Kyiv City Council continues the process of de-Russification of capital objects. During the meeting on Thursday, March 23, it was decided to rename 16 more streets, lanes, avenues and boulevards that had names associated with the Russian Federation or the Soviet past. This was announced by the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko in Telegram.

In particular, the following changes were approved:.

Leo Tolstoy Street became Hetman Pavel Skoropadsky Street;

Leo Tolstoy Square – Ukrainian Heroes Square;

Perov Boulevard - Voskresensky Avenue;

Liberators Avenue - George Narbut Avenue;

Yuri Gagarin Avenue - Leonid Kadenyuk Avenue;

Marina Tsvetaeva street - Alexandra Exter street;

Suzdalskaya street - Oleksa Girnik street.

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According to Klitschko, a total of 288 objects have already been renamed in the capital of Ukraine. New names last year were chosen by the residents of the city themselves as part of an online vote..

Earlier in Kievrada they said that the metro station " The people of Kiev have decided on the new name of the metro "