A proposal was made to name Nizhny Novgorod Avenue after Nemtsov. Residents opposed the idea.
With the initiative to rename Moskovsky Prospekt acted deputy of the first convocation of the Legislative Assembly Petr KhvenHe believes the name of the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region should be immortalized. He was supported by the former mayor of Nizhny Novgorod. Yury LebedevThe townspeople reacted negatively to the proposal.
Boris Nemtsov was elected the region's first governor and led it from 1991 to 1997, after which he became the first deputy chairman of the Russian government.
"We need to perpetuate the memory of Boris Nemtsov in our city. The decision is up to the Nizhny Novgorod Duma deputies." — Lebedev said.
In a survey conducted by NN.RU, 83% of subscribers voted against, and only 13% voted for the renaming.
Nemtsov was shot dead on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, directly across from the Kremlin, late in the evening of February 27, 2015. Two years later, five of the perpetrators of the murder were convicted, and the mastermind behind the attack was never found.
The regional Duma has received an application to rename the avenue didn't enter.
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