List of renamed cities in Ukraine

Last updated February 14, 2025

Numerous cities in Ukraine underwent name changes since 1 January 1986, based on the database of the Verkhovna Rada.^[1]

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Albat → Kuibysheve (1945) → Albat (2023)
Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta → Alushta (1784)
Ermeni Bazar → Armianskyi Bazar (1736) → Armiansk (1921)
Komsomolskoye/Komsomolske → Baqaçıq Qıyat/Bakachyk-Kyiat (2023)
Karasubazar → Bilohirsk (1944)
Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945) → Büyük Onlar/Biuk-Onlar (2023)
Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)
Dolossı → Sovietske → Dolossı/Dolossy (2023)
Canköy → Dzhankoi (1784)
Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe (1475) → Feodosia (1784)
Sarabuz → Hvardiiske (1944)
İçki → Sovietskyi (1944) → İçki/Ichki (2023)
Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) → Inkerman (1991)
İslâm Terek → Kirovske (1944) → İslâm Terek/Isliam Terek (2023)
Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoiakornoie → Bubnovka → Ordzhonikidze (1937) → Kaygador/Kaihador (2023)
Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio → Kerch
Qızıltaş → Krasnokamianka (1945)
Aşağı Otuz → Prymorie (1945) → Kurortne (1978)
Seyitler → Nyzhniohirskyi (1944)
Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
Or Qapı → Perekop (1736)
Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)^{[ citation needed ]}
Hafuz → Yuzhnaia Tochka (1938) → Prymorskyi (1952)
Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiiske (1944) → Qurman/Kurman (2023)
Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
Saq → Saky (1784)
Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)
Aqmescit → Simferopol (1784)
Eski Qırım → Staryi Krym (1783)
Sudaq → Sudak (1784)
Bromzavod → Krasno-Perekopsk (1936) → Krasnoperekopsk (1964) → Yañı Qapı/Yany Kapu (2023)
Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → Lenine (1957) → Yedi Quyu/Yedy Kuiu (2023)
Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve → Yevpatoria (1784)

Chernihiv Oblast

Snovsk → Shchors (1935) → Snovsk (2016)

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk/Dnepropetrovsk (1926) → Dnipro (2016)
Kamianske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936) → Kamianske (2016)
Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)
Samar → Novomoskovsk (1782) → Samar (2024)
Shakhtarske → Pershotravensk (1960) → Shakhtarske (2024)
Ordzhonikidze → Pokrov (2016)

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsko-Amvrosiyevka → Amvrosiivka (1938)
Avdeyevka I & Avdeyevka II → Avdiivka (1956)
Bakhmut → Artemivsk (1924) → Bakhmut (2016)
Belozyorka → Bilozerske (1966)
Ostheim → Telmanovo/Telmanove (1935) → Boikivske (2016)
Bunge → Yunykh Komunarov (1924) → Yunokomunarovskoye (1965) → Yunokomunarivsk (1965) → Bunhe (2016)
Alekseyevka → Alekseyevo-Leonovo (1857) → Chystyakove (1932) → Torez (1964) → Chystiakove (2016)
Paraskoviivka & Erastovsky rudnik & Svyatogorovsky (Krasnoarmeysky, 1920) rudnik → Dobropillia (1935)
Yelenovskiye Karyery → Dokuchaievsk (1954)
Yuzovka → Stalin (1924) → Stalino (1931) → Donetsk (1961)
Sotsgorodok → Hirnyk (1958)
Karakybbud → Komsomolske (1949) → Kalmiuske (2016)
Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958) → Khrestivka (2016)
Kramatorskaya → Kramatorsk (1932)
Kurakhovgresstroy → Kurakhovgres (1943) → Kurakhove (1956)
Lyman → Krasnyi Lyman (1938) → Lyman (2016)
Dmitriyevskoye → Dmitriyevsk (1925) → Makiivka (1931)
Manhush → Pershotravneve (1946) → Manhush (1995)
Pavlovsk → Mariupol (1779) → Zhdanov (1948) → Mariupol (1989)
Grodovsky rudnik → Novy Donbass (1934) → Novoekonomichne (1957) → Dymytrov (1965) → Myrnohrad (2016)
Gladky → Staronikolskoye (1855) → Nikolske → Volodarske (1924) → Nikolske (2016)
Novonikolayevskaya → Budyonnovskaya (1923) → Budyonivsky (1938) → Novoazovsky (1959) → Novoazovsk (1966)
Grodovka → Novohrodivka (1958)
Grishino → Postysheve (1934) → Krasnoarmiiske (1938) → Krasnoarmiisk (1938) → Pokrovsk (2016)
Selidovka/Selydivka → Selydove (1956)
Alekseyevo-Orlovka & Olkhovchik → Katyk → Shakhtarsk (1953)
Yama → Siversk (1973)
Tor → Sloviansk (1784)
Vasilyevka → Snezhnaya (1864) → Snizhne (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)
Lesovka → Ukrainsk (1963)
Bolshoy Yanisol → Velyka Novosilka (1946)
Khatsapetovka → Vuhlehirsk (1958)
Yenakiyevo → Rykovo (1928) → Ordzhonikidze (1937) → Yenakiieve (1943)
Nelepovsky → Artyoma (1921) → Artemove (1938) → Zalizne (2016)
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) →Berestyn (2024)
Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952) → Zlatopil (2024)
Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)

Kherson Oblast

Chapli → Askania (1828) → 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)

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Liakhivtsi → Bilohiria (1949)
Proskuriv → Khmelnytskyi (1954)

Kirovohrad Oblast

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

Kyiv Oblast

Chernobyl → Chornobyl
Pereiaslav-Ruskyi → 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)
Vakhrushevo → Vakhrusheve → Bokovo-Khrustalne (2016)
Dovzhykove-Orlovske/Sharapkyne → Sverdlovsk (1938) → Dovzhansk (2016)
Gorskoye → Hirske (1938)
Golubovka/Holubivka → Kirovsk (1944) → Holubivka (2016)
Petrivka → Irmyne (1900) → Teplogorsk/Teplohirsk (1977) → Irmino (2010)
Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) → Stakhanov (1978) → Kadiivka (2016)
Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi Luch (1920) → Khrustalnyi (2016)
Krynychansk mining town → Krasnogvardeyskiy/Krasnohvardiiskyi (1953) → Chervonogvradeyskoye/Chervonohvardiiske (1962) → Krynychanske (2016)
Kundriuche → Kalininskyi (1957) → Kundriuche (2016)
Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → Artemivsk (1938) → Kypuche (2016)
Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → Luhansk (1990)
Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) → Pervomaisk (1920) → Sokolohirsk (2024)
Petrovo-Krasnosillia → Petrovskoye/Petrovske (1959) → Petrovo-Krasnosillia (2016)
Sorokino → Krasnodon (1938) → Sorokyne (2016)
Voznesenskyi & Mykolaivka & Vasylivka & Krasna Mohyla & Chervonyi Partyzan → Chervonopartyzanskyi (1956) → Chervonopartyzansk (1960) → Voznesenivka (2016)

Lviv Oblast

Krystynopol (founded) → Chervonograd/Chervonohrad (1951) → Chervonohrad (1991) → Sheptytskyi (2024)
Dymoszyn (first mentioned) → Kamionka Strumiłowa (15th century) → Kamenka-Bugskaya/Kamianka-Buzka (1944) → Kamianka-Buzka (1991)
Komarno → Komarne → Komarno (1992)
Lviv → Lwów (1356) → (Lemberg) (1772) → Lwów (1918) → Lvov (1939) → Lemberg (1941) → Lvov (1944) → Lviv (1991)^[2]
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 (1743) → Yekaterinsky sconce (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk (1919)
Konstantinovka-2 (founded) → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987) → Pivdennoukrainsk (2024)

Odesa Oblast

Ophiussa → Tyras → Turis → Moncastro → Cetatea Albă (1391) → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (1944)
Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk (2016)
Hacibey → Odesa (rebuilt 1794)
Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) → Podilsk (2016)
Zakharivka → Frunzivka (1927) → Zakharivka (2016)

Poltava Oblast

Komsomolsk-na-Dnipri (or simply Komsomolsk) → Horishni Plavni (2016)
Stalinka → Chervonozavodske (1961) → Zavodkse (2016)

Rivne Oblast

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

Sevastopol

Aqyar → Sevastopol (1826; also: Sebastopol)

Sumy Oblast

Khutir-Mykhailivskyi → Druzhba (1962) → Khutir-Mykhailivskyi (2024)

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 (2021)

Zakarpattia Oblast

Beregszasz → Beregovo → Berehove
Munkács → Mukačevo (1919) → Munkács (1938) → Mukacheve (1945) → Mukachevo (2017)
Ungvár (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvár (1938) → Uzhhorod (1944)

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Kamianka → Tsarekostiantynivka (1845) → Pershotravneve (1926) → Tsarekostiantynivka (1930) → Kuibyshevo/Kuibysheve (1935) → Bilmak (2016) → Kamianka (2021)
Alexandrovsk → Zaporizhzhia (1921)

Zhytomyr Oblast

Oleksandropil → Horoshkovychi → Horoshky/Horoszki nad Irszą (1607) → Kutuzove (1912) → Volodarsk (1924) → Volodarsk-Volynskyi (1933) → Khoroshiv (2016)
Chortolisy → Pulyny → Chervonoarmiisk/Krasnoarmeysk (1935) → Pulyny (2016)
Zwiahel → Novohrad-Volynskyi (1795) → Zviahel (2022)

References

↑ "6. Алфавітний покажчик нових і старих найменувань населених пунктів" [6. Alphabetical index of new and old names of settlements (1986—2021)]. Verkhovna Rada website. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021.
↑ 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).

Source

"6. Алфавітний покажчик нових і старих найменувань населених пунктів" [6. Alphabetical index of new and old names of settlements (1986—2021)]. Verkhovna Rada website. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021.

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[1] "6. Алфавітний покажчик нових і старих найменувань населених пунктів" [6. Alphabetical index of new and old names of settlements (1986—2021)]. Verkhovna Rada website. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021.

[2] 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).

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