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Letter in support of the option selected sculptures Katusha\’s Konstantin Novikov from St. Petersburg came to the head of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev from the chairman of the Vladivostok City Council veteran James Kahn.
The letter reads in part: «On behalf of the many thousands of war veterans, labor, armed forces and law enforcement agencies, living in the city of Vladivostok, the City Council expresses its gratitude to the veterans of the expert committee that chose the sculpture dedicated to the song» Katyusha «, as proposed by the sculptor Konstantin Novikov. On the eve of the 68th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 75th anniversary of the events at Lake Khasan selected Katyusha sculpture that represents the song of those years, the idea of the poet and composer. guess that the authors of a proposal will not be offended by us, veterans, support the decision of the expert committee.
Regarding the project, which received the most votes on the internet, it is certainly worthy of attention, but has no relation to the Katyusha is sung in verse and song. project can be used in other circumstances. »
Chairman of the city council of veterans turned to the head of the city with a request — to approve the decision taken by the expert committee.