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This article is about cities renamed in Ukraine since 1986. For cities renamed in 2016 as part of decommunization, see List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016. For cities renamed as part of derussification, see List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of derussification.

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

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Chernihiv Oblast

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)
  • 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)
  • Grishyno → 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

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

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)
  • 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

Poltava Oblast

Rivne Oblast

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

Sevastopol

Sumy Oblast

Ternopil Oblast

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

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. 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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