Brovary vs Brovari: deputies of the Brovary City Council appealed to the Verkhovna Rada not to change the name of the city
Kyiv • UNN
Deputies of the Brovary City Council appealed to the Verkhovna Rada not to change the name of the city.
Deputies of the Brovary City Council decided to support the initiative to preserve the name of the city "Brovary" and appealed to the Verkhovna Rada to prevent the renaming of the city to "Brovari". The relevant decision was made at today's extraordinary session of the city council, UNN reports.
Details
In their decision to preserve the city's name, the deputies refer to an expert assessment by the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a historical reference by the Cossack Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, and recommendations by the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences.
In this regard, the Brovary City Council decided: "To support the initiative to preserve the name of the city of Brovary. To appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a petition to preserve the name of the city of Brovary, taking into account scientific and historical research.
Out of 27 deputies present, 24 voted in favor, 1 voted against, 1 abstained, and one deputy did not participate in the vote.
Optional
The Association of Ukrainian Cities stated that decisions to change the names of settlements must necessarily be made with the opinion of the community in mind. The relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada should contact the relevant local government body to obtain the community's position. And then take this position into account when preparing a decision on possible renaming.
Context
A group of MPs led by a representative of the Voice faction, Roman Lozynsky, registered a resolution in the Verkhovna Rada to rename Brovary to Brovari.
Local residents, with whom UNN spoke, do not support this idea. In particular, they do not understand where the name "Brovari" came from, which, moreover, does not sound very nice.
Brovary residents also say that MPs simply have nothing to do. And such controversial decisions are definitely not the right time.
Famous Brovary residents are categorically against the renaming: multiple European and world swimming champion Oleh Lisohor, future participant of the Olympic Games in Paris, wrestler Alina Hrushyna (Akobia), former world professional boxing champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko and many others.