People’s Artist of the USSR Oleg Basilashvili admitted in an interview with the publication “Paragraph”To Edita Piekha, St. I am glad that he was awarded the title of honorary citizen of St. Petersburg.
Basilashvili called Piekha “a symbol of Leningrad.” According to him, without the artist St. Petersburg’s music scene would be “incomplete”.
“Therefore, St. It is very strange that the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly rejected his candidacy 14 times. I can only explain this behavior of the legislator with the lowest level of culture of these council members. Nothing else can explain this, ”said the artist.
To Edita Piekha on May 24 selected Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg from the 15th attempt. Along with the artist was awarded the title of siege teacher, honored Leningrad teacher Nadezhda Strogonova.
Piekha’s grandson Stas ConfessedHe said that his family had been waiting for a status for his grandmother for a very long time. He was angry that his grandmother had taken the title only on the 15th attempt. The singer believes that the artist should have been awarded the title of honorary citizen of St. Grandma’s always St. Petersburg, she explained.