Make it K-Y-I-V!

This petition was published by Taras on Dec 29, 2009

According to legend, Kyiv (key-eve) derives its name from Kyi, one of its founders. Now that you have switched from Bombay to Mumbai, from Calcutta to Kolkata, and from Kishinev to Chisinau, why haven’t you switched from Kiev to Kyiv? The Christian Science Monitor already has, along with Facebook and Twitter.

It’s a question of goodwill. One of your recent op-eds, “The Difficulty of Being Ukraine,” praises freedom and then deliberately parades the Russian transliteration of Ukrainian cities. You don’t praise freedom by rubbing the legacy of Russification into Ukraine’s wounds.

We Ukrainians deserve freedom no less than Indians and Moldovans do. If you respect our freedom as much as you respect the freedom of Indians and Moldovans, make that change. Make it K-Y-I-V.

Sincerely,

Taras, KYIV, Ukraine

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