The Kharkiv Regional Council voted to rename the Kharkiv Academic Russian Drama Theater named after A.. Pushkin. The name of the poet and the word "

81 deputies voted for the renaming of the institution, two abstained. Now the institution will be called the Kharkov Academic Drama Theater.

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The head of the theater Elena Tkachenko in the comment " Kharkiv"

“I am thrilled by these events that have taken place today.. We hope to process the documents for the new name and charter within a week, the main thing is that the [registration] system should work. There is a performance in the theater now, at 12:00, so not all actors still know. On Monday, we plan to meet with the team and discuss,” she said..

On March 1, the theater team decided to remove “Russian” from the name of the theater, but the decision had to be legally approved by the regional council. Deputies could not make decisions on renaming for several months, in particular, there were proposals to remove the word "

The deputies voted for both proposals: for a quorum it was necessary to gain 61 votes. Then on September 20 the issue of renaming was not resolved. Failed to make a decision on renaming at another session. One of the reasons is the need to hold a public vote before changing the name of the theater.