Ryazan, Russia – The name Godless Street, a legacy of Soviet-era persecution of religion, did not sound right to some residents of this ancient Russian city. So, historian and publicist Sergei Bizyukin came up with a new one.
How about a Donald Trump Street, he thought in late November, days after the American billionaire’s unexpected presidential election victory? Bizyukin’s online petition – whose motto “Let’s make Ryazan great again” mimicked Trump’s campaign slogan – had almost 300 votes by early February.
