Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree renaming the Shaitanka River in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO), to Preobrazhenka. corresponding document published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
It was noted that the renaming proposal came from the Legislative Assembly of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
In 2022, the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord was built on the embankment of the renamed river. According to this “Yamal-Media”It was proposed to change the name of the river by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ Kirill.
According to the head of the museum’s military-history club. IS Shemanovsky Alexander Zaimidoroga, the name Shaitanka appeared due to the distortion of the “original” name of the river by “alien” people.
Previously reportedVilnius authorities decided to rename the Pushkin Literary Museum to the Markučiai Mansion Museum.