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It's spelled Chornobyl.
by kdmytro 6y ago
It's spelled Chornobyl.
- Waterluvian 6y agoEvery year it's something different, it seems. Points towards an impossible translation situation, maybe?
- konart 6y agoNot exactly. Chernobyl is the right way of transliteration from Russian name of the plant (Чернобыль), Chornobyl would be the right way if you are doing the same from Ukrainian (Чорнобиль). Same goes for Kiev\Kyev. These days ukrainians are often pissed if you use the 'wrong' one.
- Waterluvian 6y agoThanks, that clears up a lot, including why Kyiv changes too. I was suspect that it was about political correctness.
- agapon 6y agoAlso, the Chernobyl accident happened while the USSR still existed and its dominant / official language was Russian. Now the former Chornobyl power nuclear plant is in Ukraine where Ukrainian is the official language.
- NovemberWhiskey 6y agoSo if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul.
- practice9 6y agoI think it's reasonable for a country that wants to break away from its' Soviet past
- catalogia 6y agoI sympathize with that, but I'm a bit surprised they'd want to 'claim' Chernobyl/Chornobyl despite its location. Doesn't the Ukrainian government still try to persuade the Russian government to pay for the mess?