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# Varash

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Вараш.

## English name

**Varash** — 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:

- **Kuznetsovsk** — Former Soviet name, replaced by Varash in 2016 during decommunization.
- **Kuznecovsk** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the former Russian name Кузнецовск. Standard-derived; medium confidence in actual English textual use.
- **Varaš** — 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.
- **Вараш** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Varach** — French transcription uses ch for ш; French references record Varach alongside the former Kouznetsovsk.

Other forms in use:

- **Varash** — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization retain sh.
- **Kouznetsovsk** — Former city name in French transcription, replaced in 2016.

## About

Varash is a planned city in Rivne Oblast on the Styr River. It developed to house workers for the nearby Rivne nuclear power station.

## Notes

Renamed from Kuznetsovsk in 2016, drawing on the name of the earlier local village.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q997541](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997541) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/varash/?format=json)


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