A Ukrainian governor has ordered that a street named after Vladimir Lenin should be renamed “John Lennon Street.”
Lenin Street in the village of Kalini in Zakarpattia, Ukraine’s westernmost region, will soon no longer bear the name of the Soviet leader and will instead honor the late Beatle.
Ukraine is currently undergoing a government-led campaign of de-communization, in which names and symbols celebrating the USSR are to be gradually removed from view.
The government has vowed to preserve any items or sites that are deemed culturally important; however, a list has been drafted of over 900 towns and villages currently named …read more
Source: Newsweek
