The Crimean Tatar Resource Center sent a letter to the Vice Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for the Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and the Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Railroad Yevhen Liashchenko with a request to promote the renaming of railway stations in Crimea.
“On the territory of the Crimean peninsula there are a number of names of geographical objects that are subject to renaming in accordance with the Law of Ukraine On the condemnation of the communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols, in particular the railway stations: Krasnoperekopsk, Krasnopartyzanska, Ostriakove, Krasnoflotska, Kirovsk”,- the letter says.
Experts note that there are still many names left in Crimea that have no historical basis and are the result of Russification and Sovietization of the peninsula. The return of historically based toponyms to the map of Crimea must be prepared before the Ukrainian flag will fly over the Crimean peninsula again, so that after the deoccupation, no time is wasted on this.
“Now there are three laws that allow to restore the historical toponyms of Crimea: On the restoration of the rights of persons deported on a national basis, On decommunization, On indigenous peoples. It is important to note that in addition to settlements, we must also talk about railway stations. These objects also have either communist names or names associated with the names of settlements of the colonial period”,- explained Eskender Bariiev, Head of the Board of the CTRC.
CTRC proposes to rename the names of 94 railway stations.
Ukrainian Railroad, let’s start work on the deoccupation of Crimea, not in words, but in deeds!
