In St. Petersburg they refused to rename a metro station under construction in honor of Sobchak

In St. Petersburg, the Toponymic Commission rejected a proposal to rename the metro station under construction from Mining Institute to Anatoly Sobchak Square. about this on Facebook . wrote Aleksey Tsivilev, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg,

He told Fontanka that such a decision was due to the fact that, according to the Toponymic Commission, the name "Mining Institute" is more "strong".

The proposal to rename the metro station was made by the senator and the widow of Anatoly Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova.

Tsivilev on Facebook also said that the Turistskaya station, which is currently being designed, will be renamed Bogatyrskaya. The Shuvalovsky Prospekt station will also appear in the St. Petersburg Metro.

Anatoly Sobchak was the only mayor of St. Petersburg. He held this position from 1991-1996. Sobchak lost the gubernatorial election to his deputy Vladimir Yakovlev, subsequently the post of mayor was abolished.