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.
Verkhovna Rada supports renaming of 328 settlements as part of de-sovietization19.09.24, 12:05