Zigzags of toponymy in the perimeter of history
The causal relationship of toponymy with history and politics in modern society discussed in the article. The general state of toponymic culture is assessed in the context of modernization of the country. An inadequate given of "traces" of history in the lexical landscape of cities (streets, squares) is established. The essential and functional difference between the real history and the pseudo-history that replacing it is revealed. The normative requirements for the toponymic context of the historical chronicle are determined. The semantic and stylistic features of the translation of the historical process into toponymic signs are studied. The destructive role of conjuncture politics for the process of toponymic objectification of what is happening in reality is demonstrated. The negative meaning of the historical shape-shifters caused by politics in the frames of toponymy for the education and upbringing of citizens is shown. The need for state policy of a dialectical method to historical memory in the present and future is proved.