Ukrainian Institute of national memory (winp) makes recommendations to rename 908 towns and villages in the country in relation to the Verkhovna Rada of the law " obgovarivaya Communist regime ".




"from information received monitoring winp in Accordance with the legislative act" on the condemnation of the Communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of imposing their symbols " and change the subject title 30 cities and 51 cities, 711 villages and 116 villages ", ? reported in the report on the Internet office of winp. It is noted, as is data as of 13 August, they are updated. In April, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law prohibiting public use and propaganda of the Communist and national socialist symbols in the country, as well as recognizing these criminal regimes. After the entry into force of the new law on decommunization in Ukraine have the opportunity to be renamed 25 cities. Among the candidates for renaming in 2009 was the city of Artemivsk (Donetsk and Luhansk region), Dzerzhinsk, which it was proposed that the name of the Shcherbynivka. The authorities also have plans to rename the city of Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad.

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