This material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of RS-Balt JSC or relates to the activities of a foreign agent of RS-Balt JSC. 18+
In the St. Petersburg art space mArs (Marsovo Pole, 3) on Monday, February 13, at 19:00, a regular meeting of the Discussion Club of Daniil Kotsiubinsky “Why is everything wrong?” will take place.
This time the debate will focus on the most burning topic of hail protection in recent weeks: the fate of Cape Okhtinsky. Supporters of two polar points of view are invited to participate in the discussion.
The position of those who are convinced that the Okhtinsky Cape should be built up by Gazprom’s “Crystal Ship” is represented by Lev Lurie, a well-known St. Petersburg historian, as well as the founder and head of the Lev Lurie House of Culture. His main thesis sounds extremely clear: “Among the city defenders there are a lot of uneducated people who do not understand what they are talking about. In order to show the ruins of the Nienschanz fortress to the townspeople, two glazed shafts are enough, for this it is not necessary to try to cancel the entire development of the Okhtinsky Cape.
The point of view of city defenders, as well as archaeologists and historians who oppose any kind of capital construction throughout the territory of the Okhtinsky Cape and for the creation of a historical and archaeological museum-reserve there, will be defended by the organizer of the meeting, St. Petersburg historian Daniil Kotsyubinsky. His position is also quite clear:
“The largest archaeologist of the Russian North-West, Anatoly Kirpichnikov, and the organizer of the excavations at the Okhtinsky Cape, Pyotr Sorokin, it is no coincidence that this archaeological treasury was called the “Petersburg Troy”: it has preserved unique traces of the development of the Neva civilization over seven millennia, starting from the time of the Neolithic sites, continuing with the perfectly preserved remains of buildings epochs of the early and mature Middle Ages, Modern and Modern times. The Gazprom office will simply grind all these cultural values into building dust. In particular, the miraculously preserved lower part of the wooden donjon tower of the Landskrona fortress, built in 1300, will perish. Planning the development of the Okhtinsky Cape means committing a crime against the culture and historical memory of not only St. Petersburg, but of all mankind.”
Supporters of both – in fact irreconcilable – cultural and security positions will also take an active part in the discussion.
Tickets for the event can be purchased on TimePad or at the box office before the event.
Source: Rosbalt
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
