The airport Egor Letov will appear in the region of Omsk

OMSK, date. / Corr. TASS Alexey Petrov /. The private airport Popovka, located 15 km from Omsk, will bear the name of the poet and musician of the civil defense group Egor Letov, who has not reached the final phase of the project "The great names of Russia". As the owner of the airport, Alexander Anisimov, told TASS that he intended to immortalize the name of the founder of the Russian company. punk rock and support all the inhabitants of the region who voted for the musician.

"As if someone did not belong to Egor Letov, it is a musical legend and it can not be removed from our chronicle. Many people voted for his name and, with their support, we decided to call our airport the name of Letov. We simply want to perpetuate its name, "said Anisimov, adding that the name change ceremony would be held at the airport on November 30, the day of the closing of the vote at the Russian Grand Names Contest.

The airport owner said that he was preparing documents for Rosaviatsiya, so that the landing area officially bears the name of Letov. "The way this will be formalized is not yet clear. This is probably the first precedent of this type. But I think that since the central airports have been allowed to be renamed, this can also apply to us, "Anisimov said.

He added that a monument to the musician will be erected at the airport. "What exactly, until we decide." We want to talk with his wife Letov, his brother – maybe they will have some wishes If we succeed, we can create a small museum directly on the airfield, "said the landlord 's owner.

Founder of the civil defense group, founder of the Russian group punk rock Egor Letov, who has over 20 years of musical career in the group and in related projects, has published about thirty albums, the latter having been published in 2007. The musician died February 19, 2008 in Omsk. His name was one of the most popular names at Omsk Airport, for which residents of that city voted, but this option was not qualified for the final.

The project "Great Names of Russia" was launched in October 2018. In this context, the residents of the Russian Federation decide themselves by the name of who must complete the name of 47 airports of the country. The priority is the historical link of the candidates with a specific territory. According to the website of the project "Great Names of Russia", the final vote in Omsk was presented by the hero of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Karbyshev, the aeronautical designer Andrei Tupolev and the actor Mikhail Ulyanov .