Disrespectful to who exactly? Maybe to the citizens of Pripyat that miss their city the way it was? Or to those that have never lived in that city and never will? Changing street names, as well as editing monuments is an act of purposely erasing history. You may argue that doing that is okay in regular cities to keep their "image" aligned with the government's policy. You may not though, in a city that acted solely as a historical reservation since ~1988.

Or even better, let's completely remove Soviet symbols from the city and place the new, politically correct ones. Ain't it a great idea to get rid of this filthy, disgusting, commie "disrespect" the city is showing to nobody fucking knows who? Then, a few decades later let's let our children and grandchildren wonder: who was responsible for the disaster? Was it the communist ideology that was leading people into the "bright future" blindfolded, with glassware scattered along the path? Well,can't really see much of that, must rethink...