RENAME CANNOT BE LEFT! (TO THE QUESTION OF THE DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TOPONYMIC POLICY)
The article discusses the concept of “toponymic policy”, analyzes the content of the Federal Law “On the Name of Geographical Objects”. The main tasks in the fi ld of regional toponymic policy are formulated, among which: increasing the degree of uniqueness of the name; abbreviation of multicomponent place names; bringing oikonyms in accordance with the existing system of nomination; rejection of abbreviations and numbered names; spelling normalization of geographical objects, etc.