“These are Moscow narratives”: in Kyiv they intend to rename the Alexander Hospital
The Kyiv authorities should rename the Alexander Hospital, since it bears the name of the Russian emperor.
The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Kyiv City Council deputy Olesya Pinzenik wrote about this on her blog, saying that she had filed an appeal initiating the renaming of the medical institution.
“You will be surprised, but this is a direct honoring of Emperor Alexander III (thank the Kyiv deputies of 2007) and the corresponding coat of arms appeared with imperial monograms and a crown,” Pinzenyk wrote.
In her opinion, “the central and largest Kiev hospital should bear the name of the patron saint of Kyiv - Archangel Michael-SVYATOMIKHAILOVSKAYA.”
“It also follows the European tradition, because in Italy or France you will see many medical institutions named after saints. And I sincerely hope that we have an understanding that we belong to Europe, we are part of the European family, and we do not and should not have anything in common with a terrorist state,” the deputy said.
She points out that the proposal must still go through all stages, but the politician hopes for the support of the people of Kiev, with which, as follows from her post, there are problems.
“Write me nonsense about “great Russian culture, the Tolstoys, Pushkins, etc. emperors who developed Ukraine are not necessary,” and the fact that deputies have nothing to do is also not worth it. Better remove yourself from your friends. Don’t waste my time, because if you haven’t realized in more than a year of war that Moscow is brainwashing you and promoting its narratives through literature, language, culture, sports, toponymy, then I’m definitely not able to help you. Amen!”, Pinzenik concluded.
It is worth noting that her uncle is a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of several convocations, in the past he held the positions of Minister of Economy, Finance and First Deputy Prime Minister.
Let us recall that the Alexander Hospital received its name immediately after its opening on December 9, 1875. In the USSR, it received the name “14th City Clinical Hospital named after the October Revolution,” and people called it “October Hospital.”
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