2009-02-05 :: Ten years have passed since the death of Wassily Leontief.

On February 5, 2009 ten years have passed since the death of Wassily Leontief. On this day the flowers was laid to the memorial plaque on the facade of the Leontief family house on Zhdanovskaya Street 43. In this very house Wassily Leontief, famous economist, future Nobel-Prize Winner and the Leontief Centre founder lived during 1906-1925.

On February 26, in the same place, in the framework of VIII Annual Leontief Readings the solemn ceremony will be held, devoted to the 10th anniversary of Wassily Leontief death.

In 2006 the opening of memorial plaque was included in Wassily Leontief Centenary Celebration Programme as one of the central event. The Plague was established On October 4th 2007 on the basis of the St Petersburg Government Regulation #1 from15 of January 2007.
 

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