Memorial plaque

Memorial plaque creation and installation

October 4th, 2007 at 16.00 the opening ceremony of memorial plaque of Wassily Leontief, Nobel Prize Winner, on the facade of the house on Zhdanovskaya Street 43, was held.

The decision on installation of a memorial plaque was taken in September 2006 in the framework of carrying out of Centenary Programme of Wassily Leontief Centenary Celebration. Opening Ceremony of memorial plaque is held within VII Annual Leontief Conference «Economic Theory and History». Ceremony is organized by International Charitable Foundation for the Renaissance of St. Petersburg-Leningrad, Committee for Culture and Committee on City Planning and Architecture of the St.-Petersburg Government, ICSER "Leontief Centre" with support of Vneshtorgbank Ltd.