Boulevard in Kiev likely to be named after Václav Havel

A boulevard in Kiev will probably be named after former Czech president and playwright Václav Havel, the news site ukranews reported on Wednesday. Kiev city hall has launched a public poll to find a new name for a street which is currently named after the Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Lepse. So far “Havel’s Boulevard” is heading the public poll with over 3,000 votes out of 5,429 cast. On the other hand, some 2,000 people expressed their opposition to changing the street name.