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List of renamed cities in Ukraine

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

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

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Chernihiv Oblast

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Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Kharkiv Oblast

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  • Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922) →Berestyn (2024)
  • Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952) → Zlatopil (2024)
  • Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)

Kherson Oblast

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  • 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

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Kirovohrad Oblast

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

Kyiv Oblast

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  • Chernobyl → Chornobyl
  • Pereiaslav-Ruskyi → Pereiaslav → Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (1943) → Pereiaslav (2019)

Luhansk Oblast

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Poltava Oblast

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Rivne Oblast

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

Sevastopol

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Sumy Oblast

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Ternopil Oblast

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Volyn Oblast

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  • 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

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

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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

Zhytomyr Oblast

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  • 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

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References

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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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