The street named after the greatest Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and the names of more than 90 streets in the Dnieper city of Ukraine have been changed. This was reported by the local newspaper Dnepr Operative, based on a statement from the city council.
The document states that “Gagarin Boulevard and 91 other streets on the Dnieper have been renamed.”
According to the publication, the decision affected names linked to Russia. Thus, the street of the Russian classical poet Nikolai Nekrasov was named in honor of the Ukrainian poet Natalka Nikulina, the street of the famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky became the street of the French-Ukrainian ballet dancer Serge Lifar. literary critic Pyotr Chernyshevsky is now renamed Zabazarny, and Nauki Boulevard is renamed Yuri Gagarin Boulevard.
Before that, the city council of the city of Novomoskovsk in the Dnepropetrovsk region accepted It was decided to change its name to New Samar.
Previously Kyiv officials renamed five libraries.