School atlases with 'Russian Crimea' withdrawn from lists of recommended textbooks in the Czech Republic
Atlases containing controversial maps that showed “Russian Crimea” were approved for distribution in accordance with the internal documents of the Czech Ministry of Education in the summer of 2017. Later, the Ambassador of Ukraine protested the incorrect marking of the peninsula.
The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic stated that the school atlas in which the Crimea was marked as Russian territory is now out of circulation in the country.
"The Ministry of Education studied the situation and decided to withdraw atlases from the list of recommended textbooks. Currently, the Ministry is in contact with the publishers to rectify the situation as soon as possible," the statement on the Ministry's website says.
At the end of 2017, the ambassadors of Ukraine and Georgia raised the issue of incorrect maps with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As Korrespondent.net reported earlier, a map where the Crimea was marked as Russian territory was found in one of Prague's schools.
Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Yevhen Perebyinis stated that the map manufacturer had sent apologies to the Embassy and reported taking the incorrect map off the market but not all maps have been withdrawn from schools.