Ukraine to Rename 103 Local Courts, Including 3 in Mykolaiv Region

Ukraine plans to rename 103 local courts, including three in Mykolaiv region. The initiative is aimed at bringing the names of the courts in line with the current administrative and territorial structure.

This is evidenced by the decision of the Legal Policy Committee.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has received recommendations to rename 103 local general courts across the country, including three courts in Mykolaiv region.

Draft Law No. 12351, which provides for the renaming, was registered in the Parliament in January 2025. The bill was initiated by Denys Maslov, Chairman of the Legal Policy Committee. The changes cover the courts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, as well as judicial institutions in 17 regions of Ukraine, including Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipro, and Kharkiv.

In Mykolaiv region, the following institutions are being renamed:

• The Leninsky District Court of Mykolaiv will become the Ingulsky District Court;
• The Yuzhnoukrainskyi City Court will become the Yuzhnoukrainskyi Court;
• Zhovtnevyi District Court will change its name to Vitovskyi District Court.

Changes are also planned in neighboring regions: eight courts in Odesa and three in Kherson. The renaming is part of an overall strategy to modernize Ukraine's judicial system.

In Mykolaiv, the register of place names was updated to reflect the list of existing names to simplify notarial procedures and optimize the work of specialists. This solution avoids confusion and saves time in the process of paperwork.

Earlier, members of the city council renamed 49 streets and alleys to eliminate duplication of names and honor the memory of the fallen defenders of Ukraine. The new place names were given to prominent Mykolaiv residents and soldiers who defended the country's independence.

Also last year, the NGO Decolonization.Ukraine updated the list of monuments that, in their opinion, should be dismantled as part of decommunization. The list includes monuments to the "Fighters for the Power of the Soviets," the Leninist Komsomol, Admiral Makarov, Mykola Lyagin in Mykolaiv, and Suvorov in Ochakiv.

Анна Бальчінос