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The profile committee of the Verkhovna Rada at a meeting on June 20 supported the initiative to rename Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych has said.

“The Committee for State Construction, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported the proposal to rename Dnipropetrovsk region to Sicheslavsky region, and Kirovohrad region to Kropyvnytsky region,” Viatrovych wrote on Facebook.

At the meeting of the committee, bills on amendments to Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the renaming of Dnipropetrovsk region (No. 8329) and regarding the renaming of Kirovohrad region (No. 8380) were considered.