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Four Bulgarians Added to Ukraine’s Street Names ‘Blacklist’


Ukrainian authorities have moved to ban the use of names of 520 Bolsheviks from the Soviet Union and famous Communist figures as part of its “de-communization” law.Regions or toponyms in Ukraine cannot be named after those people anymore, according to a statement by the country’s national memory institute [UA]. Four Bulgarians who took active part in the Communist International in the first part of the 20th century. These include: Dimitar Blagoev, the founder of Bulgarian socialism and a pioneer of social democracy in the Balkans who was often referred to as “Grandfather Blagoev” or simply “the Grandfather”.Dimitar Ganev, who took …read more

Source: Novinite

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