Lev Berberov

After moving from Horlivka to Donetsk, a newspaper, Socialist Donbass [ru], published an article accusing Berberov of leaving unpaid utility bills in Horlivka and taking everything from the state-provided apartment, including a telephone, stove, built-in furniture, switches, and even light sockets.

[3] During Berberov’s tenure as the chief architect, efforts were focused on restoring the city’s infrastructure and buildings damaged during the war, including mines, factories, buildings of the Donetsk Industrial Institute (now Donetsk National Technical University), the Central Department Store, the State Bank, and others.

The construction of a dam on the Kalmius river was completed, allowing Dzerzhinsky Avenue to connect the Kalinovka settlement with the city center.

[4] In 1949, Berberov, along with architects V. M. Orekhov and T. I. Bondarenko, developed a plan for the formation of the city’s public center for Giprogor.

A young lieutenant serving at the Gagarinsky district police department in Moscow, Alexander Gurov, was on duty when he received information that a lion starring in the film The Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia had attacked a person in his jurisdiction.

[7]However, the newspaper Telenedelya described the situation differently: a young man climbed into the lion's enclosure himself to show bravery to his girlfriend.

On November 24, 1980, the lion King II killed Berberov's son, Roman, and injured his widow, Nina Berberova.

[9] Later, Nina Berberova married Kazym Abdullayev, an actor at the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater, who helped her cope with her psychological and physical trauma.