Girl on Victory Square in Melitopol. Archival photoMELITOPOL, May 26. The authorities of the Zaporozhye region decided to rename Dmitry Dontsov Street in Melitopol to Pavel Sudoplatov Street. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky. year at house number 1 on Pavel Sudoplatov Street,» Balitsky's order says. Dmitry Dontsov is a native of Melitopol, a theorist of Ukrainian nationalism. The street in its part was named by the Ukrainian authorities of the city in 2016, before that it bore the name of Profintern. Pavel Sudoplatov is a native of Melitopol, a Soviet intelligence officer, an NKVD officer who liquidated one of the leaders of the OUN («Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists», whose military wing is «Ukrainian Insurgent Army «* Recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) by Yevgeny Konovalets.* An extremist organization banned in Russia Zakharchenko
