“Who was the person after whom a street in Kyiv was named? What made this figure famous?” Such questions are especially common among Kyiv residents and visitors during periods of intensive toponymic changes brought about by decommunization and the reassessment of historical memory. This reference guide introduces over 290 prominent — though not always widely known — figures from Ukraine and around the world whose names appeared on the map of Kyiv between 1988 and 2019.

A separate section is devoted to debunking the “positive” myths of totalitarian propaganda surrounding people, events, and phenomena typical of Soviet-era toponymy. The book also helps readers locate streets and squares by their new or former names, provides information on the time and circumstances of each renaming, and offers numerous fascinating facts from the history of Kyiv’s urban place names.

Length: 304 pages. Hardcover.