The city Dnipro (originally named Yekaterinoslav) was renamed Dnipropetrovsk after Petrovsky from 1926 until 2016. Petrovsky himself was present at the provisional District Congress of Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies that recommended this renaming and he did "accept this honor with great gratitude." The resolution of the congress was approved by a resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet dated 20 July 1926. On 20 May 2016 the city was renamed "Dnipro". Some Ukrainians believed that the city should have been renamed after Ukraine gained independence in 1991. The city was eventually renamed to comply with 2015 decommunization laws.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015) Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk oblast was not renamed because as such it is mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine, and the Oblast can only be renamed by a constitutional amendment.Ukraine, The World Factbook
