As well as demanding closer ties with Europe, the rally's organizers said they wanted to try and heal divisions among Ukrainians. "Lennon is a compromise figure who can bridge different cultural paradigms and world-views," prominent Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan told the rally, according to Radio Svoboda . It won't take much to rename the avenue, Mr Zhadan added - "just replace one letter" - but for this to happen, the local pro-Russia authorities would have to be replaced first, he said.