On Wednesday, May 3, deputies of the Odesa City Council decided to rename a number of toponyms in the city.

This is stated on the website of the city council.

Before making a decision at the session, the deputies took into account the recommendations of the historical and toponymic commission and the results of an online survey of Odessa residents.  

As a result, the former Oleksandrivsky Avenue was named Ukrainian Heroes, Kurganska Street became Kurgan Street, Brest Street became Berestey Street, and the Baikal dead end became Kalinova Street.

In Odesa, Oleksandrivskyi Prospekt got a new name / Photo: Odesa City Council

The square in front of the Mykhailo Vodyanyi Odesa Academic Theater of Musical Comedy was named after the famous operetta "White Acacia", the aria from which became the official anthem of the city.

Oleksandrivska Alley in Shevchenko Park was renamed Mystetska, and Suvorovska - Kapitaniv.

The previously nameless avenues of Victory Park were named in honor of the formations of Ukrainian defenders, types and separate branches of the military: Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces, Airborne Assault Forces, National Guard, Territorial Defense Forces, National Police , volunteers and scouts.

We will remind you that on Wednesday, May 3, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law in general that will allow Soviet and imperial cultural symbols to be removed from the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine.

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