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# Zymohiria

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Зимогір'я.

## English name

**Zymohiria** — 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:

- **Zymohirya** — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling retaining ya for я.
- **Zimogorye** — Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming.
- **Cherkasske** — Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Zymohiria in the Soviet period.
- **Cherkasskoye** — Russian form of the earlier name, replaced in the Soviet period.
- **Cherkaskyi Brid** — Early Ukrainian name recorded in Ukrainian historical encyclopedias; superseded by Cherkasske in 1764.
- **Cherkasskiy Brod** — Russian form of the early name, recorded in historical references.
- **Zymohir”ya** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified.
- **Зимогір'я** — Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English.

## French name

**Zymohiria** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.

Other forms in use:

- **Zimogorie** — Russian-derived form explicitly used in French geographical references.

## About

Zymohiria is a small city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It lies on the Luhan River in the coal-mining region of the Donbas.

## Notes

Former Cherkasske/Cherkasskoye replaced in the Soviet period. Ukrainian historical sources link the present name with city status in 1961, while a French reference gives 1956 and the NASU entry has conflicting 1961/1962 dates. Exact renaming year left unresolved. https://esu.com.ua/article-16124 ; https://holodomor-era.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?S21STR=Zymogirya System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymohiria ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymohiria.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1633740](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1633740) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/zymohiria/?format=json)


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