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:- Resolution, adopted 4 February 2016, entered into force on 18 February 2016
- Resolution, adopted 17 March 2016, entered into force on 2 April 2016
- Resolution, adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016
- Resolution, adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 7 September 2023
- Resolution, adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016
- Resolution, adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016
- Resolution, adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016
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 name | Status | New name | References |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Constitutional Court Rule | Sicheslav Oblast | |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Constitutional Court Rule | Kropyvnytskyi Oblast |
Raions
| Old name | Region/AR Crimea | New name | References |
| Kirovske Raion | AR Crimea | Isliam-Terek Raion | 1352-VIII |
| Krasnohvardiiske Raion | AR Crimea | Kurman Raion | 1352-VIII |
| Krasnoperekopsk Raion | AR Crimea | Perekop Raion | 1352-VIII |
| Lenine Raion | AR Crimea | Yedy-Kuiu Raion | 1352-VIII |
| Sovietskyi Raion | AR Crimea | Ichki 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.
| Type | Old name | Raion | New name | References |
| urban-type settlement | Kuibysheve | Bakhchysarai Raion | Albat | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Novoulianovka | Bakhchysarai Raion | Otarchyk | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Furmanovka | Bakhchysarai Raion | Aktachy | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Udarne | Bilohirsk Raion | Bochala | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Ulianovka | Bilohirsk Raion | Sultan-Sarai | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Zavit-Leninskyi | Dzhankoi Raion | Kuchuk-Alkaly | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Komsomolske | Dzhankoi Raion | Orak-Adzhy | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Laryne | Dzhankoi Raion | Zhytomyrske | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Oktiabr | Dzhankoi Raion | Bai-Konchek | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Ostrovske | Dzhankoi Raion | Tarkhan-Sunak | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Sovietske | Dzhankoi Raion | Mishen-Naiman | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Subotnyk | Dzhankoi Raion | Konurcha | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Udarne | Dzhankoi Raion | Dzharda-Sheikh-Eli | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Kalinine | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Umiut | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Kirovske | Kirovske Raion | Isliam-Terek | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Komunary | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Irade | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnyi Partyzan | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Boranhar | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Krasnohvardiiske | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Kurman | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnoznamianka | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Staryi Mlyn | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Leninske | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Kyr-Bailar | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Oktiabrske | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Biiuk-Onlar | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Ulianovka | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Davchy | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Chapaieve | Krasnohvardiiske Raion | Neishprotsunh | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnoarmiiske | Krasnoperekopsk Raion | Myrza-Koiash | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Proletarka | Krasnoperekopsk Raion | As | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Sovkhozne | Krasnoperekopsk Raion | Karakul | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Voikove | Lenine Raion | Katyrzel | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Illicheve | Lenine Raion | Kara-Kuiu | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Kirove | Lenine Raion | Karsa | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Lenine | Lenine Raion | Yedy-Kuiu | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Leninske | Lenine Raion | Poltavske | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Libknekhtivka | Lenine Raion | Kytai | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Oktiabrske | Lenine Raion | Melek-Chesme | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Frunze | Nyzhniohirskyi Raion | Biuiten | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Voikove | Pervomaiske Raion | Aibar | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Kalinine | Pervomaiske Raion | Orman-Adzhy | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Oktiabrske | Pervomaiske Raion | Kuchuk-Borash | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Ostrovske | Pervomaiske Raion | Kyiat | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Pravda | Pervomaiske Raion | Der-Emes | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Sverdlovske | Pervomaiske Raion | Devlet-Ali | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Stakhanovka | Pervomaiske Raion | Beshuili-Iliak | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Frunze | Pervomaiske Raion | Biiuk-Borash | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Chapaieve | Pervomaiske Raion | Botash | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Avrora | Rozdolne Raion | Tatysh-Konrat | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Komunarne | Rozdolne Raion | Kereit | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Kotovske | Rozdolne Raion | Biuiten | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnoarmiiske | Rozdolne Raion | Kodzhalak | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Ulianovka | Rozdolne Raion | Tavkel-Naiman | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Frunze | Saky Raion | Bahaily | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Furmanove | Saky Raion | Mamut-Bai | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Shaumian | Saky Raion | Yany-Kiohenesh | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Lazarivka | Simferopol Raion | Bura | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Pionerske | Simferopol Raion | Dzholman | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Sovkhozne | Simferopol Raion | Temyr-Aha | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Illicheve | Sovietskyi Raion | Kyianly | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnohvardiiske | Sovietskyi Raion | Novyi Tsiurikhtal | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Krasnoflotske | Sovietskyi Raion | Kainash | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Oktiabrske | Sovietskyi Raion | Deppar-Yurt | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Sovietskyi | Sovietskyi Raion | Ichki | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Chapaievka | Sovietskyi Raion | Cherkez-Tobai | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Artemivka | Chornomorske Raion | Toka | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Kirovske | Chornomorske Raion | Tarkhankut | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Novoulianovka | Chornomorske Raion | Kop-Aran | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| city | Krasnoperekopsk | Krasnoperekopsk Municipality | Yany Kapu | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Komsomolske | Simferopol Municipality | Bakachyk-Kyiat | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Ordzhonikidze | Feodosia Municipality | Kaihador | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| village | Pionerske | Feodosia Municipality | Hertsenberh | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| selyshche | Kuibysheve | Yalta Municipality | Isar | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
| urban-type settlement | Sovietske | Yalta Municipality | Dolossy | ПВРУ 1352-VIII |
[Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast]
- no places to rename
[Kyiv]
- no places to rename