Google Maps Reverts to Soviet-Era Place Names in Crimea

Re:Google Maps Reverts to Soviet-Era Place Names in Crimea by kafkaesq on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:01PM (#12190361)

This seems unnecessarily provocative. Why can't they just restore them to the pre-annexation names (i.e. rolling back the name changes proposed by the Ukrainian parliament)?

That would be the simplest way of saying "We're not playing these games -- with either side of the conflict."

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Re:Google Maps Reverts to Soviet-Era Place Names in Crimea by krymnash1234 on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:50PM (#12190633)

This is what they did. They rolled back to soviet era names, which was exactly what the names were before Ukrainian parliament renames them.

So Crimea had a bunch of Soviet-named cities for these years

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Re:Google Maps Reverts to Soviet-Era Place Names in Crimea by kafkaesq on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:58PM (#12190680)

OK -- if so, then the article was pretty sloppy for not clarifying that point.

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