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# Vuhlehirsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Вуглегірськ.

## English name

**Vuhlehirsk** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Uglegorsk** — Russian-based English name, also used in occupation-era sources.
- **Khatsepetivka** — Former Ukrainian name, replaced in 1958.
- **Khatsepetovka** — Russian-based form of the former name, replaced in 1958.
- **Vouhlehirsk** — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym.
- **Vuhlehirs’k** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Vuglegìrsʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Vuhlehirsʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Вуглегірськ** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.

## French name

**Vouhlehirsk** — French reference heading uses ou for у and h for Ukrainian г; Russian-based Ouglegorsk is separately quoted.

Other forms in use:

- **Ouglegorsk** — Russian-based French alternative explicitly given in references.
- **Khatsepetivka** — Former Ukrainian name before 1958, retained for French historical searches.
- **Khatsepetovka** — Russian-based spelling of the former name for French archival matching.
- **Vuhlehirsk** — International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above.

## About

Vuhlehirsk is a small city in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast near Debaltseve. Coal mining and railway connections shaped its development in the Donbas.

## Notes

Khatsepetivka renamed Vuhlehirsk in 1958; Uglegorsk/Ouglegorsk is Russian-based, not a separate recent municipal renaming. Do not confuse the city with the similarly named Vuhledar. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuhlehirsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vouhlehirsk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1025478](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025478) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/vuhlehirsk/?format=json)


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