Pervomaiske () is a Ukrainian toponym. Places with the name include: *

Pervomaiske, Crimea uk, Первомайське crh, Curçı , native_name_lang = uk , settlement_type = Urban-type settlement , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag ...

Pervomaiske, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast Pervomaiske ( uk, Первомайське) is an urban-type settlement in Snizhne urban hromada, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: Demographics Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Pervomaiske, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast *

Pervomaiske, Mykolaiv Oblast Pervomaiske ( uk, Первомайське, russian: Первомайское) is an urban-type settlement in southern Ukraine, locating in Mykolaiv Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Pervomaiske settlement hromada, one of ...

* Pervomaiske, Odesa Oblast The toponym literally means "the first of May", in reference to the International Workers' Day holiday that takes place on that date. It shares the same etymology with the toponyms , Pershotravensk, and Pershe Travnia, among others. Due to the law "

On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy The Law of Ukraine "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy" ( uk, Закон України «Про засудження та заборону пропаганди ...

", signed in April 2023 by

Ukrainian president The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

, all localities in Ukraine with the name "Pervomaiske" or other May Day-related toponyms are set to be renamed by 27 January 2024. The

Ukrainian Institute of National Memory The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory ( uk, Український Інститут Національної Пам’яті, UINM), also translated as the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, is the central executive body operating un ...

has described toponyms related to May Day as "a clear example of massive Soviet ideological toponymic nomination aimed at glorifying the proletariat as the hegemon of the class struggle, the driving force of the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mome ...

of 1917 and the future '

world revolution World revolution is the Marxist concept of overthrowing capitalism in all countries through the conscious revolutionary action of the organized working class. For theorists, these revolutions will not necessarily occur simultaneously, but whe ...

.'"

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{{SIA, populated places in Ukraine Soviet toponymy in Ukraine

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