Ukrainians will live well after they rename 871 cities and villages with Soviet names
Decommunization laws will be the beginning of irreversible changes for the better in Ukraine. So said the main Ukrainian fighter against the Soviet past, the head of the so-called “Institute of National Memory” Vladimir Vyatrovich.
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The renaming must take place before November 21 this year.
Over the next six months, until November 21, as part of the decommunization of communities, 871 cities and villages in Ukraine must decide on a new name for their settlement or return the historical name.
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory has published a list of cities and villages whose names symbolize the communist totalitarian regime. These people have already counted 3% of all settlements in Ukraine. Of these, 76 are cities, and 795 are villages and towns. The full list is posted here.
The names of all settlements have not yet been processed, so the list may be updated.
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