Strugatsky Square appeared in Russia Automatic translate

ST. PETERSBURG. On August 15, Georgy Poltavchenko, temporary acting governor of St. Petersburg, approved a resolution to rename the square located at the intersection of Victory, Frunze and Moskovsky Avenue, in honor of the world-famous Russian science fiction writers, the Strugatsky brothers. Also in the cultural capital of Russia appeared Alexander Green Boulevard, Alexander Blok and Vadim Shefner Streets. This decision was published on the official website of Smolny.

The toponymic commission of St. Petersburg, which proposed this cultural project for consideration in December last year, unanimously voted for the renaming of geographical objects in honor of the great Russian writers: “They lived and worked there, Boris Strugatsky for many years drove to work towards the observatory. This place is saturated with the spirit of the Strugatsky. "

Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly and author of the book “Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Double Star ”reported that a memorial plaque in his honor will be installed on house number 4 on Victory Avenue, in which Boris Strugatsky lived. The governor also approved his idea of ​​publishing the complete works of the Strugatsky brothers for city and school libraries.

Recall that the Strugatsky brothers wrote world-famous works, “Monday begins on Saturday,” “Picnic on the sidelines,” “A billion years before the end of the world,” “It’s hard to be a god,” and many other works that, according to literary critics, contributed to the development of Russian literature.

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru