Two out of three Lithuanian residents are against changing the names of streets named after S. Nėries | Culture

Two out of three Lithuanian residents are against changing the names of streets named after S. Nėries |  Culture

According to her, 65 percent expressed this position. of those interviewed. One-fifth (20%) of the country’s population is in favor of changing the names following S. Nėries, and 15%. respondents did not have an opinion or did not answer this question.

Men (24%) than women (17%), respondents with higher education (28%) and those with the largest (more than 2000 euros) families support the need to change the names of streets and buildings with the name of S. Nėries. monthly income (35%), professionals and civil servants (28%) and studying youth (30%), respondents with right-wing political views (27%).

Women (69%), people over the age of 50 (74%), respondents with the lowest family income (up to 1100 euros) per month (74%), pensioners (78%) do not approve of changing names with S. Nėries. ), left-leaning respondents (73%).

From May 1, 2023, the decommunization law came into force in Lithuania, which applies to persons, symbols, and information that promote totalitarian, authoritarian regimes and their ideologies that are immortalized or depicted in any form.

Recently, the so-called De-Sovietization Commission has made recommendations to more than one municipality to change the streets of S. Nėries.

Together with other writers, S. Nėris created poetry and prose praising the Soviet government. In 1940, as a delegate of the People’s Seimas, she went to Moscow with a request to accept Lithuania into the Soviet Union.

However, a number of literary experts and other scientists emphasize the significance of S. Nėries’ work for Lithuanian literature and collective memory, her later repentance for cooperation with the Soviet authorities.

The market and public opinion research company “Baltijos tyrimi” conducted a representative survey of the Lithuanian population on April 10-21. During it, 1,020 adult Lithuanian residents were interviewed. The error of the results is no more than 3.1 percent.


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2024-05-04 19:49:38

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