 In 1928, the town was given name, after Alexander Tsiurupa, the former Soviet Trade Minister and the chief of Gosplan who was born in the city.On 21 November 2007, the city council adopted resolution No.296 to restore the name Oleshky.The city council deputies and district councils, as well as the local Cossacks, wrote a letter to then president Victor Yushchenko requesting that the petition be carried out.