Goodbye, lane of the Chekists

In Kyiv, a plan for renaming streets has been developed, the names of which remind of the Soviet era

In Kyiv, the streets are renamed: next to the Independence Square, a street of heavenly Heroes will appear, and the Russian embassy may soon be on Stepan Bandera Avenue.

In early December 2013, the last statue of the leader of the Communists Vladimir Lenin was demolished in the Ukrainian capital, and a few months later, as a result of the second Maidan, the Ukrainians demolished the power of the then President Viktor Yanukovych. On the eve of the first anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity, the Kiev City Council decided to perpetuate the heroes of the Maidan and at the same time continue farewell to the remaining attributes of the totalitarian Soviet era.

On November 13, the metropolitan deputies changed the names of nine streets and one square, having promised already at the next meeting of the Kyiv city council to approve the prepared decision to rename part of the Institutskaya Street into Hero Hero Stony Street.

Historical names returned to the streets: Boulevard-Kudryavskaya (formerly Vorovsky), Nazarovskaya (Vetrova), business (Dmitrova), Preobrazhenskaya (Ivan Klimenko), Lewandovskaya (Antishchenko), Butyshev Lane (Andrei Ivanova). In addition, the former Square Frunze received its historical name - Petropavlovskaya. At the same time, Krasnoarmeyskaya Street became Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya, Gorky Street from now on - Antonovich, the Chekist lane will now be called in honor of the Kostorzhya Sich Kostya Kostya Kostya Gordienko.

The Chekist lane is located in the most prestigious Pechersky district of Kyiv, nearby is the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on Bogomolskaya Street. I got its name for the lane in the 1940s. In 1997, the deputies of the City Council renamed him. However, for an unknown reason, the decision on the new name was not officially published in the media, therefore, according to the law, it did not enter into force. Now the decision has been published in the press and instead of the Chekists the lanes will legally wear the name of Kostya Gordienko.

In some cases, historical justice was restored and their previous names were returned to the streets, in others - the streets were renamed, receiving the names more relevant and corresponding to the spirit of the capital.

According to the results of a two -month discussion with the public, almost two -thirds of the inhabitants of Kyiv (61% versus 39%) supported the idea of renaming the Street of Institutskaya Street Street of Heavenly Hundreds, in memory of tragic events in the latest history of Ukraine, which occurred here on February days of 2014. However, not the entire institute will be renamed, but only that part of it, where the bloody clashes of the Maidanians with police special forces occurred. The main argument is the institute very old Kyiv street. It owes its name to the Institute of Noble Maidens (this building is called the Kiev residents of the October Palace), built in 1838-1842 according to the project of architect Vikenty Beretti in the style of late classicism. The building is located on a hill near Independence Square. At one time, the institution of noble girls was not only the educational, but also the cultural center of Kyiv, therefore the street was named in his honor. Now its small part from Independence Square to Olginskaya Street will wear the name of the heroes of heavenly hundreds.

The secretary of the Kyiv City Council Alexei Reznikov said that in total, in the list for renaming more than 50 streets, lanes and squares. The transition to new names will be phased. First, those signs on which decisions have already been made will be changed, but for various reasons, renaming was not fully carried out. The second category of streets - those that are called totalitarian and party leaders. Such objects, according to Reznikov, will return historical names quickly, without holding a public hearing. And the third category is the streets that give new names. In this case, the hearings will take 2 months, as it was with the renaming of the institutskaya Street Heroes Street Street.

Thus, already in the near future, the street, named after the Bulgarian revolutionary Dimitrov, will return the former name - business. Nadezhda Krupskaya Street will be named after the author of the words of the Ukrainian anthem Pavel Chubinsky, and Schors Street will become Evgeny Konovalz Street - one of the leaders of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists.

Igor Lutsenko, Chairman of the Kyiv City Council on culture and tourism issues, initiates the renaming of Avenue Avenue to the Stepan Bandera Avenue. Some media claims that the commission rejected this proposal of political considerations. The fact is that in the Airoflot Prospekt, in the house No. 27 there is an embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, and the possible renaming of the avenue in honor of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists may well become another reason for aggravation and so extremely tense relations of Kyiv and Moscow. The author of the idea considers it relevant in the conditions when Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed the war in the Ukrainian East. “My proposal to rename the airflot to Stepana Bandera Avenue has not yet been officially issued, and therefore it was not even considered the commissions of the Kyiv City Council and, accordingly, could not be rejected, and public consultations on this subject continue,” reported Radio Liberty Igor Lutsenko on this topic in the Ukrainian press.

If the appearance of Stepan Bandera Avenue in Kyiv is in question, then the street with the name of his ally Yaroslav Stetskko (died in 2003, after the death of Bandera headed the OUN) will definitely appear on the metropolitan Owner instead of the named after the Hungarian communist Laias Gavro. In the same area of the capital, there will be Street of the Commander -in -Chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Roman Shukhevich, which will displace another Hungarian and communist Mate Zalk from the map of Kyiv.

The opinions of the inhabitants of Kyiv regarding the need to change the names of streets and squares were divided. This is evidenced by the results of public discussion on the Kyiv City State Administration. Some Kyivians in the comments note that it is expensive, troublesome, and inappropriately, given the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine. Others agree, but invite the authorities to explain to the townspeople why the names of these figures must be removed from the life of the capital, and perpetuate others.

Changing the names will cost a fairly round sum. In addition to the manufacture and installation of new plates and signs, all residents of the renamed streets will need to change their data in the documents, from the passport to the documentation for real estate. According to Igor Lutsenko, the largest cost item is the change of tablets and signs. For example, in order to change the tablets in 100 houses, it is necessary at least 60 thousand hryvnias (about 4 thousand dollars). For 10 streets, approximately half a million hryvnias (almost 33 thousand dollars) will be required. The head of the Kyiv City Council on culture and tourism issues is sure that it is possible to change the tablets on houses without budget funds, due to charitable foundations and donations of citizens.

In the previous years, the metropolitan authorities were engaged in renaming the streets, but this process was not as large -scale as it is now. For example, in 2007, under the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, the Kiev City Council changed the name of the January Uprising Street to the hetman Ivan Mazepa. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill actively protested against such a decision, since the name of the Hetman, devoted to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1708 (after his transition to the side of the Swedish king Charles XII during the Northern War), was called the street, which houses the Kiev Pechersk Laurus (belongs to the UOC MP). President Viktor Yanukovych, who came to power in Ukraine, who came to power in Ukraine, at the request of the Kremlin, quickly changed the registration of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Part of the street, including the one where the shrine is located, instead of Ivan Mazepa, was called Lavra.