This is a list of streets renamed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Following the invasion, one Philosophy consulting group together with Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a campaign called "Ukraine Street", which calls for nations to change the name of the streets where the Russian embassy or consulate is located on to "Ukraine Street". Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the campaign part of an effort to "isolate Russia and de-Putinize the world." [1] In addition, Ukraine has been conducting a campaign of derussification, removing names of streets and plazas associated with Russian and Soviet history and replacing them with official Ukrainian names.
Malta has rejected the request to rename streets. The spokesperson of the local council of San Ġwann, Malta, where the Russian embassy is located, refused attempts of renaming as it would force residents of the street to change their addresses. [1]
The naming committee of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden, opposed calls to rename the street outside the Russian embassy "Zelensky-gatan" (Zelensky Street). Its chairperson Olle Zetterberg cited the fact that Stockholm streets are usually not named after a living person, and that there is no "good reason" to reject the current name. [2]
The Netherlands stated that it would cost too much, and would cost much hassle and objections. [3] In Zaandam, in the Netherlands, some citizens changed some street names by themselves by adding stickers on street signs but were removed. [4] The same happened in a street in Prague, in the Czech Republic. [5]
In Latvia, the renaming of 93 streets "glorifying the communist regime or russification policies" was proposed by the Historians of the Public Memory Center association. The surveyed municipalities conceptually did not object to the renaming, but cited associated difficulties and costs for residents and entrepreneurs located on these streets. [6]
Russian aggression in Ukraine has led the public to awaken from a misunderstood tolerance to the colonial legacy of the Soviets, which already borders on cowardice. The public has become more sensitive and more discerning. A draft law prepared by public activists on the renaming of the streets and other names of the Soviet regime has been submitted to the Saeima. The removal of these Soviet and Russian imperialist markers is not a technical issue. It is a matter of thinking and perceptions of the world of Latvians, and Latvian citizens. It's a matter of seeing ourselves as a European nation with our national culture and values. In this world, there is no room for signs of the ideology of Soviet invaders and Russian imperialism.
Riga City Council renamed streets named after the Soviet Lieutenant General Detlavs Brantkalns , Soviet Russian author Valentin Pikul, Russian city Staraya Russa and Soviet mathematician Mstislav Keldysh. [8] Rēzekne Municipality renamed streets named after the Communist activist Lidija Samuilova, Pioneer movement and local Soviet politician Jānis Zvīdra. [9] Krāslava Municipality renamed streets named after Yeremeyev, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Tereshkova and the Soviet Russian plant breeder Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. [10] The choices of some new street names have stirred historical discussions between the residents of these streets, official institutions and historians. [11]
As a consequence of support to Ukraine from various countries, streets have also been renamed in Ukraine in their honor. [12]
Country | City | Location | New name | Date | Status | Detail | Reference(s) | ||
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Albania | Tirana | Rruga Donika Kastrioti (Donika Kastrioti Street) | Rruga Ukraina e Lirë (Free Ukraine Street) | 7 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Kosovan embassies. The Russian embassy moved out of the street in September, 2022. | [13] [14] [15] | ||
Norway | Oslo | An intersection on Drammensveien | Ukrainas plass (Ukraine Square) | 8 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy | [16] | ||
Lithuania | Vilnius | Section of Latvių gatvė | Ukrainos Didvyrių gatvė (Ukrainian Heroes’ Street) | 10 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy | [17] [18] | ||
Latvia | Riga | Section of Antonijas iela (Antonijas Street) | Ukrainas neatkarības iela (Ukrainian Independence Street) | 10 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy | [19] [18] | ||
Canada | Toronto | Section of St. Clair Avenue | Free Ukraine Square | 20 March 2022 | Honorary | The street runs by the Russian Consulate | [20] | ||
United Kingdom | London | Section of Bayswater Road | Kyiv Road | 24 February 2023 | Honorary | The section of road is opposite the Russian embassy | [21] | ||
Czech Republic | Prague | Section of Korunovační (Coronation) | Ukrajinských hrdinů (Ukrainian Heroes) | 24 March 2022 | Official | The street runs by the Russian embassy | [22] | ||
Czech Republic | Prague | Bridge between Prague 6 and Prague 7 | Skakunův most (Skakun Bridge) | 24 March 2022 | Official | Previously unnamed bridge over a railway, between streets 'Ukrajinských hrdinů' and the rest of 'Korunovační'. | [22] | ||
Spain | Fuentes de Andalucía | Various | Various | 10 April 2022 | Temporary | For two weeks, the city is renamed "Ucrania" (Ukraine). Sixteen streets and plazas are renamed after Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Mariúpol, Jarkov, Jerson and Odesa, along with other areas experiencing conflicts. | [23] [24] | ||
Iceland | Reykjavík | on the corner of Garðastræti and Túngata | Kænugarður - Kýiv-torg (Kænugarður/Kyiv Square) | April 27, 2022 | Official | The square is located on the corner of Garðastræti and Túngata, amid a row of embassies, including Russia's. | [25] | ||
Ukraine | Fontanka | Mayakovsky Street | Boris Johnson Street | Not yet applied | Planned; issue ordered | Named in honor of Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, for his and the United Kingdom's help to Ukraine during the Russian invasion. | [12] [26] | ||
Sweden | Stockholm | next to the Russian embassy | Fria Ukrainas plats (Place of Free Ukraine) | April 29, 2022 | Official | [27] | |||
Poland | Krakow | square in front of the Russian Consulate General | Free Ukraine Square | April 13, 2022 | Official | [28] | |||
Poland | Poznan | near the St. Roch Bridge | Skweru Obrońców Ukrainy 2022 (Defenders of Ukraine 2022 Square) | April 5, 2022 | Official | [29] | |||
Poland | Gdansk | Wrzeszcz district | Plaza of Heroic Mariupol | April 28, 2022 | Official | The area in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district, not far from the Russian Consulate General. | [30] | ||
Poland | Gdynia | in the center of the city | Plac Wolnej Ukrainy (Free Ukraine Square) | April 28, 2022 | Official | [28] | |||
Ukraine | Kharkiv | Moskovsky Avenue | Heroiv Kharkova Avenue | May 11, 2022 | Official | [31] [32] | |||
Belgorodsky Descent | Heroiv Ryatuvalnykiv Street | ||||||||
Belgorodske Highway | Kharkivske Highway | ||||||||
Bulgaria | Sofia | In front of the Russian Embassy | Алея "Героите на Украйна" (The Heroes of Ukraine Pathway) | September 9, 2022 | Official | The pathway runs by the Russian Embassy | [33] [34] | ||
Ukraine | Kyiv Darnytskyi District | Karl Marx Street | Johann Wolfgang Goethe Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||
Kronstadtska Street | Volodymyr Rybak Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Slavhorodska Street | Denys Antipov Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Holosiivskyi District | Zhigulyvska Street | Beskydska Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Maykopska Street | Hetmanska Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Burmystenka Street | Orihuvatska Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Generala Rodymtseva Street | Horikhuvatskyi Shlach Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Akademik Vilyamsa Street | Stepan Rudnytskyi Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
General Dovator Street | Kateryna Hrushevska Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Akademika Kostychev Street | Professor Balinsky Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Smolna Street | Brativ Chuchupakiv Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Amurska Square | Vasylkivska Square | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Shevchenkivskyi District | Nekrasivska Street | Ivan Drach Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Pushkinska Street | Yevhen Chikalenko Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Muromska Street | Volodymyr Zhabotynskyi Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Borys Zhitkova Street | Brativ Malakovy Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Krasnodarska Street | Golda Meir Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Chaplyhina Street | Akademik Ivakhnenko Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Chaplygin's Lane | Akademik Ivakhnenko's Lane | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Dniprovskyi District | Astrakhanska Street | Kastusya Kalinovskyi Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Kyiv Desnianskyi District | Karl Marx Street | Oleksiy Kurinny Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Makarenka Street | Klymenta Kvitka Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Solomianskyi District | Bagrationa Street | Maksym Levin Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Martyrosyan Street | Serhiy Berehovoy Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Moskovskii Lane | Pavla Li Lane | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Podilskyi District | Brestska Street | Franciska Skoryny Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Odoevsky Street | Byron Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Oleksandr Bestuzhev Lane | Kuzma Skryabin Lane | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Svyatoshynskyi District | General Vitruka Street | Aviakonstrukturska Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Boulevard Romain Rolland | Boulevard Jules Verne | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Garshina Street | Vasyla Stefanyk Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Zholudeva Street | Oleksandr Makhova Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kulibina Street | René Descartes Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Petra Chaadaev Street | Dmytro Chyzhevsky Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Feodora Pushina Street | Orest Vaskula Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Heroes of Brest Square | Chornobayivska Square | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Yakutska Street | Rodyna Bunge Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Obolonskyi District | Marshal Tymoshenko Street | Levka Lukyanenko Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Novikova-Pryboya Street | Iryna Zhilenko Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Klara Zetkin Street | Dniprovoi Chaika Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Kyiv Pecherskyi District | Glazunova Street | Dmytro Godzenka Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | ||||
Liza Chaikina Street | Olena Stepaniv Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Oleksandr Matrosov Street | General Kulchytskyi Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] | |||||
Chihorina Street | Dmytro Doroshenko Street | 28 October 2022 | Official | [35] |
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