The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 49 of January 17, 2025 “On the Renaming of Certain Geographic Objects” in the temporarily occupied Crimea renamed 22 geographical objects. Thus, the historical Crimean Tatar names were returned to most of them.

About this notifiesRepresentation of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The Representation, together with the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, actively participated in the work on the draft resolution by participating in working consultations with the involvement of interested parties, agreeing on the list of objects for which renaming in accordance with the requirements of the legislation was proposed and conducted additional communications.

The renaming took place within the framework of the Law of Ukraine “On Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and Decolonization of Toponymy”. In total, this decree renamed more than a hundred geographical objects throughout the territory of Ukraine.

Full list of renames in Crimea:

Avroivka tract on the Bashbek tract;

Artemivka beam on Toka beam;

Bagrationovo tract on Konrat tract;

Vorontsivka River to Kuchuk-Chatyrlyk River;

Kirovskoye railway station to Islam-Terek railway station;

The Krasnogvardeysk canal to the Kurmansk canal, its Krasnohvardy branch to the Kurmansk branch;

Krasnopartizansk railway station to Borangar railway station;

Krasnoperekopsk railway station to Yana Kapu railway station;

Krasnopolotske railway station to Ichki railway station;

Krasnoplotskoe tract on the Kainash tract;

Kutuzov fountain at the source of Xungu Su;

Laso tract on Kirmachi tract;

Lomonosove tract on the Bay-Kogenli tract;

Predovoe tract to Tup-Tarkhan tract;

Polyushkino tract on Burchi tract;

The beam of Polushkin on the beam of Burchi;

Pravdyne tract on Ak-Tash tract;

Pyatyrichka tract on the Kopiyka tract;

Suvorovsky Oak on Oak “Four Brothers”;

Red stone on Kyzyl-Tash;

Chkalove tract on Biiuk-Kardzhav tract.

“Decolonization, in particular the decolonization of place names, is an important part of the Ukrainian policy of memory, and the return of historical names in Crimea is directly related to ensuring the rights of indigenous peoples of Ukraine,” the delegation said in a statement.