Taras Kremin, the State Commissioner for the Protection of the Language of Ukraine, believes that all violations of the language law in the city of Kharkiv should be eliminated, Strana.ua reported. According to him, we are talking about the use of the Russian language when placing various information and in the name of a number of metro stations.
“It is planned to replace the Russian inscriptions on the rail walls of Akademika Pavlova stations in the Kharkov metro” [надписи в мозаичном исполнении]. Possible renaming options are being considered, taking into account the station “Kiev” and “Pushkinskaya”, the street and the possible renaming of the station, Kremin said.
As the language ombudsman of Ukraine pointed out, “Ukrainianization” work is currently underway in relation to various enterprises. He also added that the Russian language was removed from the municipal special equipment for the removal of household waste.
At the same time, the publication notes that the Pushkinskaya metro station in Kharkov is closely connected with the work of the famous Russian poet. Thus, the walls of the platforms are decorated with ceramic bas-reliefs containing quotations from the Russian poems of Alexander Pushkin, and the inscription “Pushkinskaya” on the platform is stylized as the signature of the classic.
It was previously reported that Kremin. presented Russify the passports of Ukrainians.
Source: Gazeta
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