Moscow residents vote against change at metro station named after tsar killer

Edit The Guardian 24 Nov 2015
City authorities say no change for Voiykovskaya metro stop, which bears the name of chemist involved in execution of last tsar and his family ... Voykovskaya, a station on the green line named after Pyotr Voykov, has long been controversial, with a coalition of both liberal activists and religious figures calling for it to be called something else ... But Voykovskaya, which was given its name in 1964, survived ... Twitter ... ....

Moscow residents vote against renaming Voykovskaya station

Edit The Guardian 23 Nov 2015
City authorities say no change for metro stop named after chemist involved in execution of last tsar and his family ... Voykovskaya, a station on the green line named after Pyotr Voykov, has long been controversial, with a coalition of both liberal activists and religious figures calling for it to be called something else ... But Voykovskaya, which was given its name in 1964, survived ... Twitter ... ....
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