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List of renamed cities in Ukraine

Numerous cities in Ukraine have undergone name changes since 1 January 1986, based on the database of the Verkhovna Rada. Following the adoption of decommunization laws in 2015, the Verkhovna Rada has renamed numerous settlements and administrative units.

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

  • Albat → Kuibysheve (1945) → Albat (2023)
  • Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta → Alushta (1784)
  • As → Proletarka (1948) → As (2023)
  • Ermeni Bazar → Armianskyi Bazar (1736) → Armiansk (1921)
  • Komsomolskoye/Komsomolske → Baqaçıq Qıyat/Bakachyk-Kyiat (2023)
  • Karasubazar → Bilohirsk (1944)
  • Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945) → Büyük Onlar/Biuk-Onlar (2023)
  • Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)
  • Dolossı → Sovietske → Dolossı/Dolossy (2023)
  • Canköy → Dzhankoi (1784)
  • Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe (1475) → Feodosia (1784)
  • Sarabuz → Hvardiiske (1944)
  • İçki → Sovietskyi (1944) → İçki/Ichki (2023)
  • Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) → Inkerman (1991)
  • Ä°slâm Terek → Kirovske (1944) → Ä°slâm Terek/Isliam Terek (2023)
  • Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoiakornoie → Bubnovka → Ordzhonikidze (1937) → Kaygador/Kaihador (2023)
  • Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio → Kerch
  • Qocalaq → Krasnoarmiiske (1948) → Kodzhalak (2023)
  • Qızıltaş → Krasnokamianka (1945)
  • Aşağı Otuz → Prymorie (1945) → Kurortne (1978)
  • Seyitler → Nyzhniohirskyi (1944)
  • Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
  • Or Qapı → Perekop (1736)
  • Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
  • Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
  • Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)
  • Hafuz → Yuzhnaia Tochka (1938) → Prymorskyi (1952)
  • Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiiske (1944) → Qurman/Kurman (2023)
  • Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
  • Saq → Saky (1784)
  • Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)
  • Aqmescit → Simferopol (1784)
  • Eski Qırım → Staryi Krym (1783)
  • Sudaq → Sudak (1784)
  • Bromzavod → Krasno-Perekopsk (1936) → Krasnoperekopsk (1964) → Yañı Qapı/Yany Kapu (2023)
  • Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → Lenine (1957) → Yedi Quyu/Yedy Kuiu (2023)
  • Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve → Yevpatoria (1784)

Chernihiv Oblast

  • Snovsk → Shchors (1935) → Snovsk (2016)

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

  • Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk/Dnepropetrovsk (1926) → Dnipro (2016)
  • Kamianske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936) → Kamianske (2016)
  • Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)
  • Samar → Novomoskovsk (1782) → Samar (2024)
  • Shakhtarske → Pershotravensk (1960) → Shakhtarske (2024)
  • Ordzhonikidze → Pokrov (2016)

Donetsk Oblast

  • Donetsko-Amvrosiyevka → Amvrosiivka (1938)
  • Avdeyevka I & Avdeyevka II → Avdiivka (1956)
  • Bakhmut → Artemivsk (1924) → Bakhmut (2016)
  • Belozyorka → Bilozerske (1966)
  • Ostheim → Telmanovo/Telmanove (1935) → Boikivske (2016)
  • Bunge → Yunykh Komunarov (1924) → Yunokomunarovskoye (1965) → Yunokomunarivsk (1965) → Bunhe (2016)
  • Alekseyevka → Alekseyevo-Leonovo (1857) → Chystyakove (1932) → Torez (1964) → Chystiakove (2016)
  • Paraskoviivka & Erastovsky rudnik & Svyatogorovsky (Krasnoarmeysky, 1920) Rudnik → Dobropillia (1935)
  • Yelenovskiye Karyery → Dokuchaievsk (1954)
  • Yuzovka → Stalin (1924) → Stalino (1931) → Donetsk (1961)
  • Sotsgorodok → Hirnyk (1958)
  • Karakybbud → Komsomolske (1949) → Kalmiuske (2016)
  • Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958) → Khrestivka (2016)
  • Kramatorskaya → Kramatorsk (1932)
  • Kurakhovgresstroy → Kurakhovgres (1943) → Kurakhove (1956)
  • Lyman → Krasnyi Lyman (1938) → Lyman (2016)
  • Dmitriyevskoye → Dmitriyevsk (1925) → Makiivka (1931)
  • Manhush → Pershotravneve (1946) → Manhush (1995)
  • Pavlovsk → Mariupol (1779) → Zhdanov (1948) → Mariupol (1989)
  • Grodovsky rudnik → Novy Donbass (1934) → Novoekonomichne (1957) → Dymytrov (1965) → Myrnohrad (2016)
  • Gladky → Staronikolskoye (1855) → Nikolske → Volodarske (1924) → Nikolske (2016)
  • Novonikolayevskaya → Budyonnovskaya (1923) → Budyonivsky (1938) → Novoazovsky (1959) → Novoazovsk (1966)
  • Grodovka → Novohrodivka (1958)
  • Grishino → Postysheve (1934) → Krasnoarmiiske (1938) → Krasnoarmiisk (1938) → Pokrovsk (2016)
  • Selidovka/Selydivka → Selydove (1956)
  • Alekseyevo-Orlovka & Olkhovchik → Katyk → Shakhtarsk (1953)
  • Yama → Siversk (1973)
  • Tor → Sloviansk (1784)
  • Vasilyevka → Snezhnaya (1864) → Snizhne (1920)
  • Bryantsevsky → Bryantsevka (1924) → Karla Libknekhta (1926) → Karlo-Libknekhtove (1965) & Bilokamyanske → Karlo-Libknekhtovsk (1965) → Soledar (1991)
  • Bannoe → Banne (1929) → Bannovske (1938) → Slovianohirsk (1964) → Sviatohirsk (2003)
  • Uglegorskoy TES → Svitlodarske (1969) → Svitlodarsk (1992)
  • Shcherbinovka → Shcherbinovsky → Dzerzhynsk (1938) → Toretsk (2016)
  • Lesovka → Ukrainsk (1963)
  • Bolshoy Yanisol → Velyka Novosilka (1946)
  • Khatsapetovka → Vuhlehirsk (1958)
  • Yenakiyevo → Rykovo (1928) → Ordzhonikidze (1937) → Yenakiieve (1943)
  • Nelepovsky → Artyoma (1921) → Artemove (1938) → Zalizne (2016)
  • Novo-Zhdanovka → Zhdanov rudnik (1966) → Zhdanivka (1966)

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

  • Stanisławów (founded) → Stanislaviv (1939) → Ivano-Frankivsk (1962)
  • Yaremcha → Yaremche (2006)

Kharkiv Oblast

  • Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922) →Berestyn (2024)
  • Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952) → Zlatopil (2024)
  • Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)

Kherson Oblast

  • Chapli → Askania (1828) → Askania-Nova (1835)
  • Holy → Golaya Pristan (1786) → Hola Prystan (1923)
  • Geniczi → Genichesk (1784) → Henichesk (1923)
  • Oleshky → Alioshki (1802) → Tsiurupynsk (1928) → Oleshky (2016)
  • Ali-Agok → Skadovskoye (1894) → Skadovsk (1933)

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast

  • Hrushkivskyi Vysilok → Blahovishchenske (1921) → Ulianovka (1924) → Blahovishchenske (2016)
  • Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) → Kirovo (1934) → Kirovohrad (1939) → Kropyvnytskyi (2016)

Kyiv Oblast

  • Chernobyl → Chornobyl
  • Pereiaslav-Ruskyi → Pereiaslav → Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (1943) → Pereiaslav (2019)

Luhansk Oblast

  • Yuryevka → Alchevsk (1903) → Voroshylovsk (1931) → Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk (1957) → Komunarsk (1961) → Alchevsk (1991)
  • Izium → Almaznaya (1878) → Almazna (1977)
  • Bokovo-Antratsyt → Antratsyt (1962)
  • Vakhrushevo → Vakhrusheve → Bokovo-Khrustalne (2016)
  • Dovzhykove-Orlovske/Sharapkyne → Sverdlovsk (1938) → Dovzhansk (2016)
  • Gorskoye → Hirske (1938)
  • Golubovka/Holubivka → Kirovsk (1944) → Holubivka (2016)
  • Petrivka → Irmyne (1900) → Teplogorsk/Teplohirsk (1977) → Irmino (2010)
  • Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) → Stakhanov (1978) → Kadiivka (2016)
  • Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi Luch (1920) → Khrustalnyi (2016)
  • Krynychansk mining town → Krasnogvardeyskiy/Krasnohvardiiskyi (1953) → Chervonogvradeyskoye/Chervonohvardiiske (1962) → Krynychanske (2016)
  • Kundriuche → Kalininskyi (1957) → Kundriuche (2016)
  • Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → Artemivsk (1938) → Kypuche (2016)
  • Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → Luhansk (1990)
  • Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) → Pervomaisk (1920) → Sokolohirsk (2024)
  • Petrovo-Krasnosillia → Petrovskoye/Petrovske (1959) → Petrovo-Krasnosillia (2016)
  • Sorokino → Krasnodon (1938) → Sorokyne (2016)
  • Voznesenskyi & Mykolaivka & Vasylivka & Krasna Mohyla & Chervonyi Partyzan → Chervonopartyzanskyi (1956) → Chervonopartyzansk (1960) → Voznesenivka (2016)

Lviv Oblast

  • Krystynopol (founded) → Chervonograd/Chervonohrad (1951) → Chervonohrad (1991) → Sheptytskyi (2024)
  • Dymoszyn (first mentioned) → Kamionka Strumiłowa (15th century) → Kamenka-Bugskaya/Kamianka-Buzka (1944) → Kamianka-Buzka (1991)
  • Komarno → Komarne → Komarno (1992)
  • Lviv → Lwów (1356) → (Lemberg) (1772) → Lwów (1918) → Lvov (1939) → Lemberg (1941) → Lvov (1944) → Lviv (1991)
  • Yantarne → Novoiarovivske (1969) → Novoiavorivsk (2008)
  • Novyi Rozdol → Novyi Rozdil (1992)
  • Żółkiew (founded) → Zhovkva (1939) → Nesterov (1951) → Zhovkva (1992)

Mykolaiv Oblast

  • Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa (1832) → Nova Odesa (1989)
  • Kara Kerman → Özi → Ochakov (1792) → Ochakiv (1989)
  • Orlyk → Orlovsky sconce (1743) → Yekaterinsky sconce (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk (1919)
  • Konstantinovka-2 (founded) → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987) → Pivdennoukrainsk (2024)

Odesa Oblast

  • Ophiussa → Tyras → Turis → Moncastro → Cetatea Albă (1391) → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (1944)
  • Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk (2016)
  • Hacibey → Odesa (rebuilt 1794)
  • Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) → Podilsk (2016)
  • Zakharivka → Frunzivka (1927) → Zakharivka (2016)
  • Tarutyne → Bessarabske (2024)

Poltava Oblast

  • Komsomolsk-na-Dnipri (or simply Komsomolsk) → Horishni Plavni (2016)
  • Stalinka → Chervonozavodske (1961) → Zavodske (2016)

Rivne Oblast

  • Radzylivy → Chervonoarmiysk (1939/40) → Radyvyliv (1992)
  • Równo → Rovno → Rivne (1991)
  • Hvarash → Varazh (or Varash, Variazh, Hvariazh) → Kuznetsovsk (1977) → Varash (2016)

Sevastopol

  • Aqyar → Sevastopol (1826; also: Sebastopol)

Sumy Oblast

Ternopil Oblast

  • Tarnopol (founded) → Ternopil (1939)

Volyn Oblast

  • Lutsk → Luchesk (1427) → Łuck (1569) → Lutsk (1795) → Mikhailogorod (1850) → Luck (1915) → Łuck (1919) → Lutsk (1939)
  • Volodymer (founded) → Vladimir-Volynskiy (1795) → Volodymyr-Volynskyi (1991) → Volodymyr (2021)

Zakarpattia Oblast

  • Beregszasz → Beregovo → Berehove
  • Munkács → Mukačevo (1919) → Munkács (1938) → Mukacheve (1945) → Mukachevo (2017)
  • Ungvár (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvár (1938) → Uzhhorod (1944)

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

  • Kamianka → Tsarekostiantynivka (1845) → Pershotravneve (1926) → Tsarekostiantynivka (1930) → Kuibyshevo/Kuibysheve (1935) → Bilmak (2016) → Kamianka (2021)
  • Alexandrovsk → Zaporizhzhia (1921)

Zhytomyr Oblast

  • Oleksandropil → Horoshkovychi → Horoshky/Horoszki nad Irszą (1607) → Kutuzove (1912) → Volodarsk (1924) → Volodarsk-Volynskyi (1933) → Khoroshiv (2016)
  • Chortolisy → Pulyny → Chervonoarmiisk/Krasnoarmeysk (1935) → Pulyny (2016)
  • Zwiahel → Novohrad-Volynskyi (1795) → Zviahel (2022)

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