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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 92 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wikipedia has an article about the embassy.

In 2020, the Prague city council renamed the plaza on which the embassy sits to Boris Nemtsov Square, after the Russian opposition politician who was murdered in 2015. In response, the embassy changed its official address to 36 Korunovační Street, the address of the embassy's consular division, on the same property but with its address on the adjacent street. The embassy described Korunovační Street as "historical" and said "the probability of its renaming is much lower than that of the recently appeared 'Boris Nemtsov square.'" Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 22 April 2022 the Prague city council also renamed a short stretch of Korunovační Street in front of the embassy to "Ukrajinských hrdinů" (in English: Ukrainian heroes), so the embassy's address is now 6 Ukrajinských hrdinů.

It looks like the Prague city council's biggest goal is to make it so that the address of the Russian embassy brings up something embarrassing. So, now if you want something delivered to the Russian Embassy, you have to send it to "6 Ukrainian heroes".

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 20 points 4 days ago
[–] mgnome@piefed.social 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Props for them for keeping decorum, because if I had a job of naming street where Russian embassy is - it'd be "Stinking Vatnik street" or "Snohachestvo street".

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Russian embassy in Ireland is on Orwell Road. Simple and fitting.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is going to fly over too many heads though.

[–] Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Should have just called it "Literally 1984 Street".

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 32 points 4 days ago

There's a Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, Scotland which was renamed to that in 1986 because the apartheid South African consulate was there. I love this kind of thing

[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Latvia did the same thing. The address of the Russian embassy now literally translates to "Ukrainian Independence Street".

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Well fuck, I don't know much about Prague but I am suddenly interested.

[–] Denvil@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

I've had a fascination with Prague since I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. It takes place primarily in Prague, fantastic book series.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago

I haven't been, but I've wanted to go for ages. It looks like it's got some really nice architecture.

[–] OhShitSon@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Fantastic city, was a bit disappointed with the food, but the sightseeing was great.

I would also recommend a visit to Kutná Hora to see its historical district and its ossuary. You can get there by train from Prague.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 3 days ago

This kind of petty harassment, however unlikely to garner results, really vibes with me.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 4 days ago

The street outside the US Consulate in Kolkata was renamed after Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Filling it with concrete would be a better troll!

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

or an iron curtain around it