Iryna Farion Street to be inaugurated in Lviv today
1 January 2025 04:00
The grand opening of a new street named after the famous Ukrainian linguist, politician and public figure Iryna Farion will take place today, January 1, at 15:00. This was reported by the press service of the Lviv City Council, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
The event will take place at 15:00 – an hour after the assembly on the occasion of Stepan Bandera’s birthday.
“On January 1, we celebrate the birthday of the leader of the Ukrainian people Stepan Bandera. The memorial assembly will begin at 14:00 near the monument itself,” said Yevhen Boyko, manager of the executive committee of the Lviv City Council.
Participants will gather near the monument to the leader of the Ukrainian people and will be able to move to the place of the street opening, as it is located within walking distance, according to Yevhen Boyko.
Technychna Street, near Ivan Franko Park and Lviv Polytechnic University, where the linguist worked as a teacher, was renamed in honor of Iryna Farion.
The city authorities invite all concerned Lviv residents to join the celebrations.
The murder of Iryna Farion and its investigation
on July 19, 2024, a political activist and professor at Lviv Polytechnic, Iryna Farion, was killed by a direct shot to the head on Masaryk Street in Lviv.
Currently, the main suspect in the murder is Vyacheslav Zinchenko, an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro, who has been detained by police and will be held in a pre-trial detention center until at least November 17. The young man has not yet spoken out clearly about his involvement in the murder – he has neither confirmed nor denied it.
Instead, the suspect stated that his arrest was desirable for him, as he was being hunted by Russian special services and radicalized individuals on the loose.
It should be noted that on December 26, Vyacheslav Zinchenko, a defendant in the case of the murder of public figure Iryna Farion , changed the qualification of the crime, and the materials were sent to court.
A petition was registered on the government’s website to posthumously award the linguist the title of Hero of Ukraine. The petition has received the required number of votes, and now it is to be considered by the Ministry of Education and Science, whose head Farion called an ignoramus.
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