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 Verkhovna Rada has renamed numerous settlements and administrative units.

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)
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)

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.