Head of Mejlis Chubarov proposed renaming Sevastopol

The head of the Crimean Tatar National Assembly, Refat Chubarov, proposes to return to Sevastopol the former name Aqyar. He announced this on Telegram on April 4th.

The politician recalled the proposal of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov, who expressed his opinion on the renaming of the city of Crimea as “Object No. 6”. Chubarov believes that the name should be returned to Aqyar/Akyar.

The author of the message emphasized that the name change would allow the peninsula to be cleared of colonial Russian names. This also applies to the Soviet Union era. Having received such a name, he recalled that the “hero city of Sevastopol” successfully raided this settlement.

“A legend that is guarded especially by Moscow today,” he said in a message.

The village of Akyar (from Turkish – “white rock”, the Russians called it Akhtiar) was located near the ancient Chersonese ruins. It appeared at the end of the 17th century. For a hundred years the peninsula was completely occupied by the Russian Empire. Then the Russian invaders forced the names of settlements they had never heard of before.

On April 2, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov outlined 12 steps to liberate Crimea from occupation. He declared that active supporters of the Russian occupation will participate in the regeneration of destroyed Ukrainian cities, the reburial and exhumation of victims of Russian aggression. Ukraine will provide the world community with the widest possible access to the crimes of the regime of Vladimir Putin, Russian troops and law enforcement agencies. Among the proposals were the options for dismantling the Crimean bridge and renaming Sevastopol “Object No. 6”. Such a decision can be considered and adopted by the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the future.