Is the Bergholz School slated for demolition? An expert saw no historical value in the building where the poet studied.
School №117 In PetersburgThe building where the future poet studied is slated for demolition: the site is needed for the construction of the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge. Heritage activists have decided to sue to stop the building's demolition due to its value, but an expert on historical significance has ruled out the possibility of demolishing it. didn't find it.
The building is also known for being the site of the People's Militia Division's formation in 1941. This is precisely what the preservationists highlighted in their lawsuit.
An expert examination commissioned by the court was conducted by an employee of the Peterhof Museum-Reserve. Olesya ChaynikovaAccording to the plaintiffs, she inspected the building on May 29, and a week later, her report was ready. The expert found no value in the building.
In 2022, Chaynikova did not recognize the VNIIB building as valuable, having conducted research based on photographs on Yandex Maps, which is said in a court. It was demolished, despite protests from St. Petersburg residents.
Now the school building may be demolished. Previously, preservationists presented An alternative project for the bridge ramp also proposed moving the building, but their proposals did not influence the decision on demolition.
"The demolishers never went to school! Especially not the school where Olga Bergholz was raised," "Worse than the Fritz, even in peacetime," "This isn't a building, it's a symbol. Its demolition is a demonstrative act, a denial of the memory of the millions of victims with which Leningraders paid. This shame will never be washed away."- comment Petersburg residents on social networks.
Olga Berggolts — Soviet poet and playwright, war correspondent, and author of the phrase "Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten." During the Siege of Leningrad, she worked on the radio. In 1938, she was arrested in the "case of a literary group," tortured, and gave birth to a stillborn child, but she pleaded not guilty. She was released a year later.
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