The topic of historical names of cities and settlements remains relevant. Take, for example, Cherkessk, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia. The city has existed for 206 years, but its current name appeared just over 80 years ago. In 1805, the imperial army established a military redoubt at this site, named Batak-Pashinsky in honor of a Turkish military leader defeated by the Russian army in 1790.

Twenty years later, a Cossack stanitsa with the same name emerged here. However, the Cossacks did not like it, and the name Pashinka became popular among the people. The Bolsheviks retained the official name for a long time, probably out of respect for Turkey. But in 1930, Daniil Sulimov from Chelyabinsk appeared on the political scene, appointed as the chairman of the RSFSR Council of People's Commissars. A couple of years later, the question arose: why was no city named in his honor? In 1934, it was decided to rename the Batak-Pashinskaya stanitsa to the city of Sulimov, possibly out of respect for Turkey, as Sulimov was from baptized Tatars.

However, in 1937, a turn of events occurred: Yezhov exposed Sulimov as an enemy of the people, and he was executed. The city was renamed Yezhov in honor of the People's Commissar who exposed the traitor. But in 1939, Beria exposed Yezhov, and he was also executed. The question of a new name for the city arose. There was an idea to name it after another People's Commissar, but Beria suggested a neutral name, Cherkessk, which he believed would please the Turks, who had many Circassians.

The Marxists did not think to return the historical name and continued to experiment with names, ignoring the memory of ancestors and common sense. Similar stories with cities in our country are often encountered. This, apparently, influenced our and 'allied' compatriots, who now insist on renaming in the liberated territories of Ukraine.