Historical name of Ukraine Hotel dismantled in Crimea

The occupiers dismantled a sign from the facade of the Ukraine Hotel, which has been part of the cityscape since 1963. This is another step in the policy of erasing the Ukrainian presence from the public space of Crimea.

This was reported by the press service of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.

In the temporarily occupied Akyar (Sevastopol), the Russian invaders used a crane to remove the letters with the name "Ukraine" from the facade of the hotel. The building had this name since 1963 and was a recognizable element of the cityscape.

According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, this is another step in Russia's policy of erasing the Ukrainian presence in the public space of Crimea. The occupation authorities are massively renaming streets, demolishing monuments, changing historical names and dismantling signs that have been part of the city's life for decades.

The center emphasized that such actions demonstrate the occupiers' fear of Ukrainian identity, as they are trying to get rid of any reminders of the true owners of the peninsula. At the same time, even the dismantling of the signs cannot erase the word "Ukraine" from people's memory, history and culture.

Also in the temporarily occupied Sudak, signs with Crimean Tatar street names are being dismantled and replaced with signs in Russian only. This applies primarily to the Achiklar district, where in the 1990s Crimean Tatars returned from deportation and arranged their own housing, created streets and gave them unofficial names in their native language.

After the annexation of the peninsula, the occupation authorities began dismantling signs with Crimean Tatar street names, explaining that they allegedly "have no legal force."

In addition, in the first six months of 2025, the occupation authorities of Crimea sold 25 so-called "nationalized" objects at auctions worth more than 2.2 billion rubles. Officially, they claim that the stolen funds were used to develop the peninsula and support the participants in the war against Ukraine.

Анна Бальчінос