In Kharkov, by decision of the City Council, 65 toponyms were renamed. The central street Pushkinskaya became Grigory Skovoroda street.
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The mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, after the bloody and massive shelling of the city on January 23, wrote about the need to abandon this name. On that day, some of the Russian missiles hit Pushkinskaya Street. All 65 renamed toponyms were associated with Russia and its allies.
Terekhov said after January 23 that he had previously been in no hurry to decide to change the name of Pushkinskaya Street.
“I, like many Kharkov residents, have always felt that Pushkin is not about modern Russia, not about the reality that the Putin regime is trying to instill, using the greatness of historical figures for its own benefit,” Terekhov noted.
Source: Racurs
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