Penza, 17 December 2014. PenzaNews. The officials plan to inscript a quote from a literary work on the Second World War on the wall of the military and labor valor monument on Pobedy prospekt.

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The citizens will choose the quote.

Among others, Yuri Krivov, city mayor, suggested using lines from a poem “Requiem” by Robert Rozhdestvenskiy.

“As per the orders of the Penza city administration chief, we are collecting the suggestions from the citizens on whether it is acceptable to inscript the wall by such monument, and also possible inscriptions that may be chosen for the task,” the press service of the city administration informed PenzaNews agency.

According to the city authorities, the monument and its surrounding territory will be reconstructed by Spring 2015 for the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory.