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Here, we define a regulatory logic by which Polycomb repressive complexes shape stage-specific active chromatin remodeling during ovarian reserve formation and early oocyte growth. During ovarian reserve formation, H3K27ac, an active promoter- and enhancer-associated mark, undergoes extensive genome-wide redistribution. A key feature of this transition is CpG island promoter remodeling, in which many loci lose H3K27ac while gaining PRC1-dependent H2AK119ub, a repressive mark. This early reprogramming is followed during oocyte growth by acquisition of PRC2-dependent H3K27me3, de novo establishment of bivalent promoters, and protection of promoter regions from de novo DNA methylation. Oocyte growth is also accompanied by broad gains in both H3K27ac and H3K4me3, an active promoter-associated mark. 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