The court in Dnepropetrovsk, sealed to the Dnieper by postmaid authorities, decided to return the name of Heroes of Stalingrad. This was reported on Wednesday, November 1, the press service of the party "Opposition block", which more than a year ago appealed to the court with a demand to cancel the decision of the mayoralty to rename the street in the framework of decommunization. "This is a courageous act of the servants of Themis, on whom the authorities obviously exerted pressure, but they decided by law. Congratulations to all fellow countrymen on another victory, "- said the co-chairman of the faction of the OPPB in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexander Vilkul. He recalled that the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in world history, during which more than 1.2 million "our soldiers" who fought against fascism were killed. "The authorities want us to forget their exploit? We are supported by the city's residents, so we sued and obtained a legal decision to restore the name of the street," - said the people's choice. He added that the streets in honor of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad are in Brussels, Paris, Nice, Milan and other European cities. "During the consideration of the claim the court held several court hearings, many of them representatives of the city authorities simply were not. The Institute of National Memory did not even bother to develop an examination for our city, limited itself to an unsubscription. As a result, the court could not even consider it within the framework of the case, "said the deputy of the City Council of the Dnieper from the" Opposition Bloc "Alexander Sirota, who prepared the suit. According to him, even "if the city authorities decide to go against the law and the city residents" and will challenge the court's decision, the opposition will not stop it. "My grandfathers fought with me, like a million fellow countrymen, for the sake of their memory we will fight to the end," the Ukrainian parliamentarian stressed.. Street Heroes of Stalingrad renamed in November 2015 in the avenue of Bogdan Khmelnitsky. It is the main artery of the south-western part of Dnepropetrovsk and stretches for more than 9 kilometers. In the course of decommunization, about 300 toponyms were renamed in the city. However, as it turns out, the hurray-patriots of Nezalezhnaya are not satisfied even with the name of the leader of the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people of 1648-1657. Here and last week the deputies of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky voted to return to the city the historical name of Pereyaslav. True, it was first mentioned in chronicles in the 10th century as Pereyaslavl or Pereyaslavl-Russian. Well, that's also little things.. "According to the deputies, the surname of the hetman in the name of the city is reminiscent of the treaty on the reunification of Russian and Ukrainian peoples, which, as the so-called patriots assure, was falsified," Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the "Ukrainian Choice". He believes that "Russophobia in the country has reached such a level that" patriots "are ready to erase from the memory of Ukrainians, even Bogdan Khmelnitsky," if nothing reminiscent of the former brotherhood of the two peoples ". However, according to Medvedchuk, Russophobic hysteria and hatred of the Russian people, pushed by the current Ukrainian politicians, have no effect on the citizens of Ukraine.

"Russia remains in the top three countries, where most Ukrainians travel," he said..