In Kaliningrad, in honor of the deceased head of the Ministry of Emergencies Zinichev, the street was renamed • Sever.Realities • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
In Kaliningrad, in honor of the deceased head of the Ministry of Emergencies Zinichev, the street was renamed
Evgeny Zinichev
In Kaliningrad, the ambassador Street was renamed in honor of the deceased head of the Ministry of Emergencies Evgeny Zinichev. This was written by Klops with reference to the decision of the city council of deputies.
The head of Kaliningrad, Evgeny, the loved one, while making a decision, said that while Zinichev was the governor of the Kaliningrad region, he did a lot for the region.
"This is the hero of Russia, who tragically died recently. I believe that the street in Kaliningrad has the right to be called his name," said Lovey.
According to the deputy head of the city administration, Igor Shlykov, with a request to rename the street to the authorities by the chieftain of the Cossack society "Svyatoslav" Artem Shepelev. The toponymic commission decided to rename the embassy, which is located between the streets of consent and Chelnokov and goes parallel to Gorchakova. There are no addresses and buildings on the embassy yet, but a school and kindergarten are designed in this area.
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55-year-old Yevgeny Zinichev died on September 8 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where he was on interdepartmental exercises to protect the Arctic zone from emergency situations. According to the official version, the minister died on the exercises when he saved a man.
A number of media, as well as officials, reported that Zinichev tried to save the 63-year-old director Alexander Melnik, who had been working with the Ministry of Emergencies for many years. According to one version, Zinichev jumped after him from a cliff into the river, but crashed against a stone. On the other, he tried to keep him from the fall from the cliff.
Army General Zinichev headed the Ministry of Emergencies since May 2018. He served in the KGB, worked for 9 years in the personal protection of Vladimir Putin, headed the Kaliningrad region for three months and served as deputy director of the FSB. It was a member of the Security Council - the Advisory authority under the President, which includes all power ministers and key Russian officials.
President Vladimir Putin assigned Evgeny Zinichev the title of Hero of Russia posthumously.