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# Volnovakha

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Волноваха.

## English name

**Volnovakha** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.

Other forms in use:

- **Волноваха** — Cyrillic spelling shared by Ukrainian and Russian.
- **Volnovaha** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.

## French name

**Volnovakha** — Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.

## About

Volnovakha is a city in Donetsk Oblast on the railway between Donetsk and Mariupol. It developed as a railway centre and suffered extensive destruction during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

## Notes

Ukrainian and Russian produce the same ordinary Latin spelling here. Avoid inventing a distinct Russian-based alternative solely to fill the list. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3\_0/rom2\_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q3562943](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3562943) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/volnovakha/?format=json)


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