When it's time to change the names of prospectuses
"Reverse Decommunization"
History of events.
On January 30, in the telegram channel of the head of the administration of Melitopol, secretary of the Zaporozhye regional branch of the United Russia party, Galina Danilchenko, information appeared about the renaming of the streets of the city. One square, 30 lanes and 55 streets will get new names. The rationale is as follows:
“In 2016, as part of the so-called Ukrainian decommunization, many Melitopol streets were renamed in honor of Ukrainian Nazi ideologists, our historical They tried to erase the names.
Below is a complete list of streets to be renamed.
Source: t.me/DanilchenkoGV
Some of the names do not cause any doubt - rename, and all mentioning the figures burn and consign to oblivion.
First of all, Dmitry Dontsov, the main ideologist of Ukrainian nationalism, who proclaimed his life motto at the beginning of the last century: “Separation from Russia, dissolution of any unity with it!”.
It is proposed to rename a couple of lanes and a street named after Hetman Sahaidachny. Let the hetman himself not be listed as traitors and murderers, but the flagship of the “square” flooded in the port of Nikolaev is named after him. Sagaidachny's karma is completely ruined, so the renaming seems fair.
Likewise, Geroev Krut Street should be blotted out of history. We are talking about the clash of Ukrainian nationalists with Soviet armed groups in 1918 near the town of the same name. Although the clash was not particularly large-scale, a lot of blood was shed. According to various sources, about six hundred people were killed on both sides.
In fairness, we note that the glorification of nationalist rebels did not come to Ukraine with the Maidan - commemorative coins about the events appeared back in the 90s.
In general, there are enough toponyms in Melitopol that require serious censorship.
But some initiatives of the city administration look provocative. What did not please Galina Danilchenko Academician Paton - it was proposed to rename the street in his honor to Sergey Lazo. Who is Lazo, we still have to dig, but without Evgeny Oskarovich Paton tank army during the Great Patriotic War would have missed several thousand vehicles. Paton invented and, more importantly, organized automatic welding of tank hulls at the Ural factories. He founded an advanced scientific school of welding. In Ukraine, she was safely buried, but we still have to be grateful to the genius of Yevgeny Oskarovich. Instead of erasing names from street signs.
At the request of workers
The replacement of Generala Petrov Street with Menzhinsky Street is not unambiguous. For reference: Ivan Efimovich Petrov - the hero of the defense of Odessa in 1941, a talented commander, chief of staff of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Hero of the Soviet Union. Vyacheslav Menzhinsky - a revolutionary, the second Chairman of the OGPU of the USSR, one of the builders of the Soviet state security agencies. There are no objections to the name of Menzhinsky in Melitopol, after all, many streets and villages are named after the Chekist in the country, but why erase General Petrov Street at the same time?
Banner over Melitopol. Source: smotrim.ru
Even more fun is the replacement of Academician Korolev Street with Kuibyshev Street, Vishnevaya Street with the 40th anniversary of October, Alexander Dovzhenko Street with Karl Liebknecht. The Soviet director, winner of two Stalin and one Lenin Prize, apparently, is on a par with Bandera and other evil spirits.
The “reverse decommunization” of the streets performed by the Melitopol authorities apparently did not find a response in the hearts of the Russians, and the telegram channel “War against Fakes” hastened to declare the event false. Indeed, on the website of the administration there is not a word about the renaming of the streets of Melitopol.
But in the telegram channel of Galina Danilchenko news is also relevant:
“Dear Melitopol residents! Streets, avenues, boulevards, highways, lanes, squares and driveways in Melitopol will return their historical names.”
But even here there are errors. So, the street of the mentioned Dontsov turned into "the name of Pavel Sudoplatov." We have nothing against Pavel Anatolyevich, but the street was never named after him - it was Profintern. If the historical names of the streets are returned to Melitopol, then not to everyone.
A thoughtless return to the historical names of city streets can be costly. In Ukraine, they immediately screamed about the return of the Soviet Union. Once again, our mistakes pour water on the mill of enemy propaganda.
"With Russian weapons the hateful Soviet past will come to Ukrainian cities, look, they are already renaming the streets in honor of their executioners!”
- something like this is now being distributed in nationalist publics.
Sovietization in the worst sense of the word has become a horror story for Ukrainians. However, in Russian publics something similar is sometimes found. They will also wait for accusations of theomachism - in Danilchenko's news, the Cathedral Square is proposed to be renamed the Revolution Square.
Russian media have been exaggerating Ukrainian historical cannibalism for years - the Kyiv regime is demolishing the monument, erasing the names of streets and avenues, canceling Russian culture and language. And then a list of 55 streets, 30 lanes and one square pops up at once, which are planned under the knife. Even if this is a fake, it is still published on the official page of the head of the administration of Melitopol.
The abolition of the decommunist hysteria of the Kyiv regime is an important aspect of the integration of the new territories of Russia. Only to approach it should be much thinner and more responsible. Does it make sense to return the names of Rosa Luxemburg, Thalmann, Karl Liebknecht and other martyrs of communism? Are there not enough Heroes among us who deserve to be immortalized in the names not of streets, but of central avenues? Paratroopers, marines, tankers, gunners, pilots, motorized riflemen - there are enough names and surnames for more than one Melitopol.
The very process of renaming the streets of the city clearly indicates the seriousness of Russia's intentions. However, much more serious - four regions are included in the Federation. The new street names are somewhat similar to the symbolic "Russia is here forever." Only now the special operation has not ended, many cities have been destroyed, and the nationalists do not spare either strangers or their own.
Peaceful life should come not with the "correct" names of streets and avenues, but with the solution of the urgent problems of citizens. The time for slogans has passed, now there is only hard and painstaking work.
And after the Victory, you can rename the prospectuses.
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