A street in Kyiv will soon be named after Golda Meir, Israel's envoy to Ukraine Michael Brodsky announced Thursday, after meeting with the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko.
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Meir, Israel's fourth prime minister, was born in 1898 as Golda Mabovitch in Kyiv before her family left due to antisemitic violence. The city was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
In 1906, Meir's family fled Russia for the United States and settled in Wisconsin. The future prime minister moved to Palestine in 1921 with her husband Morris Meyerson.
Golda Meir street will appear soon on Kyiv's map. Mayor of #Kyiv @Vitaliy_Klychko has announced this today during our meeting pic.twitter.com/c0YarxFJCI
— Michael Brodsky (@michael_brodsk) August 11, 2022
The only female to ever serve as Israeli prime minister, she was in office from 1969 until 1974.
Ukraine is trying to "de-Russify" street names in the wake of the invasion. Meir's words have since appeared in pro-Ukrainian memes and were even picked up by Ukrainian diplomats.
Brodsky returned to Kyiv from Poland on Tuesday evening to reopen the embassy for another two weeks. He and Klitschko also discussed the arrival in Kyiv of 25,000 prepared meal parcels by Israel.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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