The Kyiv City Council voted to rename 40 streets in the capital. Two squares will also be renamed.
Kyiv City Council member Ksenia Semenova wrote about this in her Telegram channel.
The day before, Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klychko reported on the renaming of Moskovska and Volhohradska streets. The Heroes of Stalinhrad Avenue will also change its name — now it will be called Volodymyr Ivasyuk Avenue.
Minsky Prospekt was renamed Litovsky Prospekt, Volhohradskaya Square was renamed Konotopsk Battle Square, and Heroes of the Great Patriotic War Square was renamed Navodnytska Square.
- On August 25, the Kyiv City Council decided to rename 95 streets, alleys and squares, the names of which are related to Russia and the Soviet past. At the end of June, voting for the renaming of city objects whose names are related to Russia and its satellites ended in the "Kyiv Digital" (”Kyiv.Tsyfrovyi”) application.