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# Toretsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Торецьк.

## English name

**Toretsk** — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Dzerzhynsk** — Ukrainian-based form of the former official name, replaced in 2016.
- **Dzerzhinsk** — Russian-based form of the former name, common in older English references.
- **Shcherbynivka** — Ukrainian rendering of the pre-Soviet historical name.
- **Shcherbinovka** — Russian-based rendering of the pre-Soviet name.
- **Torecʹk** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Торецьк** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Toretsk** — Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Dzerjynsk** — French Ukrainian-based rendering of the former name, replaced officially in 2016.
- **Dzerjinsk** — Russian-based French form of the former name.
- **Chtcherbinovka** — French transcription of the older Russian name.

## About

Toretsk is a city in the Donbas coalfield in Donetsk Oblast. Mining shaped its growth, and the city has been heavily damaged during Russia’s war against Ukraine.

## Notes

Renamed Дзержинськ to Торецьк in 2016: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/984-19 . Distinct from Dzyarzhynsk in Belarus and Dzerzhinsk in Russia. No claim about current control. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2416525](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2416525) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/toretsk/?format=json)


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