Georgy Poltavchenko
Smolninskiy district court decided to draw the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko as the person concerned to a hearing on the transfer of St. Isaac’s Cathedral to the gratuitous use of the Russian Orthodox Church. On Monday, March 13 said kp.ru.
One of the plaintiffs, the Deputy of legislative Assembly of the city Boris Vishnevsky, supported this idea. “The fact that they don’t just destroy the Museum and deprive residents of an object of cultural heritage, but also doing it without a legitimate reason,” he said.
The trial will also attract representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and of the Committee for culture of St. Petersburg.
10 Jan Poltavchenko announced the intention to transfer the Cathedral to the gratuitous use of the Russian Orthodox Church for 49 years. In this regard, the city began to protest.
January 26, Vasileostrovskiy district court registered the claim of the activists of the city, headed by three deputies of the legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky, Ekaterina Kuznetsova and Pavel Capcicum against the transfer of the Isaac Church.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral — the largest Orthodox Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Built in 1819. Today has the status of a Museum.