On the 4th of June this year, unfortunately, Eduard Khil, a famous Russian singer, passed away at the age of 77. While many did not even know his name, one of his songs in particular took the internet by storm. His song Я очень рад ведь я наконец возвращаюсь домой, or “I am very glad that I am finally returning home” has over 30 million views on YouTube (on a number of different uploads), and in St. Petersburg, plans are underway to rename a square after Trololo man.
From Echo Moskvy:
In St. Petersburg they may name a square after Eduard Khil
Inhabitants of the block in which he lived for over thirty years want to perpetuate the memory of the famous singer, according to ITAR-TASS. Eduard Khil died on the 4th June at the age of 77. The decision that was taken today by the Toponymic Commission of St. Petersburg has still to be confirmed by the governor Georgiy Poltavchenko.
Comments from Echo Moskvy:
rettt:
There is a law against perpetuating people’s memories before a certain number of years, but it’s repeatedly violated.
samostroi:
Eduard Khil was a great artist, so I support this.
galarommm:
Well, how about it then. Just, don’t call it Summer Garden, please.
[Note: Summer Garden was one of Khil’s songs]
velit003:
I’m for it!
Comments from Lenta.ru:
Вот так!:
This is good!!!
r3d:
Trolololo Square
Бозон Хиггса:
Trololo
Мстящий Боксер:
And here’s the future place for cancerous meet-ups of 2ch.so.
[Note: 2ch.so is an imageboard similar to 4chan, and these “cancerous meet-ups” are meetings of the “dark side” of those boards]
Tequila:
Really good! Khil really deserved it.
Сергиони:
Khil Square – that’s fine, just not Politkovskaya
[Note: The anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya‘s murder was recently marked by protests across Russia]