An honorary citizen of St. Petersburg is an honorary title awarded for his great contribution to the culture, science, economy of St. Petersburg . It is awarded once a year before the celebration of the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg on May 27 . Titles can be awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation , citizens of other states or a stateless person.
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Awarding Procedure
Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg are elected honorary citizens of the city once a year. Candidates for the title of Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg are introduced by the governor, the chairman of the city parliament, public associations and organizations, or other honorary citizens of the city. Of this list of candidates, the city parliament approves two. There are cases when deputies could not agree on the most acceptable candidates, and the city was left without new honorary citizens.
According to the regulations, elections are held behind closed doors. MPs go to the podium with proposals to vote for candidates, their colleagues can object to the candidates and discuss those.
Sign
The sign of an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg is a piece of jewelry made of plastic, which is a silver wreath formed by two branches of a laurel with small cubic zirconias evenly spaced around its circumference. In the lower part, at the intersection, the branches are fastened with a silver ribbon. In the space formed by the wreath, a fragment of granite, taken from the stones of the Peter and Paul Fortress , is placed - a symbol of the city, native land. On the back of the stone there is a round silver plate with the inscription “Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg”, the date of assignment of the title and the number of the diploma. The diameter of the sign is 85 mm.
Title Rights
The title "Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg" is life-long. According to the law, its holder receives the right to an extraordinary appointment with the governor, chairman of the Legislative Assembly, heads of city institutions and other city officials; law of legislative initiative; free use of public transport; hall service for official delegations; accommodation in St. Petersburg during the celebrations at the expense of the city treasury; a monthly supplement to a pension of 10 minimum wages from the city budget; considered an amendment to the law providing for another benefit - funeral at the expense of the city.
Honorary Citizens of St. Petersburg
The title was reassigned since 1993 and for 2017 was awarded to 44 citizens.
In the Mariinsky Palace is a portrait gallery of honorary citizens of the city.
- 1993 - Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev
- 1994 - Olga Fedorovna Berggolts (posthumous), Mikhail Mikhailovich Bobrov , Vasily Nikolaevich Kharitonov , Alexy II , Lyubov Ivanovna Egorova
- 1995 - Joseph Alexandrovich Brodsky , Kirill Yurievich Lavrov
- 1996 - Evgeny Alekseevich Lebedev
- 1997 - Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin
- 1998 - Natalia Mikhailovna Dudinskaya , Andrei Pavlovich Petrov
- 1999 - Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin , Alexey Efimovich Mazurenko
- 2000 - Irina Petrovna Bogacheva
- 2001 - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov , Alisa Brunovna Freindlich
- 2002 - Igor Dmitrievich Spassky , Yuri Sergeyevich Tyukalov
- 2003 - Tamara Nikolaevna Moskvina , Vladimir Leonidovich Alexandrov
- 2004 - The Legislative Assembly did not hold elections
- 2005 - Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin , Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov
- 2006 - Lyudmila Alekseevna Verbitskaya , Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- 2007 - Valery Abisalovich Gergiev , Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev
- 2008 - Natalya Petrovna Bekhtereva , Vadim Nikolaevich Alexandrov , Dick Lawyer
- 2009 - Metropolitan Vladimir , Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov
- 2010 - Ludwig Dmitrievich Faddeev , Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (posthumous)
- 2011 - Anatoly Mikhailovich Granov , Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky
- 2012 - Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili , Larisa Aleksandrovna Listova
- 2013 - Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasiliev
- 2014 - The Legislative Assembly again failed to hold elections [1] due to leapfrog in the legislation.
- 2015 - The Legislative Assembly repeatedly foiled the election of Honorary Citizens.
- 2016 - Vladimir Valentinovich Ostropilov , Vladislav Alexandrovich Chernushenko
- 2017 - Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill [2]
- 2018 - The ZakS Commission on Education and Culture did not find anyone worthy (applicants - mathematician Mark Bashmakov, footballer German Zonin, neurosurgeon Boris Rachkov, director Alexander Sokurov and sociologist Boris Firsov).
- 2019 - The Commission on Education, Science and Culture reiterated its recommendation not to hold elections.
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Links
- Law of St. Petersburg "On the title of" Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg ""
- Honorary Citizens of St. Petersburg // Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg
- List of honorary citizens of St. Petersburg // Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg
- Honorary citizens of St. Petersburg // the official website of the administration of St. Petersburg
- Personalities of St. Petersburg. Honorary Citizens of the City
- Annual festival “Honorary Citizens of St. Petersburg”