Alferov: “Hero City Volgograd – it does not sound quite” – AiF-Volgograd

Volgograd, March 16 – AiF-operate.

Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alferov, in an interview with Tass said that he supports the renaming of Volgograd Stalingrad.

 
 

«From my point of view, rename Volgograd Stalingrad it is necessary, just do not need it to communicate with Stalin – TASS quoted a scientist. – The Battle of Stalingrad – the turning point of World War II. In Stalingrad, our soldiers and commanders no longer afraid of the Germans. And then, the hero-city Volgograd – it does not sound quite ».

 
 

Subject to rename Volgograd care Alferov personally since before the war, his family lived for some time in Stalingrad.

 
 

Recall that in late February, the State Duma rejected a draft resolution on the return of the historic name of Stalingrad Volgograd made by the Communist Party faction. The idea of ​​the Communists provoked a heated debate in the State Duma. Authors of the project insisted that it aims to protect the historical memory of Russia, and was assured that the best gift for veterans for the anniversary of the Victory will return its characters. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the federal structure and Local Government, a member of the faction “United Russia” Viktor Kazakov noted that the right to initiate the renaming of the city belongs to the Volgograd City Duma, why not support the project committee. Against the project, in addition to representatives of the “United Russia”, spoke the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky and “spravedlivoross” Alexander Romanovich.