The square was created in spring 2020. It is named after Yuri Nikolaevich Kuranov (1931-2001), a Russian writer, prose author, poet and essayist. From 1982 to 2001, the writer lived in Svetlogorsk at house No. 9 on Karla Marksa Street.
Yuri Kuranov is a well-known and recognised master of lyrical miniatures and a successor to Turgenev's tradition of prose poems. The distinctive style of his works created an original romantic world full of freshness and mystery. Kuranov's books have been translated into 20 foreign languages.
The square features bronze figures by sculptor Andrey Shevtsov depicting characters from the writer's stories The Princess, Swallow's Gaze and Feast at Dawn.
A children's play area with playground equipment is provided in the square.
