ST. PETERSBURG, June 22. In St. Petersburg, it is planned to put in order all the memorial places associated with the poetess Olga Berggolts, the press service of the city governor’s administration reported.
The memory of the siege poet Olga Berggolts was honored on Saturday on the 83rd anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg. During a working trip, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov visited the Palevsky Garden, where a monument to the poetess was erected, and laid flowers at it. 
Olga Berggolts spent her childhood and teenage years on the outskirts of Nevskaya Zastava. In the Palevsky residential area, the tradition of celebrating her birthday is maintained.
The monument in the Palevsky Garden was opened on May 16, 2015 — on the 105th anniversary of her birth. The authors of the monument depicted Olga Berggolts against the background of a granite wall, symbolizing the besieged city, on which her siege poems are engraved. In recent years, extensive renovation and improvement work has been carried out in the garden. Modern lighting has been installed — all lamps are equipped with LED light sources. Emergency equipment on the playground was removed and new equipment was installed in 2023, and the sports ground was landscaped.
“There is a monument to Olga Fedorovna Berggolts in the garden. Next year she turns 115 years old. I consider it important to put in order all the memorial places associated with the poet,” Beglov noted, whose words are quoted in the message.
Olga Berggolts (1910-1975) — poet, playwright, writer and journalist. In besieged Leningrad she worked in the Literary and Dramatic Editorial Office of Leningrad Radio. Berggolts went on air every day and read her poems, which became a symbol of the perseverance and courage of Leningraders. Berggolts was called the “muse of besieged Leningrad” and his voice. In the besieged city, she wrote her most famous works — “Leningrad Poem”, “February Diary”, “Leningrad Notebook” and others. Olga Berggolts is the author of the memorable lines “Here lie the Leningraders,” carved on the granite slabs of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in 1960.