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 Verkhovnaβ€―Rada has renamed numerous settlements and administrative units.

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Chernihiv Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

  • Donetsko-Amvrosiyevka β†’ Amvrosiivka
  • Avdeyevka I & Avdeyevka II β†’ Avdiivka
  • Bakhmut β†’ Artemivsk β†’ Bakhmut
  • Belozyorka β†’ Bilozerske
  • Ostheim β†’ Telmanovo/Telmanove β†’ Boikivske
  • Bunge β†’ Yunykh Komunarov β†’ Yunokomunarovskoye β†’ Yunokomunarivsk β†’ Bunhe
  • Alekseyevka β†’ Alekseyevo-Leonovo β†’ Chystyakove β†’ Torez β†’ Chystiakove
  • Paraskoviivka & Erastovsky rudnik & Svyatogorovsky Rudnik β†’ Dobropillia
  • Yelenovskiye Karyery β†’ Dokuchaievsk
  • Yuzovka β†’ Stalin β†’ Stalino β†’ Donetsk
  • Sotsgorodok β†’ Hirnyk
  • Karakybbud β†’ Komsomolske β†’ Kalmiuske
  • Nova Khrestovka β†’ Kirovske β†’ Khrestivka
  • Kramatorskaya β†’ Kramatorsk
  • Kurakhovgresstroy β†’ Kurakhovgres β†’ Kurakhove
  • Lyman β†’ Krasnyi Lyman β†’ Lyman
  • Dmitriyevskoye β†’ Dmitriyevsk β†’ Makiivka
  • Manhush β†’ Pershotravneve β†’ Manhush
  • Pavlovsk β†’ Mariupol β†’ Zhdanov β†’ Mariupol
  • Grodovsky rudnik β†’ Novy Donbass β†’ Novoekonomichne β†’ Dymytrov β†’ Myrnohrad
  • Gladky β†’ Staronikolskoye β†’ Nikolske β†’ Volodarske β†’ Nikolske
  • Novonikolayevskaya β†’ Budyonnovskaya β†’ Budyonivsky β†’ Novoazovsky β†’ Novoazovsk
  • Grodovka β†’ Novohrodivka
  • Grishino β†’ Postysheve β†’ Krasnoarmiiske β†’ Krasnoarmiisk β†’ Pokrovsk
  • Selidovka/Selydivka β†’ Selydove
  • Alekseyevo-Orlovka & Olkhovchik β†’ Katyk β†’ Shakhtarsk
  • Yama β†’ Siversk
  • Tor β†’ Sloviansk
  • Vasilyevka β†’ Snezhnaya β†’ Snizhne
  • Bryantsevsky β†’ Bryantsevka β†’ Karla Libknekhta β†’ Karlo-Libknekhtove & Bilokamyanske β†’ Karlo-Libknekhtovsk β†’ Soledar
  • Bannoe β†’ Banne β†’ Bannovske β†’ Slovianohirsk β†’ Sviatohirsk
  • Uglegorskoy TES β†’ Svitlodarske β†’ Svitlodarsk
  • Shcherbinovka β†’ Shcherbinovsky β†’ Dzerzhynsk β†’ Toretsk
  • Lesovka β†’ Ukrainsk
  • Bolshoy Yanisol β†’ Velyka Novosilka
  • Khatsapetovka β†’ Vuhlehirsk
  • Yenakiyevo β†’ Rykovo β†’ Ordzhonikidze β†’ Yenakiieve
  • Nelepovsky β†’ Artyoma β†’ Artemove β†’ Zalizne
  • Novo-Zhdanovka β†’ Zhdanov rudnik β†’ Zhdanivka

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast

Kherson Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast

Kyiv Oblast

Luhansk Oblast

  • Yuryevka β†’ Alchevsk β†’ Voroshylovsk β†’ Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk β†’ Komunarsk β†’ Alchevsk
  • Izium β†’ Almaznaya β†’ Almazna
  • Bokovo-Antratsyt β†’ Antratsyt
  • Vakhrushevo β†’ Vakhrusheve β†’ Bokovo-Khrustalne
  • Dovzhykove-Orlovske/Sharapkyne β†’ Sverdlovsk β†’ Dovzhansk
  • Gorskoye β†’ Hirske
  • Golubovka/Holubivka β†’ Kirovsk β†’ Holubivka
  • Petrivka β†’ Irmyne β†’ Teplogorsk/Teplohirsk β†’ Irmino
  • Kadiyevka β†’ Sergo β†’ Kadiivka β†’ Stakhanov β†’ Kadiivka
  • Kryndachiovka β†’ Krasnyi Luch β†’ Khrustalnyi
  • Krynychansk mining town β†’ Krasnogvardeyskiy/Krasnohvardiiskyi β†’ Chervonogvradeyskoye/Chervonohvardiiske β†’ Krynychanske
  • Kundriuche β†’ Kalininskyi β†’ Kundriuche
  • Yekaterinovka β†’ Artem β†’ Artemivsk β†’ Kypuche
  • Lugansk β†’ Voroshylovhrad β†’ Luhansk β†’ Voroshylovhrad β†’ Luhansk
  • Aleksandrovka β†’ Petro-Maryevka β†’ Pervomaisk β†’ Sokolohirsk
  • Petrovo-Krasnosillia β†’ Petrovskoye/Petrovske β†’ Petrovo-Krasnosillia
  • Sorokino β†’ Krasnodon β†’ Sorokyne
  • Voznesenskyi & Mykolaivka & Vasylivka & Krasna Mohyla & Chervonyi Partyzan β†’ Chervonopartyzanskyi β†’ Chervonopartyzansk β†’ Voznesenivka

Lviv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast

Odesa Oblast

Poltava Oblast

Rivne Oblast

  • Radzylivy β†’ Chervonoarmiysk β†’ Radyvyliv
  • RΓ³wno β†’ Rovno β†’ Rivne
  • Hvarash β†’ Varazh β†’ Kuznetsovsk β†’ Varash

Sevastopol

Sumy Oblast

Ternopil Oblast

Volyn Oblast

  • Lutsk β†’ Luchesk β†’ Łuck β†’ Lutsk β†’ Mikhailogorod β†’ Luck β†’ Łuck β†’ Lutsk
  • Volodymer β†’ Vladimir-Volynskiy β†’ Volodymyr-Volynskyi β†’ Volodymyr

Zakarpattia Oblast

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

  • Kamianka β†’ Tsarekostiantynivka β†’ Pershotravneve β†’ Tsarekostiantynivka β†’ Kuibyshevo/Kuibysheve β†’ Bilmak β†’ Kamianka
  • Alexandrovsk β†’ Zaporizhzhia

Zhytomyr Oblast

  • Oleksandropil β†’ Horoshkovychi β†’ Horoshky/Horoszki nad IrszΔ… β†’ Kutuzove β†’ Volodarsk β†’ Volodarsk-Volynskyi β†’ Khoroshiv
  • Chortolisy β†’ Pulyny β†’ Chervonoarmiisk/Krasnoarmeysk β†’ Pulyny
  • Zwiahel β†’ Novohrad-Volynskyi β†’ Zviahel