List of Ukrainian placenames affected by decommunization


According to the Law of Ukraine No. 317-VIII "About condemning Communist and National-Socialist totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and banning propaganda of their symbols", names of over 3% of populated places in Ukraine are subjected to change.

Legends and legal references

The following are a series of resolutions that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed regarding decommunization through the renaming of populated places:
Status of populated places:underlined centers of oblasts bold marked centers of raions italic marked centers of hromadas
Note: names of administrative units to which are subordinated other administrative units or populated places indicated as of 1 January 2016.

Administrative units

Oblasts

Since the oblasts' names in Ukraine are prescribed in the Constitution, renaming changes should be made to the Constitution first.
Old nameStatusNew nameReferences
Dnipropetrovsk OblastConstitutional Court RuleSicheslav Oblast
Kirovohrad OblastConstitutional Court RuleKropyvnytskyi Oblast

Raions

Old nameRegion/AR CrimeaNew nameReferences
Kirovske RaionAR CrimeaIsliam-Terek Raion 1352-VIII
Krasnohvardiiske RaionAR CrimeaKurman Raion 1352-VIII
Krasnoperekopsk RaionAR CrimeaPerekop Raion 1352-VIII
Lenine RaionAR CrimeaYedy-Kuiu Raion 1352-VIII
Sovietskyi RaionAR CrimeaIchki Raion 1352-VIII

Cities, villages

[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is administered by the Russian Federation due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally displaced persons is a government ministry in Ukraine that was officially established on 20 April 2016 to manage occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea regions affected by Russian military intervention of 2014.
TypeOld nameRaionNew nameReferences
urban-type settlementKuibysheveBakhchysarai RaionAlbatПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageNovoulianovkaBakhchysarai RaionOtarchykПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageFurmanovkaBakhchysarai RaionAktachyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageUdarneBilohirsk RaionBochalaПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageUlianovkaBilohirsk RaionSultan-SaraiПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageZavit-LeninskyiDzhankoi RaionKuchuk-AlkalyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKomsomolskeDzhankoi RaionOrak-AdzhyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageLaryneDzhankoi RaionZhytomyrskeПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOktiabrDzhankoi RaionBai-KonchekПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOstrovskeDzhankoi RaionTarkhan-SunakПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageSovietskeDzhankoi RaionMishen-NaimanПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageSubotnykDzhankoi RaionKonurchaПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageUdarneDzhankoi RaionDzharda-Sheikh-EliПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKalinineKrasnohvardiiske RaionUmiutПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementKirovskeKirovske RaionIsliam-TerekПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKomunaryKrasnohvardiiske RaionIradeПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnyi PartyzanKrasnohvardiiske RaionBoranharПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementKrasnohvardiiskeKrasnohvardiiske RaionKurmanПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnoznamiankaKrasnohvardiiske RaionStaryi MlynПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageLeninskeKrasnohvardiiske RaionKyr-BailarПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementOktiabrskeKrasnohvardiiske RaionBiiuk-OnlarПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageUlianovkaKrasnohvardiiske RaionDavchyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageChapaieveKrasnohvardiiske RaionNeishprotsunhПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnoarmiiskeKrasnoperekopsk RaionMyrza-KoiashПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageProletarkaKrasnoperekopsk RaionAsПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageSovkhozneKrasnoperekopsk RaionKarakulПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageVoikoveLenine RaionKatyrzelПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageIllicheveLenine RaionKara-KuiuПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKiroveLenine RaionKarsaПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementLenineLenine RaionYedy-KuiuПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageLeninskeLenine RaionPoltavskeПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageLibknekhtivkaLenine RaionKytaiПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOktiabrskeLenine RaionMelek-ChesmeПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageFrunzeNyzhniohirskyi RaionBiuitenПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageVoikovePervomaiske RaionAibarПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKalininePervomaiske RaionOrman-AdzhyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOktiabrskePervomaiske RaionKuchuk-BorashПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOstrovskePervomaiske RaionKyiatПВРУ 1352-VIII
villagePravdaPervomaiske RaionDer-EmesПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageSverdlovskePervomaiske RaionDevlet-AliПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageStakhanovkaPervomaiske RaionBeshuili-IliakПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageFrunzePervomaiske RaionBiiuk-BorashПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageChapaievePervomaiske RaionBotashПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageAvroraRozdolne RaionTatysh-KonratПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKomunarneRozdolne RaionKereitПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKotovskeRozdolne RaionBiuitenПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnoarmiiskeRozdolne RaionKodzhalakПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageUlianovkaRozdolne RaionTavkel-NaimanПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageFrunzeSaky RaionBahailyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageFurmanoveSaky RaionMamut-BaiПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageShaumianSaky RaionYany-KioheneshПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageLazarivkaSimferopol RaionBuraПВРУ 1352-VIII
villagePionerskeSimferopol RaionDzholmanПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageSovkhozneSimferopol RaionTemyr-AhaПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageIllicheveSovietskyi RaionKyianlyПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnohvardiiskeSovietskyi RaionNovyi TsiurikhtalПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKrasnoflotskeSovietskyi RaionKainashПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageOktiabrskeSovietskyi RaionDeppar-YurtПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementSovietskyiSovietskyi RaionIchkiПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageChapaievkaSovietskyi RaionCherkez-TobaiПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageArtemivkaChornomorske RaionTokaПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageKirovskeChornomorske RaionTarkhankutПВРУ 1352-VIII
villageNovoulianovkaChornomorske RaionKop-AranПВРУ 1352-VIII
cityKrasnoperekopskKrasnoperekopsk MunicipalityYany KapuПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementKomsomolskeSimferopol MunicipalityBakachyk-KyiatПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementOrdzhonikidzeFeodosia MunicipalityKaihadorПВРУ 1352-VIII
villagePionerskeFeodosia MunicipalityHertsenberhПВРУ 1352-VIII
selyshcheKuibysheveYalta MunicipalityIsarПВРУ 1352-VIII
urban-type settlementSovietskeYalta MunicipalityDolossyПВРУ 1352-VIII

[Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast]

  • no places to rename

[Kyiv]

  • no places to rename