Streets with Russian names were counted in Kharkov: there are twice as many of them as Ukrainian ones

Former Moskovsky Prospekt, and now Prospekt of Kharkov Heroes/Photo ru.wikipedia.org

In these difficult days for Ukraine, when it is fighting Russian aggression, it is necessary to completely de-Russify cities. In particular, they also talk about street names.

Streets with Russian names were counted in Kharkiv

So, only in Kharkov, almost 260 streets are named after Russian cities, rivers, lakes, mountains and other geographical features and administrative units of the aggressor state. This was announced by the head of the North-Eastern Department of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, a researcher of Kharkiv toponymy Maria Takhatulova.

According to her, this is twice as many names associated with the geography of Ukraine and the Kharkiv region in particular.

< p class="bloquote cke-markup" dir="auto">Kemerovo, Magnitogorsk, Narofominsk, and Moscow are still immortalized on the map of the city… But there are no Lvovskaya and Nikolaevskaya streets in Kharkov. Before the start of a full-scale war… obviously, they did not see this as a big problem. So far, everything has changed,” Takhatulova wrote.

Kharkiv has already begun to collect proposals from city residents regarding new street names. Moreover, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov assured that all streets named after Russian cities would be renamed.

Thus, the Kharkiv toponymic group has already worked out a register of urbanonyms and published a list of 259 names. Kharkiv residents can submit proposals for new names by filling out a special Google form.

Takhatulova added that, where possible, historical names will be returned, but mostly new ones will have to be chosen.

Note< /strong> , earlier it became known that in Lviv they would also initiate the renaming of more than 30 streets named after Russian figures who were not connected with the city and Ukraine.