Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Revision of history




After the end of WWII, many of the streets in Budapest had their names changed to fit with various communist luminaries - obviously, after the end of the Cold War and arrival of democracy in Hungary, names were changed again to something less antagonising to the citizens of Budapest but in some instances, the old signs are still there, just not always too well hidden - especially in some of the more off the beaten track districts - like the VIIth

The person this street was named after originally was Sajakoiskij but there doesn't appear to be anything relating to them on the internet

The new name is Kiraly utca - Kiraly means King although I would like to the think that it is more than that and maybe one of these 2 is a possible candidate

Bela Kiraly - a member of the Hungarian Revolution and later a democratically elected member of Parliament

Ede Kiraly - World and European Figure skating champion and Olympic Silver medalist in 1948

but you decide

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