RE: Street Photography Challenge Week - 57 - Evening Kirov
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Initially, the city was called Vyatka as the river on which it stood. Then the name Khlynov appeared in official documents. This is the name of a small river flowing into the Vyatka. During the reign of Catherine the Great, the city began to be called Vyatka again.
On December 5, 1934, the city of Vyatka was renamed Kirov in honor of the famous revolutionary Sergei Mironovich Kirov, who was killed in the same year in the city of Leningrad. There are many names of cities in Russia with the name of this man, he was considered a rival of Stalin. After his murder, Stalinist terror began in the USSR, and repressions began.
After the collapse of the USSR, many cities in Russia got their old names, but Kirov never managed to get the old name.
What name do I want? I've always been in favor of a modern name. It seems to me that changing the name of the city will not change anything in it.
Interesting story, as you say, the name is the least important thing, the important thing is that it provides the best services for habitability, communication, transportation and recreation.
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