It is the only one in Ukraine with such a name: in Transcarpathia, they want to rename the village, which was named after the enemy poet.

The villagers voted for the new name of the village.

Residents of the village of Pushkino, Beregovo district, supported the renaming of the settlement to Mizhlisne during the survey.

This was announced by the head of the village of Pushkino, Hanna Kut, on her Facebook page.

According to her, 738 people took part in the poll on renaming the village, of which 409 supported the name of the village Mizhlisne. The name "Ukrainian" received 148 votes, and "Zakarpattia" — 180.

"According to the results of the poll, the largest number of votes - 409, was called Mizhlisne. For information on the renaming of the name of the village of Pushkino, the protocol was submitted to the regional Department of Public Information Activities and the Beregovo District Administration. The issue of renaming the village was included in the agenda for approval of the protocol by the session of the Vylotsk village council," Hanna Kut added.

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