| In Taganrog they will not forget the secretary of the city committee of the CPSU and the gypsy baron The Taganrog City Duma supported the initiative of local gypsies to name one of the outskirts of the city after the gypsy baron Fatori Kola. Provincial deputies believe that they were the first in Russia to take such a step. However, Taganrog traditionally lays claim to some exclusivity in terms of renaming streets. For example, recently they wanted to name the local Kuznechnaya street after the tragically deceased mayor of the city, Sergei Shilo. There were almost equal numbers of opponents and supporters of the renaming, as a result of which the City Duma decided to divide Kuznechnaya in half, leaving one half with the old name, and giving the second the name of Mr. Shilo.
“Gypsies from the Shubino farm, which is administratively part of Taganrog, came to us with a request to name an unnamed street in honor of Fatori Kola,” Galina Garmider, a specialist at the Taganrog City Duma, explained to the Vremya Novostey newspaper. “The deputies met the townspeople halfway, taking into account, first of all, the merits of Fatori Kola. ". It is believed that the gypsy baron, who lived in Taganrog in the 20s of the last century, did the city a great service by calling on the surrounding gypsies to abandon the nomadic lifestyle and all the criminal manifestations that accompany it, such as horse theft. According to Galina Garmider, until now in Russia the names of Gypsy barons have not yet been assigned to streets.
It is characteristic that along with the appearance of Baronskaya Street, Taganrog deputies also satisfied the request of another group of enterprising citizens who insisted on similar honors for the former first secretary of the local city committee of the CPSU Boris Zubritsky. Having named one of the outlying streets of Taganrog after a prominent party member, the townspeople decided to thank him for the industrial boom, as well as the active housing construction observed in the seaside city during the reign of Comrade Zubritsky (late 70s - early 80s). However, the request of the initiative group was not fully satisfied. Grateful contemporaries wanted to see Zubritsky Boulevard in their hometown, but the deputies felt that the street located next to country houses and vegetable gardens did not yet live up to the “boulevard”. Igor BURAKOV, Rostov-on-Don |
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