On November 8, 2016, in relation to the celebration of the 140th anniversary of Stepan Erzia, and together with the authorities of the hero city Novorossiysk, the Foundation arranged opening of the memorial plate in Novorossiysk on the facade of the still standing former trade-school building, where in 1921-1922 sculptor Erzia and his apprentice, Elena Mroz lived and studied (the bronze plate’s author was Petr Dobaev, Member of the Moscow Regional Union of Artists). The plate was inaugurated with the participation of Ivan Dyachenko, acting administration head of the hero city Novorossiysk.