About official sites of both clubs report on the official portal of Kyiv with a reference to the head of digital transformation of the capital and deputy head of the KMDA Petro Olenych. He noted that those willing will be able to support the proposal to return the historical names of city objects, the modern names of which are associated with the Russian Federation and its satellites, until November 13. Then all results will be submitted to the Kyiv City Council.
The list included 32 names of streets, alleys, boulevards and squares. In particular, the following changes are proposed:
- Bolsunovsky Lane instead of Michurin;
- Hrushetska Street instead of Shutov;
- Hippodrome Lane instead of Tsaryka Street;
- Chmeliv Yar instead of Trudova Street;
- Troitsky Lane instead of Tarasova Street;
- Exhibition street instead of Potekhin;
- Beresteysky prospect instead of Peremohy prospect;
- Halytska Square instead of Victory Square;
- Babyn Yar instead of Herzena Lane, etc.
To express your opinion in the Kyiv Digital application, follow:
- Select "Electronic democracy" ⟶ "Survey".
- View the list of questions and click "Take part".
- Confirm identity via Bank ID.
The objects were selected by an expert commission, which included specialists from the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, the Institute of History of Ukraine, the M. S. Hrushevskyi Institute of Ukrainian Archeology and Source Studies, the I. Krypyakevich Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the O. O. Potebny, Institute of the Ukrainian Language, Institute of Literature named after T. G. Shevchenko.
We will remind that in June 2022, in the Kyiv Digital application, an electronic rating vote was held regarding the renaming of about 300 city toponyms. According to its results, de-Russification continues in the capital.
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