In St. Petersburg will arise square Strugatsky and the green Boulevard
The proposal to name the intersection Name by Strugatsky brothers in the beginning of winter last year expressed Petersburg deputies. City Commission for items of this idea was unanimously approved, after which the corresponding order was signed by the ACTING head Georgy Poltavchenko.
The choice of location for the perpetuation of the legendary science fiction nonrandom. According to the member of the toponymic Commission Alexey Vladimirovich, the square in the Moscow region " imbued with the spirit Strugatsky " - writers have long lived and worked here through it Boris Strugatsky went to work on the Pulkovo Observatory.
remember, after the death of Boris Strugatsky deputies also proposed to establish the prize of the writers for the best fiction work, to install a memorial plaque on the house where he lived one of the brothers, and assign a name by Strugatsky two special government grants. At this time the name of the writers already named one of the libraries the Moscow region.
note that in the new " toponymic " the decree of the government there was room for another Russian writer Alexander green. The name of the playwright now will be above the ring travel on Vasilievsky island.
Members of the toponymic Commission based its decision on the fact that Greene wrote " Scarlet sails " in Petrograd. In addition, in practice, all the names of the roads in the area have just nautical theme. Boulevard Alexander green will be located on a segment of the area of Europe to the Gulf of Finland.
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