List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016
According to the Law of Ukraine No. 317-VIII "About condemning Communist and National-Socialist 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
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 4 February 2016, entered into force on 18 February 2016
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 17 March 2016, entered into force on 2 April 2016
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 12 May 2016, did not enter into force yet
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 12 May 2016, entered into force on 22 May 2016
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016
- Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , adopted 19 May 2016, entered into force on 3 June 2016
- underlined centers of regions
- bold marked centers of districts
- italic marked centers of united territorial communities
Administrative units
Regions (oblasts)
Since the regions' names in Ukraine are prescribed in the Constitution, renaming changes should be made to the Constitution first.| Old name | Status | New name | References |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Constitutional Court Rule | Sicheslav Oblast | |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Constitutional Court Rule | Kropyvnytskyi Oblast |
Districts (raions)
| Old name | Region/AR Crimea | New name | References |
| Kirovske district | AR Crimea | İslâm Terek district | 1352-VIII |
| Krasnohvardiiske district | AR Crimea | Qurman district | 1352-VIII |
| Krasnoperekopsk district | AR Crimea | Perekop district | 1352-VIII |
| Lenine district | AR Crimea | Yedi Quyu district | 1352-VIII |
| Sovietskyi district | AR Crimea | İçki district | 1352-VIII |
Cities, villages
[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]
As of November 2018, Autonomous Republic of Crimea is still administered by 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
- 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]
[Kiev]
- no places to rename
[Kiev Oblast]