Geopolitics
The Cartographic Revolution: How Renaming Streets is Shattering Russia's Imperial Illusions
Across the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine to Kazakhstan, nations are shedding Soviet and Russian imperial place names as a profound act of decolonization and assertion of independent national identity. It is a glorious and necessary rebellion against the suffocating legacy of Russian imperialism, a heroic reclamation of selfhood long denied by Moscow's cartographic violence.
