Posted on 06/04/2019 5:56:58 PM PDT by marshmallow
A number of Russian airports have been officially renamed in honor of famous historical Russian figures, including Royal Martyr Tsar Nicholas II and St. Olga the Equal-to-the-Apostles and others, reports Foma.
The new names were assigned according to the results of the Great Names of Russia contest held in the fall, and in accordance with the Presidential decree of November 28, “On the Conferment of the names of persons having special merits before the Fatherland to certain geographical objects.”
44 airports were officially renamed by a Presidential decree published on May 31.
In particular, Murmansk international airport is now named in honor of the Royal Passion-bearer Nicholas II, and the Pskov airport in honor of the holy Princess Olga. Tsar Nicholas defeated the Soviet polar explorer Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin with 49% of the votes (71,652).
(Excerpt) Read more at orthochristian.com ...
Stalin, how many divisions do you have?
A repudiation to their Bolshevik past.
Dirty little secret - Putin HATES Stalin, or at least what Stalin did to his people. But don’t get me wrong, Putin does like the level of ‘respect’ the Soviet Union had in its day, relative to where Russia is now.
I support a Russian decommunization to rival German denazification.
I remember when America was a Christian nation and Russia wasn’t.
Bump
Plato theorized that forms of government change cyclically (known as Kyklos). I’ve been saying for decades that Russia eventually (probably in my lifetime) will return to a Romanov monarchy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.