New Stage of Derusification of Uman Street Names

Abstract

The issue of the transformation of the city toponymicon became relevant after the victory of the Revolution of Dignity, when the first wave of renamings took place under the influence of decommunization processes. In the current conditions, the process of decommunization is equal to the self-preservation of the nation. The purpose of the study is to analyze new-formed Uman street names (hodonyms) in connection with the processes of decommunization. The study is based on the classification of urbanonyms, built on the basis of a motivational principle, which points out that the main features on which they are named are memoriality or honor; associativity; locality; and qualitativeness. The conducted research makes it possible to single out the main motivational and nominative groups of newly formed hodonyms, among which the highest productivity during the first and second waves of renaming is marked by memorial names, in particular, from anthroponyms (63 %). Such names belong to the memorial hodohyms and commemorate the names of people in culture, politics, science or those whose life or activity was connected with Uman: Panteleimon Kulish, Severyn Nalyvaiko, Ivan Ohiienko. They are also characterized by a growing dynamic of development, because the number of memorial names increased by 27%. Memorial names also include names that are not associated with specific historical figures, but those that encompass broader concepts or realities of historical reality (14% of the total number): Sichovykh Striltsiv, Yednannia, Zakhysnykiv Ukrainy. Associative and locative names are characterized by relatively stable dynamics of development: Monastyrskyi, Polska. Qualitative names are the least productive group and the one characterized by a downward trend of development (2 % compared to 26 % in 2016): Radisnyi, Krykhitna.