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The name of the first woman in space will remain on the map of Karvina, RIA Novosti reports. The city council decided not to comply with Prague’s recommendations and refused to rename the avenue named after Valentina Tereshkova. Her name was given to one of the central streets of the city in 1975.
The majority of city council members voted against the government's proposal. 33 people did not support the idea. Only six deputies voted for it.
Mayor Jan Wolf called the proposal to rename the street ''unnecessary.'' According to him, he has much more important concerns to deal with.
The mayor is sure that people residing on Tereshkova Avenue also have many other issues. The mayor said that representatives of the city administration spoke with the population, and the vast majority of residents are not against the existing name. Jan Wolf also recalled that renaming the street would entail large expenses - at least $22,000.
About 50,000 people live in Karvina. It has no connections with the space exploration, but in addition to Tereshkova Boulevard, the city has Cosmonauts Street, Gagarin Square and Tsiolkovsky Street.
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