The Governor of the Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov approved the proposal to rename the city’s veterans Volgograd airport Gumrak Stalingrad. The guide airport this idea does not comment, although earlier themselves put forward a proposal to change the name Gumrak (a nearby village) to another, which launched online voting, but its results have not yet been announced. Interviewees “Y”, experts believe that the name change, if it is implemented, will be an occasion for renewed debate about the renaming of Volgograd.
Volgograd Region Governor Andrei Bocharov Tuesday approved a proposal to rename Volgograd Stalingrad international airport, the press service of the regional administration. The Governor met with veterans on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Stalingrad in 1942. “For many years, there is the idea of revival of the old name of the city – recalled during the meeting the deputy chairman of regional council of veterans Yuri Torgashov.- Creating airport Stalingrad will remove this issue.” Governor Andrew Bocharov supported the proposal of the veteran community, but noted that “this question requires elaboration».
Volgograd International Airport Gumrak called by the name of the nearby village Gorodishchensky District area. The military airport was built at this place in 1940 and during the Battle of Stalingrad in a few months was used by the German army. Civilian Gumrak received in 1952. Now the airport annually transports about one million passengers, the main shareholder is the company “Novoport”. The airport authority previously launched a campaign to rename, for which a two-stage Internet voting has been launched. First, on the City Hall site in Volgograd and in a special group in “VKontakte” social network citizens were asked to decide on whether they want to keep the current name – the majority voted against Gumrak. After this, airport on its official portal opened the vote on the proposed 15 variants. Among them are contemporary and historical place names (Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad, Volga), and the names of famous people in the region or figures who left their mark in the history of the city, – Georgy Zhukov, Alexey Maresiev, Alexandra Pakhmutova. Offered were the names Rainbow and Mist: the location of the airport is that the fog is often the reason for the cancellation and transfer of flights
According to the Volgograd portal “Volgapromekspert” vote on the airport site was not. protected by “markups”. This information is not denied in the port guide. June 30 vote has expired, and it was closed, but the results were not made public until now. The head of the press service of the airport Tatiana Fomichev said that “a special commission conducted debriefing”, while unable to explain the algorithm of counting and timing, when the results are displayed. The airport is also not comment on the statement of the governor to rename Gumrak Stalingrad
Sociologist Sergei Vovchenko believes that the issue of renaming the airport “discuss, if the process does not go further”:. “At the end of all, even in Paris, is the area of Stalingrad. But back to the question of the city renaming would be a mistake, it will split the society. »
Earlier, a number of public organizations, including the Communist Party, has repeatedly put forward the proposal to return to Volgograd former name. President Vladimir Putin also commented on the issue, noting that it should address the residents of the city. According to opinion polls, most of the earlier opposed the renaming of Volgograd.
Communist Party in 2015, endured a corresponding resolution on the State Duma for consideration. Head of the Political expert group, the former vice-mayor of Volgograd Konstantin Kalachev believes that the Communists will not be able to use the idea of the current governor as a victory – they have too little media resources. “Rather, it is the opposite: the interception of the Communist Party theme that communists mercilessly exploited in Volgograd last 20 years, if not more, – says Mr. Kalachev.- The idea does not seem to me a good one. Renaming does not work on consolidation and on the split. »
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