Користувач:Piznajko/Kyiv stuff

The Guardian and Observer Style guide Feb ?, 2019

• ?? yes, but no official statement

IATA July ?, 2019

• ?? yes, but no official statement

Los Angeles Times Nov ?, 2019

• ?? yes, but no official statement

The Daily Telegraph Oct ?, 2019

• yes, but no official statement
• https://www.facebook.com/ukraine.in.uk/posts/3041800615836771
• https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2803143-the-telegraph-starts-spelling-kyiv-correctly.html

The Times

• unknown

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• unknown

SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)

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Please update the intro section, as it's factually incorrect. Instead of today's "Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, Kyyiv, Russian Kiyev, chief city and capital of Ukraine." it should say "Kyiv, also spelled Kyyiv, Kyjiv, Kyjiw, Russian Kiev, chief city and capital of Ukraine."

Sources for the variations of how to transliterate Kyiv (Київ in Ukrainian): Library of Congress entry for Kyiv: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022031.html

Sources for the statement that Kyiv is the version based on Ukrainian spelling, while Kiev is the version basedon on Russian spelling:

• 1) Canadian Press Stylebook 18th edition; quote: "The Canadian Press stylebook adopts the Ukrainian spelling of Ukrainian captial, Kyiv, rather than the Russian spelling of Ukrainian capital, Kiev"; URL: https://www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guides/the-canadian-press-stylebook/
• 2) Toronto Star; quote: "We [at Toronto Star] follow The Canadian Press style (which adopts the Ukrainian rather than the Russian spelling). It’s Kyiv"; URL: https://www.thestar.com/trust/2018/01/26/the-stars-style-committee-on-the-importance-of-language.html
• 3) The Globe and Mail; quote ""The Globe is changing its style on the capital of Ukraine from the Russian-derived "Kiev" to "Kyiv," the transliteration the Ukrainian government uses"; URL: https://twitter.com/adrianmorrow/status/1182340357255831552
• 4) The New York Times; quote: "Note: Days after this article was published, The New York Times changed its style of spelling for the capital of Ukraine to Kyiv, reflecting the transliteration from Ukrainian, rather than Russian [Kiev]. The change is reflected in articles published after Nov. 18"; URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/politics/kiev-pronunciation.html
• 5) Buzzfeed; quote: ""We updated our style to “Kyiv” to refer to Ukraine’s capital city. The “Kiev” spelling is transliterated from the Russian language, while "Kyiv" is from Ukrainian"; URL: https://twitter.com/styleguide/status/1212079459282685954

How do you pronounce Kyiv, anyway? (KU News Service, 12/02/2019)

Is it Kiev or Kyiv? (Chicago Geographic Society, 12/21/2019)

MFA of Ukraine: #KyivNotKiev, #CorrectUA

• (en version) MFA of Ukraine, 10/2/2018: Open Letter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (англ.)
• (uk version #1) MFA of Ukraine, 10/2/2018: #CorrectUA – МЗС України звертається до світу – вживай #KyivNotKiev
• (uk version #2) MFA of Ukraine, 10/2/2018: #CorrectUA – МЗС України звертається до світу – вживай #KyivNotKiev
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/correctua
  • Facebook #1: https://www.facebook.com/CorrectUA/
  • Facebook #2: https://www.facebook.com/Kyivnotkiev

US Government

• October 3, 2006, U.S. State Department announcement: "all State Department offices and operations are requested to immediately begin using the new spelling ‘Kyiv’ in all written communication. The American diplomatic post there will henceforth be called Embassy Kyiv" (source: internal email sent out to all US government employees on Oct 3, 2006; http://www.brama.com/pipermail/mova/2006-October/000105.html)

• October 19, 2006, U.S. State Department announcement: U.S. Board of Geographic Names Decision to Change Official Spelling of Kyiv; http://web.archive.org/web/20061024204122/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2006/74784.htm

• June 17, 2019, United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN): "At its 398th meeting on June 11, 2019, the Foreign Names Committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted unanimously to retire the spelling “Kiev” as a BGN Conventional name for the capital of Ukraine. The spelling “Kyiv” has been the BGN Approved name since 2006, and is now the only name available for standard use within the United States (U.S.) Government, per the authority of the BGN"; https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/PDFDocs/BGNStatement_Kyiv.pdf

• September 12, 2019, The Library of Congress (LOC): "In accordance with LC-PCC PS for 16.2.2.5, we have applied the ALA/LC Romanization Table for Ukrainian in the new authorized access point rather than using a form that reflects another romanization scheme. This form is “Kyïv (Ukraine)."; https://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1909&L=PCCLIST&P=20135

BGN "Kyiv => On June 17, 2019 BGN downgraded 'Kiev' from 'conventional' to 'variant'. Since then the only 'approved' name is 'Kyiv', all other names are 'variant'

• From nga.mil: United States Board on Geographic Names. Foreign Names Committee. Statement Regarding the Name of the Capital of Ukraine, BGN, September 2019 (англ.)
• У США пояснили, що означає зміна написання Kiev на Kyiv. BBC News Ukrainian, 15 червня 2019
• (англ версія) The U.S. Board on Geographic Names considered to recognize "Kyiv" as the correct name for the capital of Ukraine. Ukrainian Embassy in the US, 14 червня 2019 (англ.)
• (укр версія) Рада США з географічних назв ухвалила перейменування столиці України на Kyiv. Ukrainian Embassy in the US, 14 червня 2019
• Geographic Names Standardization Policy for Ukraine. BGN, 09/2015 (англ.)
• screenshot (Sep 2019)

The Library of Congress

• (internal announcment 9/12/2019) update to NAR n 81022031 for Kyïv, LOC, 9/12/2019 (mirror) (англ.)
• (public announcement TBA)

AP Stylbeook August 14, 2019

Twitter announcement, blog announcement

• • NPR Styleguide: September 23, 2019 Mark Memmott. Guidance: The Capital Of Ukraine Is Spelled 'Kyiv' NPR Style Guide
  • Bloomberg Styleguide: August 15, 2019: Announcement on Twitter from Bloomberg staff writer Leonid Bershidsky

Notes

Google Ngram (use with caution!!!, it only has books up to 2008, so NOT able to take into account all the books published since 2008)

• Ukraine/the Ukraine: Google Ngram