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List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016

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According to the Law of Ukraine № 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.

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Regions (oblasts)

Since the regions' names in Ukraine are prescribed in the Constitution, renaming changes should be made to the Constitution first.

Districts (raions)

Some districts are still pending changes under the Law that (as of 3 June 2016) :

  • Kominternivske district of Odesa region
  • Kirovohrad district of Kropyvnytskyi region

    • Autonomous Republic of Crimea

    As of January 2017, Autonomous Republic of Crimea is still occupied by Russian Federation.

    The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally displaced persons (Ukrainian: Міністерство з питань тимчасово окупованих територій та внутрішньо переміщених осіб України) 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

    • Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

  • no places to rename

    • Kiev

  • no places to rename (there's no other settlements subordinated to Kiev City Council except of the City of Kiev)

    • References

    List of Ukrainian toponyms that were changed as part of decommunization in 2016 Wikipedia
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