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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 ...

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 Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de ...

(1784) * Ermeni Bazar → Armianskyi Bazar (1736) →

Armiansk Armiansk ( uk, Армянськ, russian: Армянск, hy, Արմյանսկ, crh, Ermeni Bazar) is a town of regional significance in the northern Crimean peninsula which is ''de facto'' within the Republic of Crimea, a federal subject of th ...

(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 uk, Феодосія, Теодосія crh, Kefe , official_name = () , settlement_type= , image_skyline = THEODOSIA 01.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = Genoese fortress of Caffa , image_shield = Fe ...

(1784) * Sarabuz → Hvardiiske (1944) * Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) →

Inkerman Inkerman ( uk, Інкерман, russian: Инкерман, crh, İnkerman) is a city in the Crimean peninsula. It is ''de facto'' within the federal city of Sevastopol within the Russian Federation, but ''de jure'' within Ukraine. It lies 5 ...

(1991) * Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio →

Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...

* 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 Perekop (Ukrainian & Russian: Перекоп; ; ) is an urban-type settlement located on the Perekop Isthmus connecting the Crimean peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland. It is known for the fortress Or Qapi that served as the gateway to Crimea. The ...

(1736) * Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944) * Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka * Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945) * Hafuz → Yuzhnaia Tochka (1938) → Prymosrkyi (1952) * Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944) * Saq →

Saky Saky (: ; crh, Saq) or Saki is a town of regional significance in Ukraine, in the Crimean peninsula. Although it is the administrative centre of the Saky Raion, it does not belong to the raion (district), serving instead as the center and th ...

(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 Sudak (Ukrainian & Russian: Судак; crh, Sudaq; gr, Σουγδαία; sometimes spelled Sudac or Sudagh) is a town, multiple former Eastern Orthodox bishopric and double Latin Catholic titular see. It is of regional significance in Crimea, ...

(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 (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 Avdiivka (, , is a city of regional significance in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. The city is in the center of the region, just north of the city of Donetsk. The large Avdiivka Coke Plant is located in Avdiivka. The city's population is officially ...

(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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) * Belozyorka → Bilozerske (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 Dokuchaievsk or Dokuchaevsk (, ; Russian language, Russian: Докучаевск) is a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of regional significance in the ''de facto'' Donetsk People's Republic; ''de jure'' Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The c ...

(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 ...

(

) * Sotsgorodok → Hirnyk (1958) * Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958) * Karakybbud → Komsomolske (1949) * Kramatorskaya →

Kramatorsk Kramatorsk ( uk, Краматорськ, translit=Kramatorsk ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a City of regional significa ...

(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 ...

(

) * Kurakhovgresstroy → Kurakhovgres (1943) →

Kurakhove Kurakhove (, ; russian: link=no, Курахово) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: ; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station. The 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence r ...

(1956) * Lyman → Krasnyi Lyman (1938) → Lyman (

) * Dmitriyevskoye → Dmitriyevsk (1925) →

Makiivka Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...

(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 ...

(

) * 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 (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 Siversk ( uk, Сі́верськ, ; rus, Се́верск, r=Seversk; until 1973: Yama �́ма; Я́ма is a city in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine situated 99 km north of Donetsk. Population: ; 12,608 (2010). ...

(1973) * Tor →

Sloviansk Sloviansk ( uk, Слов'янськ, Sloviansk ; russian: Славянск, Slavyansk or ; prior to 1784 – Tor) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban commun ...

(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 Soledar ( uk, Соледа́р, ; ), formerly known as Karlo-Libknekhtovsk ( uk, Карло-Лібкнехтівськ, Karlo-Libknekhtivs'k, 1965–1991), is a city in the Bakhmut Raion, which is located in what is internationally recognised as ...

(1991) * Bannoe → Banne (1929) → Bannovske (1938) → Slovianohirsk (1964) →

Sviatohirsk Sviatohirsk ( uk, Святогі́рськ, ) is a city in the northern part of the Donetsk Region of Ukraine. A part of the Sloviansk Municipality, it stands on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River, from the city of Sloviansk. The populatio ...

(2003) * Uglegorskoy TES → Svitlodarske (1969) →

Svitlodarsk Svitlodarsk (, ; ) is a city of district significance in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city's population is . It is an industrial town, built as the home for the Vuhlehirska power station. In the War in Donbas (tha ...

(1992) * Shcherbinovka → Shcherbinovsky → Dzerzhynsk (1938) →

Toretsk Toretsk ( uk, Торе́цьк, Toretsk, ; russian: Торецк, Toretsk), formerly Dzerzhynsk ( uk, link=no, Дзержинськ, Dzerzhynsk; russian: link=no, Дзержинск, Dzerzhinsk), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast ...

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) * Alekseyevka → Alekseyevo-Leonovo (1857) → Chystyakove (1932) → Torez (1964) * Lesovka → Ukrainsk (1963) * Bolshoy Yanisol → Velyka Novosilka (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 (1966)

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

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

Kharkiv Oblast

* Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922) * Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952) * Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)

Kherson Oblast

* Chapli → Askania (1828) → Askania-Nova (settlement), 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)

Khmelnytsky Oblast

* Liakhivtsi → Bilohiria (1949) * Proskuriv → Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi (1954)

Kirovohrad Oblast

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

Kyiv Oblast

* 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) * Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast, Artemivsk (1938) * Gorskoye → Hirske (1938) * Golubyevskiy Rudnik → Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Kirovsk (1962) * Sorokino → Krasnodon (1938) → Sorokyne (2016) * Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi Luch (1920) * Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → Luhansk (1990) * Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) → Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Pervomaisk (1920) * Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) → Stakhanov, Ukraine, Stakhanov (1978) → Kadiivka (2016)

Lviv Oblast

* Krystynopol (founded) → Chervonograd/Chervonohrad (1951) → Chervonohrad (1991) * Dymoszyn (first mentioned) → Kamionka Strumiłowa (15th century) → Kamenka-Bugskaya/Kamianka-Buzka (1944) → Kamianka-Buzka (1991) * Komarno → Komarne → Komarno, Ukraine, Komarno (1992) * Lviv → Lwów (1356) → (Lemberg) (1772) → Lvov/Lviv (1939) → Lemberg (1941) → Lvov/Lviv (1944) → Lviv (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 (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 (fortification), sconce (1743) → Yekaterinsky Sconce (fortification), sconce (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast, Pervomaisk (1919) * Konstantinovka-2 (founded) → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987)

Odesa Oblast

* Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Cetatea Albă (1391) → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (1944) * Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk (

) * Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) → Podilsk (2016) * Hacibey → Odesa (rebuilt 1794)

Poltava Oblast

* Komsomolsk-na-Dnipri (or simply Komsomolsk) → Horishni Plavni (2016) * Stalinka → Chervonozavodske (1961) → Zavodske, Poltava Oblast, Zavodkse (2016)

Rivne Oblast

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

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 (city), 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 (1921)

Zhytomyr Oblast

* Zwiahel → Novohrad-Volynskyi (1795) → Zviahel (2022)

Notes

External links

List of old and new settlement names (1986—2006)
– Verkhovna Rada website
archived
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