Memorial plaque to Capt 1 rank Vasily Turayev, a commanding officer who led the longest cruise of Soviet submarine in the WW2 will be opened in St. Petersburg on housefront of 12, Nalichnaya Str., reports Interfax.
The corresponding decree was posted on official website of the city administration. The following inscription will be engraved on the plaque: "Capt 1 rank Vasily A. Turayev, commanding officer of Baltic Fleet and Northern Fleet submarines of the Great Patriotic War, lived in this house since 1959 till 1966".
Opening of the memorial plaque is an initiative of regional public organization "St. Petersburg Submariners' Club and Navy Veterans".
