At the second attempt, the Verkhovna Rada de-Russified the names of settlements by adopting a resolution to rename 327 settlements. In particular, the town of Druzhba in Sumy Oblast was renamed Khutir-Mykhailivskyi. What other towns and villages received a new name, MP Yaroslav Yurchyshyn told in Telegram, reports UNN.
According to him, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution to rename the following settlements, among others:
- Novomoskovsk (Dnipropetrovska oblast) - Samar;
- Pershotravensk (Dnipropetrovska oblast) - Shakhtarske;
- Pervomaisk (Luhansk region) - Sokolohirsk;
- Molodohvardiysk (Luhansk region) - Atamanivka;
- Sievierodonetsk (Luhansk region) - Siverskodonetsk;
- Chervonohrad (Lviv region) - Sheptytsky;
- Druzhba (Sumy region) - Khutir-Mykhailivskyi;
- Krasnohrad (Kharkiv region) - Berestyn;
- Pervomaiskyi (Kharkiv region) - Zlatopil;
- Vatutine (Cherkasy region) - Bahacheve.
According to the MP, there is still a vote in the Rada for new names of cities and villages. In particular, such controversial names as Pavlohrad, Synelnykove, or Pervomaisk in Mykolaiv region.