Editing Dnipro (section)

==== 2014 to 2022 ====
{{See also|2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine}}
[[File:Пам’ятник Леніну В.І. Калініна просп., 47 Перед палацом культури металургів ім. Ілліча.jpg|thumb|[[Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine|A destroyed monument to]] [[Vladimir Lenin]] on Dnipro's [[Mikhail Kalinin|Kalinin]] Avenue (now Prospekt [[Serhiy Nigoyan]]) in October 2014.]]
Dnipropetrovsk remained relatively quiet during the [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]], with pro-Russian Federation protestors outnumbered by those opposing outside intervention.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ukrinform.ua/rus/news/v_dnepropetrovske_sostoyalis_dva_mitinga_za_i_protiv_novoy_vlasti_1608502 |script-title=ru:В Днепропетровске состоялись два митинга: за и против новой власти |trans-title=Two meetings took place in Dnepropetrovsk: for and against the new government |language=ru |publisher=ukrinform.ua |date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305021021/http://www.ukrinform.ua/rus/news/v_dnepropetrovske_sostoyalis_dva_mitinga_za_i_protiv_novoy_vlasti_1608502 |archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Olga Rudenko, Special for USA TODAY">{{cite web |author=Rudenko |first=Olga |date=14 March 2014 |title=In East Ukraine, fear of Putin, anger at Kiev |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/14/ukraine-crimea-referendum/6319183/ |access-date=28 November 2014 |work=USA Today}}</ref> In March 2014 the city's Lenin Square was renamed "Heroes of Independence Square" in honor of [[Maidan casualties|the people killed]] during [[Euromaidan]].<ref name="Olga Rudenko, Special for USA TODAY" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/ukraine-day-after_783577.html |title=Ukraine: the Day After |publisher=Weeklystandard.com |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617101811/http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/ukraine-day-after_783577.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[List of statues of Vladimir Lenin|statue of Lenin]] on the square was removed.<ref name="Olga Rudenko, Special for USA TODAY" /><ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2014 |title=Пам'ятник Леніну у Дніпропетровську остаточно перетворили в купу каміння |trans-title=Monument to Lenin in Dnipropetrovsk finally turned into a pile of stones |url=http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/sche-odnogo-lenyna-zvalili-v-dnypropetrovsku-363832.html |access-date=28 November 2014 |work=ТСН.ua |language=uk}}</ref> In June 2014 another Lenin monument was removed and replaced by a monument to the [[Ukrainian military]] fighting the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/lenin-statue-toppled-ukrainian-city-164726860.html |title=Lenin Statue Toppled in Ukrainian City of Dnipropetrovsk |work=Yahoo News Singapore |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 June 2014 |title=Another monument to Lenin was dismantled in Dnipropetrovsk |trans-title=У Дніпропетровську демонтували черговий пам'ятник Леніну |url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/06/27/7030344/ |access-date=28 November 2014 |publisher=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=uk}}</ref>

[[File:Mem ATO Dnipro.jpg|thumb|Memorial to the victims of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Russian-Ukrainian War]] ([[Joint Forces Operation (Ukraine)|ATO zone]]) in Dnipro's city centre in 2018.]]
To comply with the [[decommunization in Ukraine|2015 decommunization law]] the city was renamed ''Dnipro'' in May 2016, after the river that flows through the city.<ref name="drbvr" /><ref name="decommupbbcU" /> By summer 2016 not only was the city renamed, but so were more than 350 streets, alleys, driveways, squares and parks.<ref name="dnipraDnipro49182" /> For example, [[Karl Marx]] Avenue, the main street, was renamed [[Dmytro Yavornytsky|Yavornytskyi]] Avenue in honour of the once neglected city and cossack historian.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2016 |title=У Дніпропетровську перейменували центральний проспект та ще кілька вулиць |trans-title=In Dnipropetrovsk renamed Central Avenue and several streets |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/326519.html |access-date= |website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]] |language=uk}}</ref> This was 12 per cent of all of the city's [[Toponymy|toponymies]].<ref name="dnipraDnipro49182" /> Five of [[Administrative divisions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast|the eight]] [[Urban districts of Ukraine|urban district]]s of the city received new names.<ref name="dnipraDnipro49182">{{cite web |title=Чому і як перейменували райони Дніпра: цікаві факти |trans-title=Why and how the districts of Dnipro were renamed: interesting facts |url=https://dniprograd.org/2016/09/08/chomu-i-yak-pereymenuvali-rayoni-dnipra-tsikavi-fakti_49182 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909193757/http://dniprograd.org/2016/09/08/chomu-i-yak-pereymenuvali-rayoni-dnipra-tsikavi-fakti_49182 |archive-date=9 September 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |website=Dniprograd.org |language=uk}}</ref>