The city of Druzhba will no longer exist in Sumy Oblast: which settlements were renamed by the Rada

On the second attempt, the Verkhovna Rada de-Russified the names of settlements, passing a resolution on renaming 328 settlements. In particular, the town of Druzhba, Sumy region, was renamed to Khutir-Mykhaylivskyi. People’s deputy Yaroslav Yurchyshyn told in Telegram what other cities and villages received a new name UNN.

According to him, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution on renaming, in particular, the following settlements:

• Novomoskovsk (Dnipropetrovsk region) – Samar;

• Pershotravensk (Dnipropetrovsk region) – Shakhtarske;

• Pervomaisk (Luhansk region) – Sokologhirsk;

• Molodogvardiysk (Luhansk region) – Otamanivka;

• Severodonetsk (Luhansk region) – Severskodonetsk;

• Chervonograd (Lviv region) – Sheptytskyi;

• Druzhba (Sumy region) – Khutir-Mykhailivskyi;

• Krasnograd (Kharkiv region) – Berestyn;

• Pervomaiskyi (Kharkiv region) – Zlatopil;

• Vatutine (Cherkasy region) – Bagacheve.

According to the people’s deputy, there is still a vote in the Council for new names of cities and villages. In particular, such debatable ones as Pavlograd, Synelnikove or Pervomaisk of the Mykolaiv region.

The Verkhovna Rada supported the renaming of 328 settlements within the framework of de-RussificationSeptember 19, 2024, 09:05 • 5037 views