War to palaces

Russia proposed to exclude the suburbs of St. Petersburg from the World Heritage. This was at a meeting of the Commission of the City Legislative Assembly by education by the head of the SR faction Alexei Kovalev, reports Fotntanka.ru. According to the deputy, the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the UNESCO Commission with a proposal to exclude from the World Heritage Object "The Historical Center of St. Petersburg and the associated groups of monuments" protected by UNESCO, the centers of Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Petrodvorets, Strelna, Lomonosov.

The initiator was the St. Petersburg government, Kovalev believes. Previously, this initiative was not publicly discussed. For city -defenders and city deputies, she was a complete surprise.

In Russia's proposals, there are also no sailor and soldier's settlements of Pavlovsk, many historical estates and cottages of the suburbs and Kronstadt. According to Kovalev, the inclusion in the object of the Babolovsky, Aleksandrovsky, farm and separate parks of Pushkin, the “menagerie” and Marintaly in Pavlovsk, parks in the Petrodvorets and the Sestroretsky Plant, questioned.

“This is a preliminary, not a working document,” said Alexei Mikhailov, head of the department of cultural heritage zones of the cultural heritage of the cultural heritage of the cultural heritage of the cultural heritage. He assured that the list will not be considered and approved by the UNESCO session from Cambodia from June 16 to June 16 to June 16 to 27.

Such an explanation of the members of the commission did not satisfy. They sent their decision with the expression of “deepest concern” on this issue to Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, to the Ministry of Culture and the Russian UNESCO commission.

The destruction of architectural monuments in St. Petersburg occurs constantly and jeopardizes its status of an object of world heritage. In addition, UNESCO has repeatedly opposed the distortion of the historical appearance of the city.

In November 2012, a bill was submitted to the State Duma to tighten sanctions for the demolition of historical buildings. Its developer was the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. “I have been developed and sent to the government of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko,” she said. “Now we are doing everything with the city’s government so that this law is adopted as quickly as possible.”

Poltavchenko announced the need to introduce the "cruel" sanctions for the demolition of historical buildings in mid -September. So the governor reacted to the demolition of the house of the merchant Rogov built in the 19th century, for the preservation of which activists fought for a long time.

As the governor of St. Petersburg, Matvienko was repeatedly criticized for her urban planning policy.