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Minsk residents protesting against a casino on the temple site

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Minsk residents protesting against a casino on the temple site

Minsk residents oppose the building up of the territory of the former temple near the 40th Anniversary of the October Revolution park.

Viktar Yanchurevich, the member of the organizing committee on creation of the civic initiative Europerspective informed BelaPAN.

The dust on the building up of Pekin hotel have not settled yet, but Minsk authorities are planning to construct another complex in the territory of former temple, historical and cultural heritage next to the 40th Anniversary of October Revolution park promised for the compensatory planting," the activist said.

According to him, the complex includes a restaurant, premium bakery, cafes, including cafes for children, a tasting and a banquet-halls, administrative building. The initiative group became aware of it from the correspondence with bureaucrats on an issue of promised park improvement. The Minsk City Executive Committee believes that such architectural object corresponds to the objective and aimed at the implementation of presidential Decree No. 332 from 30.06.2014, adopted to ensure the revitalization (restoring, revitalizing, rebuilding) the former pagan temple (X—XX centuries) with reconstruction of the Staroe Ruslo restaurant in the restaurant complex within Ulyanauskaya St. -Lenina St. - Svisloch, Yanchurevich noted.

The territory of the former temple as a tangible immovable heritage put on the State list of historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus, approved by Act No. 578 of Council of Ministers from 14.05.2007 “On the status of historical and cultural values". "The locals are angry and concerned about this approach to revitalize the former pagan temple. Citizens believe that the Decree of the President misinterpreted, and sent another appeal to the Minsk City Executive Committee, they ask officials to show civic position and prevent the implementation of the project, not corresponding to the purpose of the territory revitalization, Yanchurevich said.

"It is not about "temple's territory revitalization" (1.85 ha). The project is aimed to make profit by the owner of Staroe Ruslo restaurant. "The complex" may be turn into a casino. How can cafés, restaurants, offices be considered revitalization?! What kind of and for whom? And how should we bring up our children?! That's unchristian", Ludmila Haikouskaya, the representative of initiative group, believes.

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