25 settlements are being prepared to be decolonized in southern Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is preparing to consider a package of bills on renaming 185 settlements as part of a large-scale process of decolonization and decommunization of Ukraine, including 25 in the southern regions.

This was announced by Roman Lozynsky, chairman of the subcommittee on decolonization.

According to him, 166 renamings are being carried out in accordance with the law on decolonization, which prohibits names glorifying Russian figures, the empire or Soviet totalitarianism, and most of the proposals for new names came from local governments.

Another 19 names were initiated by local communities on their own under the general procedure. The vast majority of new names are historical names, neutral or emphasizing national identity. The parliamentary committee is expected to submit the relevant resolutions to the Verkhovna Rada in the near future. After the vote, the new names will come into effect in accordance with the parliamentary decision.

Mykolaiv region - 10 settlements in 4 districts:

Bashtanka district:

• Volna village → Khvylya village
• Rodnyky village → Zatyshne village

Voznesensky district:

• Nadezhdivka village → Nadiia village
• Timiryazevka village → Myroliubivske village
• Yurivka village → village Yurivka

Mykolaiv district:

• Gurivka village → village Gurivka
• Luch village → Promin village
• Novoyurivka village → village Novoyurivka
• Pervomaiske village → Zavodske village

Pervomaiskyi district:

• Syniukhin Brid village → Syniushyn Brid village

Odesa region - 7 settlements in 5 districts:

Berezovsky district:

• Polino-Osypenkove village → Brashevanivka village

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district:

• Nadezhda village → Nadezhda village

Bolhradskyi district:

• Nadezhdivka village → village Nadiia
• Yurivka village → village Yurivka

Podilskyi district:

• Yanovka village → Yanovka village

Rozdilnyansky district:

• Olzhynove village → village Olzhynove
• Polezne village → village Male Hrosulove

Kherson region - 8 settlements in 4 districts:

Beryslavskyi rayon:

• Pervomaiske village → village Solnechne
• Chervona Liudmylivka village → village Liudmylivka

Genichesk district:

• Zmazhannia village → Urozhayne village
• village Muraveinyk → village Murashnyk
• village Pershotravneve → village Khliborobne

Kakhovka district:

• Skvortsivka village → Zolotove village

Kherson district:

• Nadezhdivka village → Nadezhdivka village
• Chaikino village → Chaichino village

Intent wrote that activists of the NGO "Decolonization.Ukraine" updated the map with the number of streets that they believe should be renamed, counting 207 in Odesa region. For comparison, the number of such streets in Mykolaiv region was 73 compared to 111 a week ago, and in Kherson region - 66 compared to 94. However, in June 2024, there were 581 such streets in Odesa region, while in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions there were 407 and 156 non-decolonized streets, respectively.

Ірина Глухова