This is a list of streets renamed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Following the invasion, the One Philosophy consulting group together with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a campaign called "Ukraine Street", which calls on nations to change the name of the streets where Russian embassies or consulates are located. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the campaign part of an effort to "isolate Russia and de-Putinize the world."[1] In addition, Ukraine has been conducting a campaign of derussification, removing addresses associated with Russian and Soviet history, and replacing them with names associated with Ukrainian history. The most streets were renamed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1.011), Vinnytsia Oblast (912), Odesa Oblast (581) and Kharkiv Oblast (656). While in Ternopil Oblast (22), Lviv Oblast (12) and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (3) very few street needed/were renamed.[2]
The spokesperson of the local council of San Ġwann in Malta rejected proposals to rename Triq Antonio Schembri, where the Russian embassy is located, or any of the surrounding streets, citing the impact it would have on residents of the street in question, such as forcing them to change their ID cards, driving licences and bank details.[1]
The naming committee of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden, opposed calls to rename Gjörwellsgatan, where the Russian embassy in Stockholm is located, to "Zelenskygatan" ("Zelensky Street"). Its chairperson Olle Zetterberg cited the fact that streets in Stockholm usually aren't named after living people, and that there is no "good reason" to reject the current name.[3] Instead, a section of a nearby park was renamed "Fria Ukrainas plats" ("Free Ukraine Place"; see below).
The City Council of The Hague, Netherlands rejected proposals to rename Andries Bickerweg, where the Russian embassy is located, stating that street names should only be changed out of "extreme necessity in the context of findability and safety", while also citing costs, paperwork and possible objections.[4] In Zaandam, Netherlands some citizens changed certain street names by themselves by adding stickers on street signs, but these were removed.[5] The same happened in a street in Prague, in the Czech Republic.[6]
In Latvia, the renaming of 93 streets "glorifying the communist regime or russification policies" was proposed by the a group of historians of the Public Memory Center association. The surveyed municipalities conceptually did not object to the renaming, but cited associated difficulties and costs for residents and entrepreneurs located on these streets.[7]
Riga City Council renamed streets named after Soviet Latvian Lieutenant General, Soviet Russian author Valentin Pikul, Russian city Staraya Russa and Riga-born Soviet Russian mathematician Mstislav Keldysh.[8] Rēzekne Municipality renamed streets named after the Latvian communist activists Lidija Samuilova and Jānis Zvīdra, as well as the Pioneer movement.[9] Krāslava Municipality renamed streets named after the Bolshevik revolutionary Konstantin Eremeev, the Soviet Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, and the Soviet Russian horticulturist Ivan Michurin.[10] The choices of some new street names have stirred historical discussions between the residents of these streets, official institutions and historians.[11]
As a consequence of support to Ukraine from various countries, streets have also been renamed in Ukraine in their honor.[12]
| Country | City | Location | New name | Date | Status | Detail | Reference(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania | Tirana | Rruga Donika Kastrioti | Rruga Ukraina e Lirë (Free Ukraine Street) | 7 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Kosovan embassies. The Russian embassy moved out of the street in September 2022. | [13] [14] [15] | |
 Bulgaria | Sofia | Section of Dragan Tsankov Boulevard (Булевард Драган Цанков) | Aleya "Geroite na Ukraĭna" (Алея "Героите на Украйна"; Heroes of Ukraine Pathway) | September 9, 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy. | [16] [17] [18] | |
 Canada | Toronto | Section of St. Clair Avenue | Free Ukraine Square | 20 March 2022 | Honorary | The street runs by the Russian consulate general. | [19] | |
 Czech Republic | ||||||||
| Prague | Section of Korunovační | Ukrajinských hrdinů (Ukrainian Heroes) | 24 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy. | [20] | ||
| Prague | Bridge between Prague 6 and Prague 7 | Skakunův most (Skakun Bridge) | 24 March 2022 | Official | Previously unnamed bridge over a railway, between streets Ukrajinských hrdinů and the rest of Korunovační. | |||
 Estonia | Tallinn | Previously unnamed square in Lembitu park | Ukraina väljak (Ukraine Square) | 10 June 2022 | Official | [21] | ||
 France | ||||||||
| Cannes | Section of place du Commandant Maria | Place Taras Chevtchenko (Taras Shevchenko Square) | 16 May 2022 | Official | [22] | |||
| Paris | Garden outside the Petit Palais | Jardin de Kyiv – au Peuple ukrainien (Kyiv Garden – to the Ukrainian people) | 24 August 2022 | Official | The name notably uses the Ukrainian spelling (Kyiv) rather than the French spelling (Kiev), as the latter is identical to the city's name in Russian. | [23] | ||
 Germany | ||||||||
| Berlin-Lichtenberg | Previously unnamed square on Treskowallee, between Rheinsteinstraße and Ehrenfelsstraße | Odesaplatz (Odesa Square) | 16 January 2023 | Official | [24] | |||
| Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf | Previously unnamed green area on the intersection of Grunewaldstraße and Rothenburgstraße | Charkiw-Park (Kharkiv Park) | 24 October 2022 | Official | [25] | |||
 Iceland | Reykjavík | Corner of Garðastræti and Túngata | Kænugarður - Kýiv-torg (Kænugarður/Kyiv Square) | April 27, 2022 | Official | The square is located on the corner of Garðastræti and Túngata, amid a row of embassies, including Russia's. | [26] | |
 Latvia | Riga | Section of Antonijas iela | Ukrainas neatkarības iela (Ukrainian Independence Street) | 10 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy. | [27] | |
 Lithuania | Vilnius | Section of Latvių gatvė | Ukrainos Didvyrių gatvė (Ukrainian Heroes’ Street) | 10 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy. | [28] [29] | |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | Route nationale 3 | Boulevard de Kyiv (Kyiv Boulevard) | 18 August 2022 | Official | The new name notably uses the Ukrainian spelling (Kyiv) rather than the French spelling (Kiev), as the latter is identical to the city's name in Russian. | [30] | |
| Skopje | Part of ul. Nikola Kljusev (ул. „Никола Кљусев“) | Aleja na Ukraina („Алеја на Украина“; Ukraine Alley) | 12 September 2022 | Official | [31] | |||
 Norway | Oslo | Intersection on Drammensveien | Ukrainas plass (Ukraine Square) | 8 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy. | [32] | |
 Poland | ||||||||
| Gdańsk | Intersection of ul. Partyzantów and ul. Matki Polki | Skwer Bohaterskiego Mariupola (Heroic Mariupol Square) | 1 July 2022 | Official | The area in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district, not far from the Russian consulate general. | [33] [34] | ||
| Gdynia | Part of ul. Armii Krajowej | Plac Wolnej Ukrainy (Free Ukraine Place) | 28 April 2022 | Official | ||||
| Kraków | Part of plac Biskupi | Skwer Wolnej Ukrainy (Free Ukraine Square) | 12 July 2022 | Official | The square is located in front of the Russian consulate general. | [35] | ||
| Poznań | Near most Świętego Rocha, at the intersection of ul. Serafitek and ul. Trasa Kórnicka | Skweru Obrońców Ukrainy 2022 (Defenders of Ukraine 2022 Square) | 23 June 2022 | Official | ||||
| Warsaw | Pedestrian and bicycle path on ul. Belwederska, from ul. Bagatela to the intersection with ul. Spacerowa | Aleja Ofiar Rosyjskiej Agresji (Alley of Victims of Russian Aggression) | 20 November 2022 | Official | The alley is located in front of the Russian embassy. | [36] | ||
 Spain | Fuentes de Andalucía | Various | Various | 10 April 2022 | Temporary | For two weeks, the city was renamed Ucrania (Ukraine). Sixteen streets and plazas were renamed after Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Mariúpol, Jarkov, Jerson and Odesa, along with other areas in the world experiencing conflicts. | [37] [38] | |
 Sweden | Stockholm | Part of Mariebergsparken | Fria Ukrainas plats (Free Ukraine Place) | April 29, 2022 | Official | Located next to the Russian embassy in Stockholm. A bus stop close to the embassy, previously named Fyrverkarbacken, was also renamed Fria Ukrainas plats in June 2023. | [39] [40] [41] | |
| Vulytsya Mayakovsʹkoho (Вулиця Маяковського; Mayakovsky Street) | Vulytsya Borysa Dzhonsona (Вулиця Бориса Джонсона; Boris Johnson Street) | Not yet applied | Planned; issue ordered | Named in honor of Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, for his and the United Kingdom's help to Ukraine during the Russian invasion. | [42] | |||
| Kharkiv | Moskovsʹkyy prospekt (Московський проспект; Moscow Avenue) | Prospekt Heroyiv Kharkova (Проспект Героїв Харкова; Heroes of Kharkiv Avenue) | May 11, 2022 | Official | [43] [44] | |||
| Bilhorodsʹkyy uzviz (Білгородський узвіз; Belgorod Descent) | Vulytsya Heroyiv Ryatuvalʹnykiv (Вулиця Героїв Рятувальників; Heroes – Rescuers Street) | |||||||
| Bilhorodsʹke shose (Білгородське шосе; Belgorod Highway) | Kharkivsʹke shose (Харківське шосе; Kharkiv Highway) | |||||||
| Kyiv Darnytskyi District | Vulytsya Karla Marksa (Вулиця Карла Маркса; Karl Marx Street) | Vulytsya Yohanna Volʹfhanha Gete (Вулиця Йоганна Вольфганга Ґете; Johann Wolfgang Goethe Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | [45] | |||
| Kronshtadtsʹka vulytsya (Кронштадтська вулиця; Kronstadt Street) | Vulytsya Volodymyra Rybaka (Вулиця Володимира Рибака; Volodymyr Rybak Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Slavhorodsʹka vulytsya (Славгородська вулиця; Slavgorod Street) | Vulytsya Denysa Antipova (Вулиця Дениса Антіпова; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Holosiivskyi District | Zhyhulivsʹka vulytsya (Жигулівська вулиця; Zhiguli Street) | Beskydsʹka vulytsya (Бескидська вулиця; Beskyd Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Maykopsʹka vulytsya (Майкопська вулиця; Maykop Street) | Hetʹmansʹka vulytsya (Гетьманська вулиця; Hetman Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Burmystenka (Вулиця Бурмистенка; Burmystenko Street) | Orikhuvatsʹka vulytsya (Оріхуватська вулиця; Orikhuvatska Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Henerala Rodymtseva (Вулиця Генерала Родимцева; General Rodimtsev Street) | Вулиця Горіхуватський шлях (Orikhuvatskyi shlach Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Akademika Vilʹyamsa (Вулиця Академіка Вільямса; Street) | Vulytsya Stepana Rudnytsʹkoho (Вулиця Степана Рудницького; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Henerala Dovatora (Вулиця Генерала Доватора; General Dovator Street) | Vulytsya Kateryny Hrushevsʹkoyi (Вулиця Катерини Грушевської; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Akademika Kostycheva (Вулиця Академіка Костичева; Street) | Vulytsya Profesora Balinsʹkoho (Вулиця Професора Балінського; Professor Balinsky Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Smolʹnaya vulytsya (Смольная улица; Smolny Street) | Vulytsya Brativ Chuchupakiv (Вулиця Братів Чучупаків; Brothers Chuchupak Street; after Vasyl, and) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Amursʹka ploshcha (Амурська площа; Amur Square) | Vasylʹkivsʹka ploshcha (Васильківська площа; Vasylkiv Square) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Shevchenkivskyi District | Vulytsya Nekrasivsʹka (Вулиця Некрасівська; Nekrasov Street) | Vulytsya Ivana Dracha (Вулиця Івана Драча; Ivan Drach Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Pushkinsʹka (Вулиця Пушкінська; Pushkin Street) | Vulytsya Yevhena Chykalenka (Вулиця Євгена Чикаленка; Yevhen Chykalenko Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Muromsʹka vulytsya (Муромська вулиця; Murom Street) | Vulytsya Volodymyra Zhabotynsʹkoho (Вулиця Володимира Жаботинського; Volodymyr Zhabotynskyy Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Borysa Zhytkova (Вулиця Бориса Житкова; Boris Zhitkov Street) | Vulytsya Brativ Malakovyy (Улица Братьев Малаковых; Brothers Malakov Street; after and George Malakov) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Krasnodarsʹka vulytsya (Краснодарська вулиця; Krasnodar Street) | Vulytsya Goldy Meyir (Вулиця Ґолди Меїр; Golda Meir Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Chaplyhina (Вулиця Чаплигіна; Chaplygin Street) | Vulytsya Akademika Ivakhnenka (Вулиця Академіка Івахненка; Academic Ivakhnenko Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Provulok Chaplyhina (Провулок Чаплигіна; Chaplygin Lane) | Provulok Akademika Ivakhnenka (Провулок Академіка Івахненка; Academic Ivakhnenko Lane) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Dniprovskyi District | Astrakhansʹka vulytsya (Астраханська вулиця; Astrakhan Street) | Vulytsya Kastusya Kalynovsʹkoho (Вулиця Кастуся Калиновського; Kastusya Kalynovskyy Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Kyiv Desnianskyi District | Vulytsya Karla Marksa (Вулиця Карла Маркса; Karl Marx Street) | Vulytsya Oleksiya Kurinnoho (Вулиця Олексія Курінного; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Makarenka (Вулиця Макаренка; Makarenko Street) | Vulytsya Klymenta Kvitky (Вулиця Климента Квітки; Klyment Kvitka Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Solomianskyi District | Vulytsya Bahrationa (Вулиця Багратіона; Bagration Street) | Vulytsya Maksyma Levina (Вулиця Максима Левіна; Maks Levin Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Martyrosyana (Вулиця Мартиросяна; Martirosyan Street) | Vulytsya Serhiya Berehovoho (Вулиця Сергія Берегового; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Moskovsʹkyy provulok (Московський провулок; Moscow Lane) | Provulok Pavla Li (Провулок Павла Лі; Pavlo Lee Lane) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Podilskyi District | Brestsʹka vulytsya (Брестська вулиця; Brest Street) | Vulytsya Frantsyska Skoryny (Вулиця Франциска Скорини; Francysk Skaryna Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Odoyevsʹkoho (Вулиця Одоєвського; Odoevsky Street) | Vulytsya Bayrona (Вулиця Байрона; Byron Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Provulok Oleksandra Bestuzheva (Провулок Олександра Бестужева; Alexander Bestuzhev Lane) | Provulok Kuzʹmy Skryabina (Провулок Кузьми Скрябіна; Kuzma Skryabin Lane) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Svyatoshynskyi District | Vulytsya Henerala Vitruka (Вулиця Генерала Вітрука; General Vitruk Street) | Vulytsya Aviakonstruktora (Вулиця Авіаконструктора; Aviakonstrukturska Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Bulʹvar Romena Rollana (Бульвар Ромена Роллана; Romain Rolland Boulevard) | Bulʹvar Zhulya Verna (Бульвар Жуля Верна; Jules Verne Boulevard) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Harshyna (Вулиця Гаршина; Garshin Street) | Vulytsya Vasylya Stefanyka (Вулиця Василя Стефаника; Vasyl Stefanyk Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Zholudyeva (Вулиця Жолудєва; Zholudev Street) | Vulytsya Oleksandra Makhova (Вулиця Олександра Махова; Oleksandr Makhov Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Kulibina (Вулиця Кулібіна; Kulibin Street) | Vulytsya Rene Dekarta (Вулиця Рене Декарта; René Descartes Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Petra Chaadayeva (Вулиця Петра Чаадаєва; Pyotr Chaadayev Street) | Vulytsya Dmytra Chyzhevsʹkoho (Вулиця Дмитра Чижевського; Dmytro Chyzhevsky Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Feodora Pushyna (Вулиця Феодора Пушина; Fedora Pushina Street) | Vulytsya Oresta Vaskula (Вулиця Ореста Васкула; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Ploshcha Heroyiv Bresta (Площа Героїв Бреста; Heroes of Brest Square) | Chornobayivsʹka ploshcha (Чорнобаївська площа; Chornobaivska Square) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Yakutsʹka vulytsya (Якутська вулиця; Yakutska Street) | Vulytsya Rodyny Bunge (Вулиця Родини Бунґе; Bunge Family Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Obolonskyi District | Vulytsya Marshala Tymoshenka (Вулиця Маршала Тимошенка; Marshal Timoshenko Street) | Vulytsya Levka Luk'yanenka (Вулиця Левка Лук'яненка; Levko Lukianenko Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Novykova-Pryboya (Вулиця Новикова-Прибоя; Novikov-Priboy Street) | Vulytsya Iryny Zhylenko (Вулиця Ірини Жиленко; Iryna Zhylenko Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Klary Tsetkin (Вулиця Клари Цеткін; Clara Zetkin Street) | Vulytsya Dniprovoyi Chayky (Вулиця Дніпрової Чайки; Dniprova Chayka Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Kyiv Pecherskyi District | Vulytsya Hlazunova (Вулиця Глазунова; Glazunov Street) | Vulytsya Dmytra Hodzenka (Вулиця Дмитра Годзенка; Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | ||||
| Vulytsya Lizy Chaykinoyi (Вулиця Лізи Чайкіної; Liza Chaikina Street) | Vulytsya Oleny Stepaniv (Вулиця Олени Степанів; Olena Stepaniv Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Oleksandra Matrosova (Вулиця Олександра Матросова; Alexander Matrosov Street) | Vulytsya Henerala Kulʹchytsʹkoho (Вулиця Генерала Кульчицького; General Kulchytskyi Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
| Vulytsya Chyhorina (Вулиця Чигоріна; Chigorin Street) | Vulytsya Dmytra Doroshenka (Вулиця Дмитра Дорошенка; Dmytro Doroshenko Street) | 28 October 2022 | Official | |||||
 United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Harlow | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue – Zelenskyy Avenue | 21 July 2023 | Official | [46] | |||
| London | Section of Bayswater Road | Kyiv Road | 24 February 2023 | Honorary | The section of the road is opposite the Russian embassy. | [47] | ||
| New York City, NY | Corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue | Ukrainian Way | 24 August 2022 | Official | [48] |