There will be no heroes of Stalingrad and Nevsky: the railway station and 26 streets were renamed in Kharkiv
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The Kharkiv City Council renamed the railway station and 26 streets. From now on, the “Kharkiv-Balashovskyi” railway station will be called “Kharkiv-Slobidskyi”.
The corresponding decision was made by deputies at an extraordinary session on November 22, the press service of the Kharkiv City Council reports.
The renaming was carried out on the basis of the law “On Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and Decolonization of Toponymy”.
On the basis of the same law, the deputies renamed 26 streets, the names of which are associated with Russia and its allies.
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In particular:
- Avenue of the Heroes of Stalingrad was given back its old name – Avenue of Byron – the English poet,
- St. Minsk was named in honor of lawyer Dmytro Antonenko, who died during hostilities,
- St. Adygei – in honor of military medic Yevhen Khrapko.
- prov. Rosynskyi, a Kuban priest, became Prov. Pylyp Orlyk,
- entrance of Rosynskyi – entrance of Ivan Vyhovskyi,
- St. Zabaikalska – str. Leontovicha, and the lane of the same name – prov. Generous
- St. Morshanska Street Morshynska,
- St. Novosibirsk – on the street Khortytska,
- St. Borysoglibska – on St. Chigyrinska,
- St. Alexander Nevsky, a Russian general, on St. Zaikivska,
- St. Perovska – on St. Linden Grove.
- St. The international street will be called Bilotserkivska,
- entrance of Marat – entrance of Polunychnyi,
- prov. Morshanskyi – prov. Badiatskyi
The largest number of renamings is in Osnovyansk district.
Oleksandr Nevsky Square was also removed from the city map, as there are no buildings there that require addressing.
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