its present name in 1957; medium confidence in the exact administrative naming sequence.
- **Sosnìvka** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Соснівка** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- **Сосновка** — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.

## French name

**Sosnivka** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Sosnovka** — Russian-based French spelling given in French geographical reference material; not a separate official renaming.
- **Sosnówka** — Polish spelling given in French reference material.
- **Kirov** — Early settlement name in the French historical account; replaced in 1957.
- **Sosnowka** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Sosnówka for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Sosnivka is a mining town in Lviv Oblast, near Sheptytskyi in western Ukraine. It grew with the development of the Lviv–Volyn coalfield.

## Notes

Mining town in Lviv Oblast, distinct from many villages called Sosnivka. Early Kirov naming is reported by the French reference source; the exact administrative sequence deserves final-pass review. Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosnivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosnivka.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1020055](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020055) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sosnivka/?format=json)


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