According to the Law of Ukraine No. 317-VIII "About condemning Communist and National-Socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and banning propaganda of their symbols", names of over 3% of populated places in Ukraine are subjected to change.
Legends and legal references
The following are a series of resolutions that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed regarding decommunization through the renaming of populated places: Resolution (RVRU) 984-VIII, adopted 4 February 2016, entered into force on 18 February 2016 Resolution (RVRU) 1037-VIII, adopted 17 March 2016, entered into force on 2 April 2016 Resolution (RVRU) 1351-VIII, adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016 Resolution (RVRU) 1352-VIII, adopted 12 May 2016, did not enter into force yet Resolution (RVRU) 1353-VIII, adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016 Resolution (RVRU) 1374-VIII, adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016 Resolution (RVRU) 1377-VIII, adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016
Status of populated places: underlined centers of regions bold marked centers of districts italic marked centers of united territorial communities (for communities where already took place or scheduled elections)
Note: names of administrative units to which are subordinated other administrative units or populated places indicated as of 1 January 2016.
Administrative units
Regions (oblasts) Since the regions' names in Ukraine are prescribed in the Constitution, renaming changes should be made to the Constitution first.
Districts (raions)
Cities, villages
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is administered by the Russian Federation due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.
The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally displaced persons is a government ministry in Ukraine that was officially established on 20 April 2016 to manage occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea regions affected by Russian military intervention of 2014.
International sanctions during the Ukrainian crisis
Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs
Temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories of Ukraine (2014-present) International reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Cherkasy Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
no places to rename
Kharkiv Oblast
Kherson Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Kyiv
no places to rename (there are no other settlements subordinated to Kyiv City Council except for the City of Kyiv)
Kyiv Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast
Luhansk Oblast
Lviv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast
Odesa Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Rivne Oblast
Sevastopol
Sumy Oblast
Ternopil Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast
Volyn Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast
See also
List of streets renamed due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
List of renamed cities in Ukraine
References
External links
Law of Ukraine № 317-VIII "About condemning Communist and National-Socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and banning propaganda of their symbols". Verkhovna Rada website.