Київ
Kyiv
Kyiv
Usage
Capital of Ukraine, a city of about 3 million on both banks of the Dnipro and the country's main rail and metro hub
Запоріжжя
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia
Usage
Industrial city on the Dnipro in the southeast, home to Khortytsia Island and a large hydroelectric dam
Кривий Ріг
Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih
Usage
Iron-ore mining city in Dnipropetrovsk oblast that stretches about 120 km, one of Europe's longest cities
Миколаїв
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Usage
Shipbuilding city in the south at the mouth of the Southern Buh, roughly midway between Odesa and Kherson
Вінниця
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Usage
Regional capital on the Southern Buh in central Ukraine, about 2.5 hours from Kyiv by train, known for its river fountain show
Полтава
Poltava
Poltava
Usage
Regional capital on the Kyiv–Kharkiv line, site of the 1709 Battle of Poltava
Чернігів
Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Usage
Ancient city about 140 km north of Kyiv with several surviving 11th–12th-century Rus churches
Черкаси
Cherkasy
Cherkasy
Usage
Regional capital on the Dnipro reservoir in central Ukraine, a base for visiting Kaniv and Uman
Житомир
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Usage
Regional capital about 140 km west of Kyiv, home to a cosmonautics museum built around rocket designer Korolov's birthplace
Суми
Sumy
Sumy
Usage
Regional capital in the northeast near the Russian border, on the Psel River about 180 km north of Kharkiv
Хмельницький
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi
Usage
Regional capital on the Southern Buh, called Proskuriv until 1954; the rail and bus gateway to Kamianets-Podilskyi
Чернівці
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi
Usage
Regional capital of Bukovyna in the southwest, formerly Czernowitz, home to the UNESCO-listed former Metropolitans' Residence
Рівне
Rivne
Rivne
Usage
Regional capital in the northwest on the Kyiv–Lviv corridor, near Klevan and its Tunnel of Love
Івано-Франківськ
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Usage
Regional capital in the west and the gateway to the Carpathians; called Stanislav until 1962
Тернопіль
Ternopil
Ternopil
Usage
Regional capital in the west with a lake in the city centre, a base for visiting Pochaiv Lavra
Луцьк
Lutsk
Lutsk
Usage
Regional capital of Volyn in the northwest, with the 14th-century Lubart's Castle in its old town
Ужгород
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod
Usage
Regional capital of Zakarpattia at Ukraine's western tip, on the Slovak border, known for its cherry-blossom avenue
Мукачево
Mukachevo
Mukachevo
Usage
City in Zakarpattia below the hilltop Palanok Castle; known in Hungarian as Munkács
Кропивницький
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi
Usage
Central regional capital renamed from Kirovohrad in 2016; the oblast is still officially called Kirovohrad oblast
Кам'янське
Kamianske
Kamianske
Usage
Industrial city about 35 km northwest of Dnipro, renamed from Dniprodzerzhynsk in 2016
Херсон
Kherson
Kherson
Usage
Regional capital on the lower Dnipro in the south, near the river's Black Sea outlet and about 60 km from Mykolaiv
Дрогобич
Drohobych
Drohobych
Usage
City in Lviv oblast with the UNESCO-listed wooden church of St George, adjoining the spa town of Truskavets
Трускавець
Truskavets
Truskavets
Usage
Spa town in Lviv oblast known for its Naftusia mineral water, about 2 hours from Lviv by train
Коломия
Kolomyia
Kolomyia
Usage
Town in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast with the Pysanka (Easter egg) Museum, a gateway to the Hutsul region
Умань
Uman
Uman
Usage
Town in Cherkasy oblast known for Sofiyivka Park and as a Hasidic Jewish pilgrimage destination
Біла Церква
Bila Tserkva
Bila Tserkva
Usage
City about 80 km south of Kyiv, home to the large Oleksandriia landscape park
Кам'янець-Подільський
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Usage
Historic town in Khmelnytskyi oblast, its old town ringed by the Smotrych river canyon and a medieval fortress
Канів
Kaniv
Kaniv
Usage
Town on the Dnipro in Cherkasy oblast where the national poet Shevchenko is buried on Chernecha Hora
Яремче
Yaremche
Yaremche
Usage
Carpathian resort town in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, known for the Prut waterfall and its craft market
Буковель
Bukovel
Bukovel
Usage
Ukraine's largest ski resort in the Carpathians, about 2 hours by car from Ivano-Frankivsk
Рахів
Rakhiv
Rakhiv
Usage
Mountain town in Zakarpattia, the highest town in Ukraine, near a marker for the geographical centre of Europe
Почаїв
Pochaiv
Pochaiv
Usage
Town in Ternopil oblast whose hilltop Pochaiv Lavra is Ukraine's second-most important Orthodox pilgrimage site
Київська область
Kyivska oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Usage
Oblast surrounding the city of Kyiv, containing Bucha, Irpin, Bila Tserkva and Pereiaslav
Львівська область
Lvivska oblast
Lviv Oblast
Usage
Western oblast on the Polish border, containing Lviv, Drohobych and Truskavets
Одеська область
Odeska oblast
Odesa Oblast
Usage
Southwestern Black Sea oblast bordering Moldova and Romania and reaching the Danube delta
Закарпатська область
Zakarpatska oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast
Usage
Ukraine's westernmost oblast beyond the Carpathians, bordering Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland
Галичина
Halychyna
Halychyna (Galicia)
Usage
Historical region of western Ukraine (Galicia), covering Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts
Буковина
Bukovyna
Bukovyna
Usage
Historical region in the southwest corresponding to Chernivtsi oblast; its southern half lies in Romania
Волинь
Volyn
Volyn
Usage
Historical region in the northwest around Lutsk and Rivne, known for its lakes and forests
Слобожанщина
Slobozhanshchyna
Slobozhanshchyna
Usage
Historical region in the northeast around Kharkiv and Sumy
Міжнародний аеропорт «Бориспіль»
Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Boryspil
Boryspil International Airport
Usage
Ukraine's largest international airport (KBP), about 29 km east of central Kyiv; civilian flights suspended since 2022
Міжнародний аеропорт «Київ» імені Ігоря Сікорського
Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Kyiv imeni Ihoria Sikorskoho
Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)
Usage
Kyiv's second airport in the city's southwest, commonly called Zhuliany (IEV); civilian flights suspended since 2022
Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького
Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Lviv imeni Danyla Halytskoho
Lviv International Airport
Usage
International airport (LWO) about 6 km southwest of central Lviv; civilian flights suspended since 2022
Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса»
Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Odesa
Odesa International Airport
Usage
International airport (ODS) about 7 km southwest of central Odesa; civilian flights suspended since 2022
Міжнародний аеропорт «Харків»
Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Kharkiv
Kharkiv International Airport
Usage
International airport (HRK) about 10 km south of central Kharkiv; civilian flights suspended since 2022
Київ-Пасажирський
Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi (Kyiv Central Station)
Usage
Kyiv's central railway station, linked to Vokzalna metro on Line 1, where most long-distance trains depart
Дарниця
Darnytsia
Darnytsia
Usage
Railway station on Kyiv's left bank where eastbound long-distance trains stop; closer than the central station for left-bank stays
Львів-Головний
Lviv-Holovnyi
Lviv-Holovnyi (Lviv Main Station)
Usage
Lviv's main station in a 1904 art nouveau building; trams 1 and 9 reach the old town in about 15 minutes
Харків-Пасажирський
Kharkiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Kharkiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Usage
Kharkiv's main railway station, connected to the Pivdennyi Vokzal metro station
Одеса-Головна
Odesa-Holovna
Odesa-Holovna
Usage
Odesa's main station beside the Pryvoz market, about 15 minutes on foot from Derybasivska street
Дніпро-Головний
Dnipro-Holovnyi
Dnipro-Holovnyi
Usage
Dnipro's main station at the western end of the city's main avenue, Yavornytskoho Prospekt
Запоріжжя-1
Zaporizhzhia-1
Zaporizhzhia-1
Usage
Zaporizhzhia's main station near the city centre, the access point for Khortytsia Island
Полтава-Київська
Poltava-Kyivska
Poltava-Kyivska
Usage
The more central of Poltava's two stations, served by fast trains between Kyiv and Kharkiv
Чоп
Chop
Chop
Usage
Border station in Zakarpattia next to Hungary and Slovakia, with international trains toward Budapest
Ковель
Kovel
Kovel
Usage
Rail junction in Volyn oblast with cross-border trains toward Chełm in Poland
Козятин
Koziatyn
Koziatyn
Usage
Rail junction in Vinnytsia oblast where the line from Kyiv splits toward Lviv and Odesa
Здолбунів
Zdolbuniv
Zdolbuniv
Usage
Rail junction in Rivne oblast where travellers change between the Lviv and Volyn lines
Хрещатик
Khreshchatyk
Khreshchatyk
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 1 station under the main street Khreshchatyk, with a transfer to Maidan Nezalezhnosti on Line 2
Майдан Незалежності
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station directly under Independence Square, with a transfer to Khreshchatyk on Line 1
Вокзальна
Vokzalna
Vokzalna
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 1 station connected directly to the Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi central railway station
Театральна
Teatralna
Teatralna
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 1 station near the National Opera, with a transfer to Zoloti Vorota on Line 3
Золоті ворота
Zoloti Vorota
Zoloti Vorota
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station named after the Golden Gate above it, known for its mosaic-lined hall
Університет
Universytet
Universytet
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 1 station facing Shevchenko University's red building, the botanical garden and Shevchenko Park
Арсенальна
Arsenalna
Arsenalna
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station 105.5 m below ground, the world's deepest metro station, serving Pechersk and the Lavra
Палац спорту
Palats Sportu
Palats Sportu
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station at the Sports Palace, with a transfer to Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv on Line 2
Печерська
Pecherska
Pecherska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station in the government quarter of Pechersk, within walking distance of the Lavra
Звіринецька
Zvirynetska
Zvirynetska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station renamed from Druzhby Narodiv in 2023, near the national botanical garden
Видубичі
Vydubychi
Vydubychi
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station next to an intercity bus terminal and a suburban rail platform
Площа Українських Героїв
Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv
Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station renamed from Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho in 2023, with a transfer to Palats Sportu on Line 3
Олімпійська
Olimpiiska
Olimpiiska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station directly at the Olimpiiskyi National Sports Complex
Палац «Україна»
Palats Ukraina
Palats Ukraina
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station serving the Ukraina Palace concert hall
Либідська
Lybidska
Lybidska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station in a southern office district surrounded by large shopping centres
Деміївська
Demiivska
Demiivska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station beside a bus terminal used by intercity coaches heading south
Теремки
Teremky
Teremky
Usage
Southern terminus of Kyiv Metro Line 2, near the highway and coach stops for the Odesa direction
Контрактова площа
Kontraktova Ploshcha
Kontraktova Ploshcha
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station in the heart of the historic Podil district, near the lower end of Andriivskyi Descent
Поштова площа
Poshtova Ploshcha
Poshtova Ploshcha
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station on the Dnipro embankment, next to the lower station of the funicular up the hill
Почайна
Pochaina
Pochaina
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station renamed from Petrivka in 2018, an interchange with suburban trains
Оболонь
Obolon
Obolon
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 2 station at the centre of the riverside residential district of Obolon
Героїв Дніпра
Heroiv Dnipra
Heroiv Dnipra
Usage
Northern terminus of Kyiv Metro Line 2, with onward buses to Vyshhorod and the northern suburbs
Лук'янівська
Lukianivska
Lukianivska
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station in the Lukianivka district of northwestern Kyiv, close to a permanent market
Дорогожичі
Dorohozhychi
Dorohozhychi
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 3 station, the closest stop to the Babyn Yar memorial and the TV tower
Гідропарк
Hidropark
Hidropark
Usage
Kyiv Metro Line 1 station on a Dnipro island, busy in summer with the city beaches
Софійський собор
Sofiiskyi sobor
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Usage
11th-century cathedral in central Kyiv, a UNESCO site preserving original mosaics and frescoes, with a climbable bell tower
Києво-Печерська лавра
Kyievo-Pecherska lavra
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Usage
11th-century monastery in Kyiv's Pechersk district, a UNESCO site whose underground caves hold the remains of monks
Михайлівський Золотоверхий монастир
Mykhailivskyi Zolotoverkhyi monastyr
St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
Usage
Blue-and-gold monastery on Mykhailivska Square opposite St Sophia, demolished in the 1930s and rebuilt in 1999
Андріївський узвіз
Andriivskyi uzviz
Andriivskyi Descent
Usage
Cobbled street descending from St Andrew's Church to Podil, lined with souvenir and art stalls and the Bulgakov museum
Володимирський собор
Volodymyrskyi sobor
St Volodymyr's Cathedral
Usage
19th-century cathedral on Shevchenko Boulevard in central Kyiv, its interior covered in period murals
Маріїнський палац
Mariinskyi palats
Mariinskyi Palace
Usage
18th-century baroque palace in Pechersk next to the Verkhovna Rada, the president's ceremonial residence
Мати-Україна
Maty-Ukraina
Motherland Monument (Mother Ukraine)
Usage
102 m titanium statue in Pechersk, renamed from Batkivshchyna-Maty in 2023
Бабин Яр
Babyn Yar
Babyn Yar
Usage
Ravine in northwestern Kyiv, site of the 1941 massacre and now a memorial; nearest metro is Dorohozhychi
Національна опера України
Natsionalna opera Ukrainy
National Opera of Ukraine
Usage
1901 theatre on Volodymyrska Street in central Kyiv; nearest metro is Teatralna
Труханів острів
Trukhaniv ostriv
Trukhaniv Island
Usage
Dnipro island opposite Podil, reached by a pedestrian bridge, with sandy beaches and walking paths
Пирогів
Pyrohiv
Pyrohiv Open-Air Museum
Usage
Open-air museum of folk architecture on Kyiv's southern outskirts, with wooden houses and churches moved from across Ukraine
Київський фунікулер
Kyivskyi funikuler
Kyiv Funicular
Usage
Funicular opened in 1905 linking Poshtova Square by the river with Mykhailivska Square on the hill in about two minutes
Площа Ринок
Ploshcha Rynok
Rynok Square
Usage
Central square of Lviv's UNESCO-listed old town, ringed by Renaissance merchant houses and a town hall with a climbable tower
Львівський театр опери та балету
Lvivskyi teatr opery ta baletu
Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre
Usage
1900 theatre standing at the north end of Svobody Avenue in central Lviv
Високий замок
Vysokyi Zamok
High Castle
Usage
Hilltop park northeast of Lviv's old town; little of the castle survives but the summit gives a full view of the city
Личаківський цвинтар
Lychakivskyi tsvyntar
Lychakiv Cemetery
Usage
Historic 18th-century cemetery in eastern Lviv, its sculpture-lined avenues forming an open-air museum
Собор Святого Юра
Sobor Sviatoho Yura
St George's Cathedral
Usage
18th-century baroque cathedral on a hill in western Lviv, the seat of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Потьомкінські сходи
Potomkinski skhody
Potemkin Stairs
Usage
192-step stairway in central Odesa connecting Prymorskyi Boulevard with the port
Дерибасівська
Derybasivska
Derybasivska Street
Usage
Odesa's main pedestrian street in the city centre, lined with cafés and restaurants
Одеський театр опери та балету
Odeskyi teatr opery ta baletu
Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre
Usage
Neo-baroque theatre of 1887 in central Odesa, about five minutes' walk from the Potemkin Stairs
Кам'янець-Подільська фортеця
Kamianets-Podilska fortetsia
Kamianets-Podilskyi Fortress
Usage
Medieval fortress on a rock inside the Smotrych river canyon, linked to the old town by a stone bridge
Хотинська фортеця
Khotynska fortetsia
Khotyn Fortress
Usage
Medieval fortress on the Dniester in Chernivtsi oblast, about 20 km from Kamianets-Podilskyi
Чернівецький національний університет
Chernivetskyi natsionalnyi universytet
Chernivtsi University (former Metropolitans' Residence)
Usage
The 1882 former Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Chernivtsi, a UNESCO site open to visitors
Софіївський парк
Sofiivskyi park
Sofiyivka Park
Usage
English landscape park laid out in 1796 in Uman, with paths past waterfalls, grottoes and an underground channel
Хортиця
Khortytsia
Khortytsia
Usage
The largest island on the Dnipro, inside Zaporizhzhia; regarded as the cradle of the Cossacks and home to a history museum
Мукачівський замок «Паланок»
Mukachivskyi zamok Palanok
Palanok Castle
Usage
14th-century hilltop castle overlooking Mukachevo, the best-known sight in Zakarpattia
Говерла
Hoverla
Hoverla
Usage
Ukraine's highest peak at 2,061 m, in the Chornohora range inside the Carpathian National Nature Park
Синевир
Synevyr
Synevyr
Usage
Mountain lake at about 989 m in Zakarpattia, the centrepiece of a national nature park surrounded by beech forest
Львів
Lviv
Lviv
Usage
The main city of western Ukraine's Galicia; its old town is UNESCO-listed and it is known for its café culture and opera house
Одеса
Odesa
Odesa
Usage
Ukraine's largest Black Sea port, known for the Potemkin Stairs and its opera house; spelled Одеса in Ukrainian, unlike the Russian Одесса
Харків
Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Usage
Ukraine's second-largest city, in the northeast; capital from 1919 to 1934, with its vast Freedom Square and a concentration of universities
Дніпро
Dnipro
Dnipro
Usage
Industrial city on the middle Dnipro, renamed from Dnipropetrovsk in 2016; the same word is also the river's name, so context tells them apart
Карпати
Karpaty
Carpathian Mountains
Usage
The mountain range across western Ukraine, including its highest peak Hoverla; Bukovel and Yaremche are the bases for summer hiking and winter skiing
Андріївська церква
Andriivska tserkva
St Andrew's Church
Usage
18th-century baroque church at the top of Kyiv's Andriivskyi Descent, designed by Rastrelli, with a terrace looking down over the Podil district
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