List of renamed cities in Ukraine

This article is about cities renamed in Ukraine since 1986. For cities renamed as part of decommunization, see List of Ukrainian placenames affected by decommunization. For cities renamed as part of derussification, see List of Ukrainian placenames affected by derussification.

Numerous cities in Ukraine have undergone name changes since 1 January 1986, based on the database of the Verkhovna Rada. ^[1] Following the adoption of decommunization laws in 2015, the Verkhovna Rada has renamed numerous settlements and administrative units. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

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
• Qocalaq → Krasnoarmiiske (1948) → Kodzhalak (2023)
• 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) ^{[6] [7]}
• 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)
• Tarutyne → Bessarabske (2024)

Poltava Oblast

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

See also

• List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016
• List of renamed cities in Belarus
• List of renamed cities in Moldova
• List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
• List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of derussification

References

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. "Parliament prepares next phase of decommunization renamings". NV English. June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
3. Savchuk, I. (2020). "New Administrative and Territorial Division of Ukraine – New Challenge for National Interest". National Interest Academic Journal. 1 (1): 37–45. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
4. "Ukrainian parliament votes to rename over 300 settlements". The Kyiv Independent. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
5. "Another 165 localities in Ukraine renamed as part of decolonisation". Decentralization Portal of Ukraine. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
6. 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).
7. "Lviv – Historical Names". Lvov.us. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

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.