What's in a Prague street name
Every street in Prague, one by one.
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Category: 1977
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Kovriginova was built in 1977. I want to start this one by taking you to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/20/prague-4-day-178-goncarenkova/, and the story of when Soviet tanks entered Prague in May 1945. As well as Honcharenko, the crew of tank no. 24 included a loader, Nikolai Kovrigin. According to an article published earlier this year by a local newspaper…
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Perlitová was built in 1977. ‘Perlit’ is perlite – an amorphous volcanic glass with a high water content, and which, unusually, expands significantly upon heating. It’s used a lot in construction and manufacturing, for example in ceiling tiles, insulation, concrete and lightweight plasters. In the case of this street, a construction cooperative called Perlit-dom took…
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Pikrtova was formerly part of 5. května (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/05/prague-4-day-25-5-kvetna-5-may/), but construction of the nearby main road changed its shape so much that it was declared a separate street in 1977. We don’t have tremendous amounts of information about Josef Pikrt – for example, we don’t know his year of birth. We do know that he was…
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Kunešova was built in 1977, making it the newest street to date. And we’re back on the Hussites! Kuneš z Bělovic (born in the 14th century) was a comrade of Jan Žižka. The first written mention of him is from 1422, when he tried to overthrow Sigismund Korybut (Zikmund Korybutovič), who was acknowledged as governor of…
What's in a Prague street name 