The publication is timed to coincide with the 110th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding production organizer and urban planner D.E. Vasiliev, who created two cities - Lesnoy (formerly Sverdlovsk-45, Sverdlovsk region) and Snezhinsk (formerly Chelyabinsk-70, Chelyabinsk region). He also headed two large organizations in these cities - the Electrokhimpribor plant and the nuclear center, known today as the RFNC - VNIITF named after Acad. E.I. Zababakhin.