Lesgafta Gap

Lesgaftovskaya gap

The gap, a passage point along the shelterbelt for workers to repair places for track sleepers, is usually located on the road between the working platforms. Comes from the surnames of Peter Frantsevich Lesgaft and A. Ya. Shcheglov. The first called it “an artificial ditch, artificially made for laying a forest protection belt,” and Shcheglovo called it “a forest protection ditch” in one word “Lesgaft sche