The following is a list of cities in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
that underwent a name change in the past.
For the most updated list of changes, visit
List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016
Chernihiv Oblast
* Snovsk → Shchors (1935) →
Snovsk
Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001.
Name ...
(2016)
Crimea
* Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta →
Alushta (1784)
* Ermeni Bazar → Armianskyi Bazar (1736) →
Armiansk (1921)
* Karasubazar →
Bilohirsk
Bilohirsk (until 1944 – Karasubazar, uk, Білогірськ, translit=Bilohirsk; russian: Белого́рск, translit=Belogorsk, crh, Qarasuvbazar/Къарасувбазар) is a town and the administrative centre in Belohirsk Raion, o ...
(1944)
* Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)
* Canköy →
Dzhankoi
Dzhankoi or Jankoy is a town of regional significance in the northern part of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de facto'' federal subject of the Russian Federation. It also serves as administrat ...
(1784)
* Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve →
Yevpatoria
Yevpatoria ( uk, Євпаторія, Yevpatoriia; russian: Евпатория, Yevpatoriya; crh, , , gr, Ευπατορία) is a city of regional significance in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative ...
(1784)
* Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe (1475) →
Feodosia (1784)
* Sarabuz → Hvardiiske (1944)
* Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) →
Inkerman (1991)
* Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio →
Kerch
* İslâm Terek → Kirovske (1944)
* Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiyske (1944)
* Qızıltaş →
Krasnokamianka (1945)
* Aşağı Otuz → Prymorie (1945) → Kurortne (1978)
* Albat → Kuibysheve (1945)
* Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) →
Lenine (1957)
* Seyitler → Nyzhniohirsk (1944)
* Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945)
* Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoiakornoie → Bubnovka → Ordjonikidze (1937)
* Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
* Or Qapı →
Perekop (1736)
* Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
* Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
* Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)
* Hafuz → Yuzhnaia Tochka (1938) →
Prymosrkyi (1952)
* Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
* Saq →
Saky (1784)
* Aqyar →
Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
(1826; also: Sebastopol)
* Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)
* Aqmescit →
Simferopol
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, ...
(1784)
* Dolossı → Sovietske
* İçki → Sovietskyi (1944)
* Eski Qırım →
Staryi Krym
Staryi Krym (russian: Старый Крым; uk, Старий Крим; crh, Eski Qırım, italic=yes; in all three languages) is a small historical town and former bishopric in Kirovske Raion of Crimea, Ukraine. It has been illegally occupie ...
(1783)
* Sudaq →
Sudak (1784)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
* Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk) (1926) →
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
(2016)
* Kamianske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936) →
Kamianske
Kamianske ( uk, Кам'янське, ), formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk, is an industrial city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine and a port on the Dnieper. Administratively, it serves as the administrative center of Kamianske Raion. Kamianske hosts ...
(2016)
* Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) →
Nikopol (1781)
* Samara →
Novomoskovsk (1782)
* Shakhtarske →
Pershotravensk
Pershotravensk (, ) is a city and municipality in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after ...
(1960)
* Ordzhonikidze →
Pokrov (2016)
Donetsk Oblast
* Donetsko-Amvrosiyevka →
Amvrosiivka
Amvrosiivka or Amvrosievka ( uk, Амвросіївка, ; russian: Амвросиевка) is a city and was the administrative center of Amvrosiivka Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. , the population was approximately
It is currently occupied ...
(1938)
* Nelepovsky → Artyoma (1921) →
Artemove
Zalizne ( uk, Залі́зне, ; formerly Artemove ( uk, Арте́мове; russian: Артёмово) is a city in Toretsk municipality, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: ; 6,725 (2001).
On 19 May 2016, Artemove was renamed to Zalizne, conf ...
(1938)
* Avdeyevka I & Avdeyevka II →
Avdiivka (1956)
* Bakhmut → Artemivsk (1924) →
Bakhmut
Bakhmut ( uk, Ба́хмут, ) is a city in the Donbas and the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 89 km north of Donetsk city, the administrative center of the o ...
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2016
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* Belozyorka →
Bilozerske
Bilozerske (, ; ) is a city in Dobropillia municipality, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is
History
It was founded in 1913.
In 1966, the urban-type settlement became a city. In 1969, the population of the city was 20.6 thousand people ...
(1966)
* Paraskoviivka & Erastovsky rudnik & Svyatogorovsky (Krasnoarmeysky, 1920) rudnik →
Dobropillia
Dobropillia (, ; — Dobropolye) is a city in the Pokrovsk Raion of the Donetsk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former Dobropillia Raion, though it ...
(1935)
* Yelenovskiye Karyery →
Dokuchaievsk (1954)
* Yuzovka → Stalino (1924) →
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
(1961)
* Grodovsky rudnik → Novy Donbass (1934) → Novoekonomichne (1957) → Dymytrov (1965) →
Myrnohrad
Myrnohrad (, ; ), formerly Dymytrov (, ), is a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. Population: .
The city was previously named after Georgi Dimitrov () - a prominen ...
(
2016
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* Sotsgorodok →
Hirnyk (1958)
* Nova Khrestovka →
Kirovske (1958)
* Karakybbud →
Komsomolske (1949)
* Kramatorskaya →
Kramatorsk (1932)
* Grishyno → Postysheve (1934) → Krasnoarmiiske (1938) → Krasnoarmiisk (1938) →
Pokrovsk
Pokrovsk (russian: Покро́вск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
;Urban localities
*Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic, a town under republic jurisdiction in Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic
;Rura ...
(
2016
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)
* Kurakhovgresstroy → Kurakhovgres (1943) →
Kurakhove (1956)
* Lyman → Krasnyi Lyman (1938) →
Lyman
Lyman may refer to:
Places Ukraine
* Lyman, Ukraine
United States
* Lyman, Iowa
* Lyman, Maine
* Lyman, Mississippi
* Lyman, Nebraska
* Lyman, New Hampshire
* Lyman, Oklahoma
* Lyman, South Carolina
* Lyman, South Dakota
* Lyman County, South Dak ...
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2016
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)
* Dmitriyevskoye → Dmitriyevsk (1925) →
Makiivka (1931)
* Manhush → Pershotravneve (1946) →
Manhush (1995)
* Pavlovsk → Mariupol (1779) → Zhdanov (1948) →
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
(1989)
* Gladky → Staronikolskoye (1855) → Nikolske → Volodarske (1924) →
Nikolske
Nikolske ( uk, Нiкольське) is an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin. It was the administrative seat of Nikolske Raion until 2020; the settlement now belon ...
(
2016
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)
* Novonikolayevskaya → Budyonnovskaya (1923) → Budyonivsky (1938) → Novoazovsky (1959) →
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk (, ; rus, Новоазовск}) is a border town on the south-eastern tip of Ukraine (near the border with Russia),[Novohrodivka
Novohrodivka (, ; ) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: ; 17,473 (2001).
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of i ...]
(1958)
* Selidovka →
Selydove
Selydove ( uk, Сели́дове, ; russian: Селидово, formerly: Selydivka) is a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the western part of the region, on th ...
(1956)
* Alekseyevo-Orlovka & Olkhovchik → Katyk →
Shakhtarsk
Shakhtarsk (, ) or Shakhtyorsk (russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Regionally, the city is an administrative urban enclave also consisting of cities Torez and Snizhne and surrounded by Shakhtarsk Raion. It serves as ...
(1953)
* Yama →
Siversk (1973)
* Tor →
Sloviansk (1784)
* Vasilyevka → Snezhnaya (1864) →
Snizhne
Snizhne or Snezhnoye ( uk, Сніжне́, ; russian: Снежное; until 1864 — Vasylivka — uk, Василівка) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border ...
(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
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* Alekseyevka → Alekseyevo-Leonovo (1857) → Chystyakove (1932) →
Torez
Chystiakove ( uk, Чистякове, ), formerly Torez ( uk, Торез), is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. The city is a center of the regional coal industry and much of its economy relies on mining industr ...
(1964)
* Lesovka →
Ukrainsk
Ukrainsk (, ) is a city in Selydove municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders t ...
(1963)
* Bolshoy Yanisol →
Velyka Novosilka
Velyka Novosilka ( uk, Велика Новосілка) is an urban-type settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-la ...
(1946)
* Khatsapetovka →
Vuhlehirsk (1958)
* Yenakiyevo → Rykovo (1928) → Ordzhonikidze (1937) →
Yenakiieve (1943)
* Bunge → Yunikh Komunarov (1924) → Yunokomunarovskoye (1965) →
Yunokomunarivsk (1965)
* Novo-Zhdanovka → Zhdanov rudnik (1966) →
Zhdanivka
Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (, ; ) is a city of regional significance in the ''de facto'' Donetsk People's Republic; ''de jure'' Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of
History
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists cap ...
(1966)
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
* Stanisławów (founded) → Stanislaviv (1939) →
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
(1962)
* Yaremcha →
Yaremche
Yaremche ( uk, Яре́мче, translit=Jaremče, pl, Jaremcze or Jaremcza) is a city in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of west Ukraine. The city is located at the altitude of around above mean sea level. Yaremche hosts the ...
(2006)
Kharkiv Oblast
* Konstantingrad →
Krasnohrad
Krasnohrad or KrasnogradAlso known as ''Krasnograd'' fortress (Красноград) (1731-1784), ''Konstantinograd'' fortress (Константиноград) (1784-1922), city of Konstantinograd (1922-1943). ( uk, Красногра́д, ) is a ...
(1922)
* Lykhachove →
Pervomaiskyi (1952)
* Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) →
Zmiiv
Zmiiv or Zmiyiv ( uk, Зміїв), Zmiev, or Zmeev (), also known as Gotwald ( uk, Готвальд) from 1976 to 1990, is a city in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zmiiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...
(1990)
Kherson Oblast
* Chapli → Askania (1828) →
Askania Nova
Askania-Nova ( uk, Асканія-Нова) is a Ukrainian nature reserve located in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, within the dry Taurida steppe near Oleshky Sands and active member of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme. It is also a resea ...
(1835)
* Holy → Golaya Pristan (1786) →
Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan ( uk, Го́ла При́стань, ) is a city in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of
The Konk ...
(1923)
* Geniczi → Genichesk (1784) →
Henichesk (1923)
* Oleshky → Alioshki (1802) → Tsiurupynsk (1928) →
Oleshky
Oleshky ( uk, Оле́шки, Oleshky, ; russian: Алёшки) is a town in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River with the town of Solontsi to the south. It is the oldest city of the obla ...
(2016)
* Ali-Agok → Skadovskoye (1894) →
Skadovsk (1933)
Khmelnytsky Oblast
* Liakhivtsi →
Bilohiria
Bilohiria ( uk, Білогір'я); formerly known as Liakhivtsi) is an urban-type settlement in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bilohiria settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. ...
(1949)
* Proskuriv →
Khmelnytskyi (1954)
Kirovohrad Oblast
* Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) → Kirovo (1934) → Kirovohrad (1939) →
Kropyvnytskyi (2016)
* Hrushkivskyi Vysilok → Blahovishchenske (1921) → Ulianovka (1924) →
Blahovishchenske
Blahovishchenske () is a city in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blahovishchenske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
There is a railway station in Blahovishchensk ...
(2016)
Kyiv Oblast
* Pereiaslav → Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (1943) →
Pereiaslav
Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (Oblast, province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta River, Alta ...
(2019)
Luhansk Oblast
* Yuryevka → Alchevsk (1903) → Voroshylovsk (1931) → Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk (1957) → Komunarsk (1961) →
Alchevsk
Alchevsk ( uk, Алчéвськ, translit. ''Alchevs'k''; russian: Алчéвск) is a city of significance in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located approximately from the oblast capital, Luhansk.
Alchevsk is one of the largest indus ...
(1991)
* Izium → Almaznaya (1878) →
Almazna (1977)
* Bokovo-Antratsyt →
Antratsyt (1962)
* Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) →
Artemivsk (1938)
* Gorskoye →
Hirske
Hirske (), or Gorskoye (), is a city in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: .
History
Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Hirske. On ...
(1938)
* Golubyevskiy Rudnik →
Kirovsk (1962)
* Sorokino →
Krasnodon (1938) → Sorokyne (2016)
* Kryndachiovka →
Krasnyi Luch
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(1920)
* Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) →
Luhansk (1990)
* Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) →
Pervomaisk (1920)
* Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) →
Stakhanov Stakhanov may refer to:
* Stakhanov (surname), a Russian surname
* Stakhanov, Ukraine, a city in Ukraine
* Stakhanov coal mine, Ukraine
* Stakhanov Railway Car Building Works, Ukraine
See also
* Stakhanovite movement, diligent and enthusiastic ...
(1978) → Kadiivka (2016)
Lviv Oblast
* Krystynopol (founded) → Chervonograd/Chervonohrad (1951) →
Chervonohrad
Chervonohrad ( uk, Червоноград, ; former Polish name: ''Krystynopol'', uk, Кристинопіль, 'Krystynopil', german: Krisnipolye) is a mining city and the administrative center of Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukr ...
(1991)
* Dymoszyn (first mentioned) → Kamionka Strumiłowa (15th century) → Kamenka-Bugskaya/Kamianka-Buzka (1944) →
Kamianka-Buzka (1991)
* Komarno → Komarne →
Komarno (1992)
* Lviv → Lwów (1356) → (Lemberg) (1772) → Lvov/Lviv (1939) → Lemberg (1941) → Lvov/Lviv (1944) →
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
(1991)
[The city of Lviv was never officially renamed but as during its history it belonged to different states, different variations of the city name were used: Polish (Lwów), German (Lemberg), Italian (Leopolis) and Russian (Lvov).]
* Yantarne → Novoiarovivske (1969) →
Novoiavorivsk
Novoiavorivsk (, pl, Nowojaworowsk), alternatively transliterated Novoyavorivsk, is a city in the Yavoriv district, Lviv region of Ukraine. Novoiavorivsk hosts the administration of Novoiavorivsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. I ...
(2008)
* Novyi Rozdol →
Novyi Rozdil
Novyi Rozdil ( uk, Новий Розділ) is a city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which ...
(1992)
* Żółkiew (founded) → Zhovkva (1939) → Nesterov (1951) →
Zhovkva (1992)
Mykolaiv Oblast
* Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa (1832) →
Nova Odesa
Nova Odesa (, ) is a city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Nova Odesa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of Nova Odesa is
Until 18 July 2020, Nova Odesa ...
(1989)
* Kara Kerman → Özi → Ochakov (1792) →
Ochakiv (1989)
* Orlyk → Orlovsky
sconce
Sconce may refer to:
*Sconce (fortification), a military fortification
*Sconce (light fixture)
*Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink
*Sconce Point
Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England (), built to ...
(1743) → Yekaterinsky
sconce
Sconce may refer to:
*Sconce (fortification), a military fortification
*Sconce (light fixture)
*Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink
*Sconce Point
Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England (), built to ...
(1770) → Olviopol (1781) →
Pervomaisk (1919)
* Konstantinovka-2 (founded) →
Yuzhnoukrainsk
Yuzhnoukrainsk (, ) is a city on the Southern Bug river, in Voznesensk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, about 350 kilometers (over 200 miles) south of the capital Kyiv. It hosts the administration of Yuzhnoukrainsk urban hromada, one of the hro ...
(1987)
Odesa Oblast
* Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Cetatea Albă (1391) → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) →
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...
(1944)
* Buh
Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) →
Chornomorsk
Chornomorsk ( uk, Чорномо́рськ, ), formerly Illichivsk (, translit. ''Illichivs'k''), is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine, dependent on the Port of Chornomorsk. The city is located around the S ...
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2016
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)
* Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) →
Podilsk (2016)
* Hacibey →
Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...
(rebuilt 1794)
Poltava Oblast
* Komsomolsk-na-Dnipri (or simply Komsomolsk) →
Horishni Plavni (2016)
* Stalinka → Chervonozavodske (1961) →
Zavodkse (2016)
Rivne Oblast
* Radzylivy → Chervonoarmiysk (1939/40) →
Radyvyliv
Radyvýliv ( uk, Радиви́лів; russian: Радивилов, Radivilov; pl, Radziwiłłów; yi, ראדזיווילוב, R'dzhivilub) is a small city in Rivne Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Radyvyli ...
(1992)
* Równo → Rovno →
Rivne
Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...
(1991)
* Hvarash → Varazh (or Varash, Variazh, Hvariazh) → Kuznetsovsk (1977) →
Varash
Varash ( uk, Вараш), from 1977 to 2016 Kuznetsovsk ( uk, Кузнецо́вськ, links=no), is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Varash urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine and Varash Raion, one of the ...
(2016)
Ternopil Oblast
* Tarnopol (founded) →
Ternopil
Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...
(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
* Munkács → Mukačevo (1919) → Munkács (1938) → Mukacheve (1945) →
Mukachevo (2017)
* Ungvár (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvár (1938) →
Uzhhorod (1944)
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
* Alexandrovsk →
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
(1921)
Zhytomyr Oblast
* Zwiahel → Novohrad-Volynskyi (1795) →
Zviahel
Zviahel (, ; translit. ''Zvil'') is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' () in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian ...
(2022)
See also
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List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016
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List of renamed cities in Belarus
The following is the list of cities in Belarus that underwent a name change in the past.
Most formal name changes in Belarus took place when the country was a member of the Soviet Union (1919-1991).
A problem with namings of Belarusian cities i ...
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List of renamed cities in Moldova
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List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
This is a list of Russian towns and cities that were renamed.
Background
Historical reasons behind geographical renaming were
*a particularly large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917
*more re ...
Notes
External links
List of old and new settlement names (1986—2006)–
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
website
archived
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Renamed, Ukraine
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...