The Moscow authorities intend to return to Leningrad Station royal name
The Moscow authorities are considering renaming the capital of a number of objects. Among them, Leningrad railway station and subway station "Voykovskaya." In an interview with the newspaper "Izvestia" said Deputy Mayor for Social Policy Lyudmila Shvetsova to head the city's inter-ministerial commission under the name of territorial units.
According to her, the authorities will deal with this issue, considering the different positions, including public opinion polls in the capital.
Recall under the previous administration refused to rename the committee to rename the station "Voykovskaya" despite protests from a number of organizations claiming that the capital should not be the objects named in honor of Peter Voykova - participant in the murder of the royal family.
With regard to the Leningrad station, then the initiative to rename it appears Railways, offering to return the station, the historical name "Nicholas".
A. Shvetsov also told that the area should appear Brateevo subway station "Alma-Ata." "This decision was made taking into account the fact that in the metro Alma-Ata will station" Moskovskaya ", - said the deputy mayor.
Also, L. Shvetsova said that in her view, must appear in Moscow streets named in honor of the poet Nikolai Nekrasov, Aleksey Maresyev pilot and his wife Evdokia Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow.
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