Teller Report

Alferov's funeral will be held at the ceremony for honorary citizens of St. Petersburg

3/2/2019, 3:49:43 PM

Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alferov will be buried according to the ceremony for honorary citizens of St. Petersburg. This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee on Science and High School of the city, Andrei Maximov.


"Yes, they will bury the ceremonial honorary citizens, there will be military honors," he quotes TASS.

Zhores Alferov died at the age of 89.

According to doctors, the cause of the death of a scientist was acute cardiopulmonary failure.

The farewell ceremony and the funeral will be held on March 5th. Alferov buried at Komarovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg.