State Toponymic Policy and Modern Kyiv Studies

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formation of the state toponymic policy in the years of independent Ukraine, the characteristics of the essence, the main components of the toponymic policy and the peculiarities of its implementation in the conditions of socio-political transit. It is emphasized that the toponymic policy was implemented in the conditions of the fall of the Soviet totalitarian regime, the implementation of the course of decommunization and de-russification, and ultimately the decolonization of public space. Attention is focused on the international aspect of this topic, the achievements of Ukrainian onomastics in the second half of the 20th century, the activities of the Ukrainian Onomastics Commission, the need to intensify its activities in connection with the implementation of modern naming and renaming tasks. The article describes four stages of the state toponymic policy and their institutional support. The scientific-theoretical and practical support of this policy in the context of Kyiv studies was followed.