The administrations of three districts in Mykolaiv have spent over ₴700,000 on house number plates
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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14:47, 15 April, 2026
Street signs in Mykolaiv. Photo: NikVestiIn Mykolaiv, the administrations of three districts have spent over 700,000 hryvnias over three years on the manufacture and installation of new street signs.
This is stated in the response from the executive committee of Mykolaiv City Council to a request from NikVesti.
According to a decision by the executive committee of Mykolaiv City Council, the installation of signs bearing street names and house numbers falls within the remit of the district administrations. Meanwhile, in green areas, the municipal enterprise «Mykolaiv Parks» is responsible for installing the signs.
According to information from the administration of the Korabelnyi District of the Mykolaiv City Council, in 2025 they spent 296,862 hryvnias on the purchase and installation of address signs (89,267 hryvnias for manufacturing and 207,595 hryvnias for installation). However, the document does not specify either the number of address signs produced or the streets where they were installed. No work in this area is planned for 2026.
In the Central District, 451 address signs were produced between 2023 and 2025 at a cost of 147,566 hryvnias. 78,700 hryvnias were spent on their installation .
- 2023 — 130 address signs were produced at a cost of 39,000 hryvnias. A further 13,000 hryvnias was spent on installation.
- 2025 — 321 signs were produced at a cost of 108,566 hryvnias. 65,700 hryvnias were spent on installation.
In 2026, the administration commissioned the production of 180 address signs for 88,230 hryvnias.
Information on the purchase and installation of address signs for 2023 and 2025 (Central District)
Information on the purchase and installation of address signs for 2023 and 2025 (Central District)
Information on the purchase and installation of address signs for 2023 and 2025 (Central District)In the Zavodskyi District, 546 address signs were manufactured between 2023 and 2025 at a cost of 154,080 hryvnias. However, 674 signs were installed during this period, at a cost of 99,250 hryvnias.
2023
- Produced — 359 address signs at a cost of 71,080 hryvnias
- Installed — 359 signs at a cost of 49,900 hryvnias
2024
- Produced — 102 address signs at a cost of 25,500 hryvnias
- Installed — 102 signs at a cost of 12,750 hryvnias
2025
- Manufactured — 85 signs at a cost of 56,780 hryvnias
- Installed — 213 signs at a cost of 36,600 hryvnias
List of streets on which address signs were installed in 2023–2025 (Zavodskyi District)It should be noted that the standard design of address signs was approved in 2024 by Executive Committee Decision №1984 (amendments were made in 2025). The signs must be made of metal composite or galvanised metal.
Appearance of address signs approved by the Executive Committee’s decisionWe would like to remind you that residents of Mykolaiv must install signs with the new street names on private and multi-apartment buildings in the city themselves.
In February 2026, Mykolaiv City Council members supported the renaming of Komarova Street and Dmitry Ulyanov Street.
Renaming of place names in Mykolaiv
In April 2023, the Mykolaiv City Council adopted new regulations on the renaming of place names to remove all Russian names from the city. Following this, the parliamentary commission on legality approved a new version of the regulations governing the activities of the toponymy commission, which was responsible for renaming streets.
In particular, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych reported that a toponymy commission had been operating in the city, dealing with the renaming of streets, but its membership needed updating.
In August of that year, it emerged that the toponymic commission had never actually begun work. Due to the withdrawal of one of the candidates, city councillors had to renew the commission’s membership. At the session on 7 September, Mykolaiv City Council councillors approved the new membership of the toponymic commission. Major General Dmytro Marchenko was included, but with the note «subject to approval». It was Dmytro Marchenko’s name that was among those in whose honour Mykolaiv residents proposed renaming the city’s streets. The proposal was submitted by 32 respondents. However, the general himself opposed the idea.
In October 2023, the commission published the first proposals for renaming streets as part of the decolonisation process. In particular, Yurii Liubarov, head of the culture department at Mykolaiv City Council and a member of the toponymic commission, explained that Faleevska Street, named after the city’s first citizen, is not subject to the renaming law.
In January 2024, the toponymic commission completed its work in Mykolaiv — around 250 streets are set to be renamed. The commission’s chair, Oleksandr Tryhub, explained which streets will receive new names in accordance with modern Ukrainian spelling and historical context. In particular, among the central streets, new names will be given to Liahin Street, Pushkinska Street, Potemkinska Street and Admiral Makarov Street.
As part of the decolonisation process, the commission has also proposed renaming 40 streets after those who fell in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
In February, the language ombudsman Taras Kremin criticised the pace of renaming in the Mykolaiv region. He stated that it was the south that had once suffered most from Russification, yet the removal of Russian names from the region is proceeding very slowly.
As is known, the city’s district administrations are responsible for installing signs with the new street names within Mykolaiv.
This publication was produced within the framework of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) project “Strengthening Public Oversight,” with financial support from Norway. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the NGO “Mykolaiv Media Hub” and the online media outlet “NikVesti.” This material can in no way be considered as reflecting the views of IWPR or the Government of Norway.
