Restore Stalin Avenue to its original name.

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Georgios M. started this petition to President of Belarus, Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko started this petition to

Stalin Avenue is the main street of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It is approximately 15 kms long; key landmarks of the country's past are found there, including the KGB headquarters, the Kalinin Square and the Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky bust. The avenue is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

The avenue was designed and built after the Liberation of Minsk from the Red Army, in July 1944, during the Operation Bagration. It was inaugurated in September 1952. Nevertheless, in 1961 the avenue was renamed to Lenin Avenue, in 1991 to Francysk Skaryna Avenue and, finally, in 2005 to Independence Avenue.

We hereby demand the avenue return to its original name, paying tribute to the leader of the USSR responsible for its design and creation.