More on spelling it "Kyiv"

PRAGUE - Andriy Ozadovsky, Ukraine's ambassador to the Czech Republic, has appealed to the Open Media Research Institute as well as Czech officials and publications to refer to the Ukrainian capital as "Kyiv" rather than "Kiev," reported OMRI in a note to subscribers on March 17.

In an interview with OMRI, the ambassador explained that a special Ukrainian government commission last fall ordered its representatives to appeal to governments and periodicals to switch to the Ukrainian transliteration.

Mr. Ozadovsky said the Ukrainian government has formally appealed to the United Nations to use Ukrainian transliterations of place names in official documents and references. The U.N. has agreed to comply with this request, according to OMRI.

As of March 15, OMRI has been using "Kyiv" in its publications.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 24, 1996, No. 12, Vol. LXIV

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