List of renamed cities in Ukraine
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The following is the list of cities in Ukraine
that underwent a name change in the past.
Crimea
Zaporizhia
Luhansk
Odessa
Mykolaiv
Donetsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Kharkiv
Lviv
Volyn
Khmelnytsky
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ternopil
Uzhhorod
Kirovohrad
Kherson
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
that underwent a name change in the past.
Crimea
- Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta → AlushtaAlushtaAlushta is a resort town in Crimea, Ukraine, founded in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian. It is situated on the Black Sea on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line....
(1784) - Ermeni Bazar → Armyanskiy Bazar (1736) → ArmyanskArmyanskArmyansk is a city in northern Crimea, Ukraine. It is located on the Isthmus of Perekop.Armyansk was founded in the beginning of the 18th century by Armenians and Greeks, who had come from the nearby city of Or Qapı . The first name of the town was Ermeni Bazar .-External links:*...
(1921) - Karasubazar → BilohirskBilohirskBilohirsk , formerly Karasubazar is a town in Crimea, Ukraine, situated 25 miles east-northeast of Simferopol on the Biyuk Karasu river. Both Russian and Ukrainian names mean "white mountains", and original Crimean Tatar name Qarasuvbazar means "bazaar on the Karasu river".The site is low, but...
(1944) - Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)
- Canköy → DzhankoyDzhankoyDzhankoy is a city in the north of Crimea, Ukraine, and the capital of Dzhankoy raion. It is located about from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. Two railroad lines, Kharkiv-Sevastopol and Armyansk-Kerch, cross Dzhankoy. In 1926, Dzhankoy was granted city status.Dzhankoy is a great transportation...
(1784) - Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve → Yevpatoria (1784)
- Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe (1475) → Feodosiya (1784)
- Sarabuz → Hvardiyske (1944)
- Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) → InkermanInkermanInkerman is a town in Crimea, Ukraine. It is situated 5 kilometres east of Sevastopol, at the mouth of the Chernaya River that flows into Sevastopol Inlet . Administratively, Inkerman is subordinate to the municipality of Sevastopol which does not constitute part of the Autonomous Republic of...
(1991) - Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio → KerchKerchKerch is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine. Kerch, founded 2600 years ago, is considered as one of the most ancient cities in Ukraine.-Ancient times:...
- İslâm Terek → Kirovske (1944)
- Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiyske (1944)
- Qızıltaş → KrasnokamiankaKrasnokamiankaKrasnokamenka is a resort in Crimea, Ukraine, a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, near the headquarters of the Eurasian Scout Region, the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in...
(1945) - Aşağı Otuz → Prymorye (1945) → Kurortne (1978)
- Albat → Kuybysheve (1945)
- Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → LenineLenine, CrimeaLenine or Lenino is a town in the eastern Crimea, in the southwestern part of the Kerch Peninsula. It is the seat of the Lenine Raion. Its Crimean Tatar name Yedi Quyu means "Seven Wells". Until 1957 it was known as Sem' Kolodezey ) which also means "Seven Wells" in Russian/Ukrainian, but then...
(1957) - Seyitler → Nyzhniohirsk (1944)
- Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945)
- Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoyakornoe → Bubnovka → Ordjonikidze (1937)
- Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
- Or Qapı → PerekopPerekopPerekop is a village located at the Perekop Isthmus connecting Crimean peninsula to the Ukrainian mainland. It is known for the Fortress Or Qapi that served as the gateway to Crimea...
(1736) - Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
- Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
- Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)
- Hafuz → Yuzhnaya Tochka (1938) → Primosrky (1952)
- Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
- Saq → SakySakySaky is a city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. Population is 29,416 . The city has one of the major bases of the Ukrainian Navy. Other bases are at Odessa, Novoozerne, and Sebastopol....
(1784) - Aqyar → SevastopolSevastopolSevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
(1826; also: Sebastopol) - Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)
- Aqmescit → SimferopolSimferopol-Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the...
(1784) - Dolossı → Sovietske
- İçki → Sovietsky (1944)
- Eski Qırım → Staryi KrymStaryi KrymStaryi Krym is a small historical town in the Eastern Crimea, approximately 25 km west of Theodosia. The population of Staryi Krym in 2001 was 9,960 people.-History:...
(1783) - Sudaq → SudakSudak municipalitySudak city municipality , officially "the territory governed by the Sudak city council" is one of the 25 regions of Crimea. It is a resort region, located at the south-eastern shore of Crimea.-Subdivisions:...
(1784)
Zaporizhia
- Alexandrovsk → ZaporizhiaZaporizhiaZaporizhia or Zaporozhye [formerly Alexandrovsk ] is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast...
(1921)
Luhansk
- Yuryevka → Alchevsk (1903) → Voroshylovsk (1931) → Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk (1957) → Komunarsk (1961) → AlchevskAlchevskAlchevsk is a town in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is separate administrative unit, and is located approximately 45 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk, and right next to the district capital of Perevalsk....
(1991) - Izium → Almaznaya (1878) → AlmaznaAlmaznaAlmazna is a small city in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 5,061 ....
(1977) - Bokovo-Antratsyt → AntratsytAntratsytAntratsyt is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Antratsytivsky Raion , and is located at around .The current estimated population is around 63,700 ....
(1962) - Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → ArtemivskArtemivsk, Luhansk OblastArtemivsk is a city in the Perevalskyi Raion of the eastern Ukrainian oblast of Luhansk.-History:The city was founded as Katerynivka village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche . Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemivsk in 1938.-Economy:Its major industry is coal mining...
(1938) - Gorskoye → Hirske (1938)
- Golubyevskiy Rudnik → KirovskKirovsk, UkraineKirovsk is a city in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 35,199 .Kirovsk was founded in 1764. Its history follows closely the history of industrial development in the Eastern Ukraine. The town grew when coal mines were set up in the area; reaching its peak size in the 1980s...
(1962) - Sorokino → KrasnodonKrasnodonKrasnodon is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodonskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
(1938) - Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi LuchKrasnyi LuchKrasnyi Luch is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast.The current estimated population is 89,688 ..-History:...
(1920) - Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → LuhanskLuhanskLuhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast...
(1990) - Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) → PervomaiskPervomaisk, Luhansk OblastPervomaisk is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 43,082 . Northeast of Pervomaisk, there is the static inverter plant of HVDC Volgograd-Donbass....
(1920) - Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) → StakhanovStakhanov, UkraineStakhanov is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast.The current estimated population is around 90,152 .-History:...
(1978)
Odessa
- Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky (1944)
- Buh Khutirs → IllichivskIllichivskIllichivsk is a port city in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .-Geography:...
(1952) - Birzula → KotovskKotovsk, Ukrainethumb|Kotovsky Memorial in KotovskKotovsk is a city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, the administrative center of Kotovskyi Raion. Population is 40,718 ....
(1935) - Hacibey → OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
(1794)
Mykolaiv
- Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa (1832) → Nova OdesaNova OdesaNova Odesa is a city in the Odesskaya Oblast of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Novoodes'kyi rayon .The current estimated population is around 1 003 705 ....
(1989) - Kara Kerman → Özi → Ochakov (1792) → Ochakiv (1989)
- Orlyk → Orlovsky sconceSconce (fortification)A Sconce is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. This type of fortification was common during the English Civil War, and the...
(1743) → Yekaterinsky sconceSconce (fortification)A Sconce is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. This type of fortification was common during the English Civil War, and the...
(1770) → Olviopol (1781) → PervomaiskPervomaisk, Mykolaiv OblastPervomaisk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine and the center of the Pervomaiskyi Raion. It is located on the Southern Bug river which bisects the city...
(1919) - Kostiantynivka-2 → YuzhnoukrainskYuzhnoukrainskYuzhnoukrainsk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 38,206 .Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP is located near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, approximately 350 kilometers south of the capital Kiev. This nuclear power station has three VVER-1000 reactors and a net achievement of 2,850 megawatts...
(1987)
Donetsk
- Bakhmut → ArtemivskArtemivskArtemivsk or Artemovsk is a city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Artemivsky Raion. It is located on the Bahmutka River about 89 km away from the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk. As of 2005, its population is 80,655.-History:There is...
(1924) - Nelepovy → ArtemoveArtemoveArtemove is a city in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 6,725 ....
(1921) - Yuzovka → Trotsk (1924) → Stalino (1924) → DonetskDonetskDonetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
(1961) - Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958)
- Karakybbud → KomsomolskeKomsomolskeKomsomolske is a city in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 12,813 .Komsomolskoye is a small city in Ukraine about 1.5 hours outside Donetsk by local bus. Most of the people live in small flats with their families as was common in Soviet times...
(1949) - Grishyno → Postysheve → Krasnoarmiisk (1938)
- Dmitriyevsk → MakiivkaMakiivkaMakiivka, also spelled Makiyivka is an industrial city located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast , from the capital Donetsk. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the city's population is 389,589 inhabitants, of these 178,475 are men and 211,114 are women. It is an important steel...
(1931) - Mariupol → Zhdanov (1948) → MariupolMariupolMariupol , formerly known as Zhdanov , is a port city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is the largest city in Priazovye - a geographical region around Azov Sea, divided by Russia and Ukraine - and is also a popular sea...
(1989) - Karlo-Libknekhtovsk → SoledarSoledarSoledar is a city in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 13,151 . The name of the town stands for 'gift of salt' both in Russian and Ukrainian. In Soviet times, until 1991, the city was known as Karlo-Libknekhtivsk...
(1991) - Bannoe → Banne (1929) → Bannovske (1938) → Slovianohirsk (1964) → SviatohirskSviatohirskSviatohirsk or Svyatogorsk is a small city in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The population is 5,136 . Before 2003, the city was known as Slovianohirsk or Slavyanogorsk , and before 1964 it was known as Bannovsky or Bannovskoe , so called for the medicinal baths constructed near the Svyatogorsky...
(2003) - Tor → SlovianskSlovianskSloviansk is a city in eastern Ukraine, an administrative center of the Slovianskyi Raion within the Donetsk Oblast. It was founded in 1676, and has a population of 129,600.-History:...
(1784)
Dnipropetrovsk
- Kamyanske → DniprodzerzhynskDniprodzerzhynskDniprodzerzhynsk is an industrial city in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine, and a port on the Dnieper River.-History:The first written evidence of settlement in the territory of Dniprodzerzhynsk appeared in 1750. At that time the villages of Romankovo and Kamianske, which make the modern city,...
(1936) - Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
(Dnepropetrovsk; 1926) - Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)
- Samara → NovomoskovskNovomoskovskNovomoskovsk may refer to one of the following:*Novomoskovsk, Russia in Tula Oblast*Novomoskovsk, Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast*RFS Novomoskovsk , a Russian Navy submarine...
(1782) - Shakhtarske → PershotravenskPershotravenskPershotravensk is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 29,140 ....
(1960)
Kharkiv
- Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922)
- Lykhachove → PervomaiskyiPervomaiskyi-Media:Pervomaiskiy has 2 newspapers working within the Region and City and 2 Private TV Channels.Here is a list of media working in Pervomaiskyi.* Pervomaiskiy-info Working Since 2006...
(1952) - Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → ZmiivZmiivZmiiv is a city in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. The population as of 2001 was 17,063. Zmiiv is the administrative center of Zmiivskyi Raion...
(1990)
Lviv
- Lviv → Lwów (1356) → Lemberg (1772) → Lwów (1918) → LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
(1939) - Żółkiew (until 1939) → Zhovkva → Nesterov (1951) → ZhovkvaZhovkvaZhovkva is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, north of Lviv. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion . The current estimated population is 13,500.-History:...
(1992)
Volyn
- Lutsk → Luchesk (1427) → Łuck (1569) → Lutsk (1795) → Mikhailogorod (1850) → Luck (1915) → Łuck (1919) → LutskLutskLutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
(1939)
Khmelnytsky
- Proskurov → KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi, UkraineKhmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
(1954)
Ivano-Frankivsk
- Stanisławów → Stanislaviv (1939) → Ivano-FrankivskIvano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
(1962)
Ternopil
- Tarnopol → TernopilTernopilTernopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...
(1939)
Uzhhorod
- Ungvar (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvar (1938) → UzhhorodUzhhorodUzhhorod or Uzhgorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast...
(1944)
Kirovohrad
- Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) → Kirovo (1934) → KirovohradKirovohradKirovohrad , formerly Yelisavetgrad, is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul River. It is a motorway junction. Pop. 239,400 ....
(1939)
Kherson
- Chapli → Askania (1828) → Askania NovaAskania-Nova (settlement)Askania-Nova is an urban type settlement in the Chaplynskyi Raion, Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, near the Askania-Nova biosphere reserve. It has a population of 3,475.-History:...
(1835) - Oleshky → Alioshki (1802) → Tsiurupynsk (1928)
- Ali-Agok → Skadovskoye (1894) → SkadovskSkadovskSkadovsk is a port city on the Black Sea in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Skadovsky Raion ....
(1933) - Holy → Golaya Pristan (1786) → Hola PrystanHola PrystanHola Prystan is a city in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. The Konka River flows through the city.-History:Golaya Pristan was founded in 1709....
(1923) - Geniczi → Genichesk (1784) → Henichesk (1923)
See also
- List of renamed cities in Belarus
- List of renamed cities in Moldova
- List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
External links
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