# List of renamed cities in Ukraine

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

## 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)
* 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)

## 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)