As reported by St. Petersburg news, on September 24, 2012, Governor Georgy Poltavchenko officially announced the name of the five-millionth resident of the city. It turned out to be newborn Lyudmila Sharkova, a girl from a large family living in the Krasnogvardeysky district of the city.
The baby's mother, Olga, works as a manager at a construction company, and her father, Sergei, heads a department at a design bureau. As a congratulatory gift to the five-millionth resident of St. Petersburg, the city administration plans to allocate a four-room apartment to the family, since Lyudmila is the fourth child in the Sharkov family, and she has two older brothers and a sister.
Lyudmila Sergeevna Sharkova was born on Saturday, September 22, at 03:40. The girl is absolutely healthy and weighed 2443 grams at birth. No major incidents occurred that day, but there were also no significant holidays that could be associated with such an event.
However, in St. Petersburg, the birth of the five-millionth resident became a real event. Although many disagree that this is a serious reason for celebration. In fact, the five-millionth resident of St. Petersburg is being announced for the second time (a similar situation is now observed in Volgograd, where they are waiting for their milestone resident, and in Perm, where a milestone baby was also recently born for the second time). The first time this happened was in 1988, when the five-millionth resident of Leningrad, Pavel Rusakov, was born on February 23.
Since this happened on the 80th anniversary of the Day of the Soviet Army, the birth of a boy was considered a significant moment at that time. Since then, the city's population has decreased significantly and has only now reached the previous figure again.
News from Rosstat provides data that in 2011, 57,045 people were born in St. Petersburg, while in the first eight months of 2012, 41,115 children were born in the city – 4,168 more than in the same period last year. According to statistics, the city's population is gradually increasing, although not as quickly as desired. Officials claim that the milestone resident was first discussed only two months ago, and in December 2011, when he was conceived, nothing was known about it.
Perhaps this is a veiled reproach to the Ulyanovsk governor, who proposed a campaign for women under the loud title 'Give Birth to a Patriot on Russia Day,' promising various material incentives to the 'winners' and not hesitating to remind about it every fall in his speeches.
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