Debate Continues Over Renaming of Korzhynkol and Ideologically Outdated Street Names

Activists are pushing to change ideologically outdated names, including those of streets in Petropavl named after figures like Krasin and Kalturin, whom Russia and Ukraine have disavowed. Kazakhstan's neighbor Kyrgyzstan recently renamed hundreds of such places. The 'Union of Onomasts' in Astana is working to systematize place names using a historical-diachronic method, emphasizing their importance as cultural heritage.

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