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# Svitlovodsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Світловодськ.

## English name

**Svitlovodsk** — 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:

- **Svetlovodsk** — Russian-based form, common in Soviet-era English references.
- **Svitlovodske** — Ukrainian variant recorded in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine; not the selected current municipal form.
- **Kremhes** — Ukrainian-based former name, used from 1962 until 1969.
- **Kremges** — Russian-based rendering of the former name, 1962–1969.
- **Khrushchev** — Russian-based former name of the settlement and then city, replaced in 1962.
- **Svitlovods’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.
- **Svìtlovodsʹk** — 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.
- **Svitlovodsʹk** — 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.
- **Світловодськ** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Svitlovodsk** — Same current form as in English; French historical references also record Kremhes and Russian-based Kremgues.

Other forms in use:

- **Svetlovodsk** — Russian-based spelling in older French references.
- **Kremhes** — Former name used in French historical references for 1962–1969.
- **Kremgues** — French transcription of Russian Kremges, the former name used until 1969.
- **Khrouchtchev** — French rendering of the name honouring Nikita Khrushchev, replaced in 1962.

## About

Svitlovodsk is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast beside the Kremenchuk Reservoir on the Dnipro. It developed around the hydroelectric project and received people displaced from settlements in the reservoir basin.

## Notes

Present name adopted in 1969. Flooded Novoheorhiivsk/Novogeorgievsk was a predecessor community relocated during reservoir construction, not simply an interchangeable name at the same site.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1011435](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1011435) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/svitlovodsk/?format=json)


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