28 Streets in Petropavlovsk’s Birlik Micro-district Receive Official Names

In Petropavlovsk, 28 streets in the newly established Birlik micro-district have been officially named following public hearings held by the city maslikhat. According to an Orda.kz correspondent, 73 residents participated in the vote.

Most of those in attendance were residents of the Birlik microdistrict, which was established last year to provide housing for those affected by flooding. The proposed names were reviewed in advance with input from the veterans’ council and other public organizations.

When conducting onomastic work, local executive bodies were guided by language legislation, methodological recommendations for organizing onomastic work in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the lists of 'Dasturli ataular' and 'Tarihi zher-su ataular', approved by the Republican Onomastic Commission and agreed upon with the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which will not lead to disagreements in our society,
said Daniyar Zhuldaspaev, head of the Department of Culture, Language Development, Physical Education and Sports of the Petropavlovsk Akimat. 

New streets were not named after public figures. Officials explained this decision was in line with current guidelines.

The President noted: '...first of all, it is necessary to name nameless streets and repeated toponyms. Due to the expansion of settlements, the development of new urban areas, there are thousands of such objects in our country. This complicates the work of firefighters, police, ambulances and other services.' The President says that we should not give new streets the names of past figures. Their names should be determined by sonorous geographical names and traditional toponyms popular among the people,
said city maslikhat deputy Pavel Afanasyev. 

Residents unanimously approved the 28 proposed names, including Kendala, Bastau, Aqsay, Atameken, and Alatau. A full list of names was published following the vote.

Streets and their renaming:

• street No. 1 -Kendala
  
• street No. 2 - Bastau
  
• street No. 3 - Aqsay
  
• street No. 4 - Atameken
  
• street No. 5 - Botay
  
• street No. 6 - Kokjar
  
• street No. 7 - Turan
  
• street No. 8 - Jetisu
  
• street No. 9 - Aqjailau
  
• street No. 10 - Alaman
  
• street No. 11 - Miras
  
• street No. 12 - Mereyli
  
• street No. 13 - Qazyna
• street No. 14 - Dastur
  
• street No. 15 - Shattyq
  
• street No. 16 - Arman
  
• street No. 17 - Baytaq
  
• street No. 18 - Yrys
  
• street No. 19 - Medeu
  
• street No. 20 - Ortaq
  
• street No. 21 - Azattyq
  
• street No. 22 - Jayly
  
• street No. 23 - Seruen
  
• street No. 24 - Baiterek
  
• street No. 25 - Dombiraly
  
• street No. 26 - Shapagat
  
• street No. 27 - Keleshek
  
• street No. 28 - Alatau

Officials are also considering renaming older streets that no longer reflect historical relevance. Approximately 40 such streets have been identified, including Vorovskogo, Rosa Luxemburg, Kalinina, and Cominterna. Some street names are duplicated, such as five streets named Sennaya and several Kirpichny Proezds.

Komintern Street is located in the Podgora micro-district. There is an Orthodox church on it. And Comintern is an abbreviation of 'Communist International'. It is an atheist organization. And for some reason, no one in Petropavlovsk is surprised by this. Let someone come forward to rename Comintern. Deputies do not take on this burden. Previously, it was called Sobornaya since the cathedral is located there. But this issue must be approached carefully and selectively, and not en masse, as in Almaty and Astana. I think it is wrong when 40 or 60 streets are renamed at once. The opinion of residents and the logic of the development of events must be taken into account,
Afanasyev added. 

In connection with the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, local deputies also plan to commemorate war heroes, both nationally recognized and those native to Petropavlovsk.

Some residents proposed names honoring figures such as Akhmet Baitursynov, Mirschaqyp Dulatuly, and Segiz Seri. Deputies explained that such suggestions should be submitted in writing to the Petropavlovsk Akimat for further consideration.

Original Author: Kristina Yusicheva