Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Route for Belarus walk
We can now announce the route for our walk in support of Belarusian democracy in London on Saturday, 15 October. Our walk starts with the embassies of Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Georgia -- the three former Soviet republics that have recently had 'colour revolutions' -- and passes the embassies of several other ex-Soviet countries before ending up at the Belarusian embassy.
The walk will begin at 11.30 am sharp.
At the suggestion of Students for Global Democracy, who are organising the walks worldwide, the overall length of the walk will be approximately 12 km to symbolise the 12 years Lukashenka has been in power. If you don't think you can manage the whole distance, you are welcome to walk as far as you can or to join us at any of the points along the way.
SGD's original idea was to provide all participants with T-shirts and to charge each walker US$15, which would cover the cost of the shirt as well as a donation to pro-democracy groups in Belarus. However, we have since learned that the shirts cannot be shipped overseas from America. Furthermore, we at Volodymyr Campaign don't feel it would be appropriate to make people pay to participate in our demonstrations. Participation in the walk is therefore free, although we will be happy to provide information about giving directly to pro-democracy groups in Belarus.
We're asking that participants bring a homemade sign if possible -- we'll be posting a few ideas over the next couple of weeks.
If you would like to take part in the walk, please e-mail volodymyrcampaign@btinternet.com as soon as possible.
The route
The walk will begin at 11.30 am sharp.
At the suggestion of Students for Global Democracy, who are organising the walks worldwide, the overall length of the walk will be approximately 12 km to symbolise the 12 years Lukashenka has been in power. If you don't think you can manage the whole distance, you are welcome to walk as far as you can or to join us at any of the points along the way.
SGD's original idea was to provide all participants with T-shirts and to charge each walker US$15, which would cover the cost of the shirt as well as a donation to pro-democracy groups in Belarus. However, we have since learned that the shirts cannot be shipped overseas from America. Furthermore, we at Volodymyr Campaign don't feel it would be appropriate to make people pay to participate in our demonstrations. Participation in the walk is therefore free, although we will be happy to provide information about giving directly to pro-democracy groups in Belarus.
We're asking that participants bring a homemade sign if possible -- we'll be posting a few ideas over the next couple of weeks.
If you would like to take part in the walk, please e-mail volodymyrcampaign@btinternet.com as soon as possible.
The route
- 11.30 am: Begin at Kyrgyz Embassy, 119 Crawford St W1H 1AD
- Turn right onto Wyndham Place
- Turn right onto Crawford Street
- Continue straight until Crawford Place
- Turn right onto Edgware Road
- Turn left onto Sussex Gardens
- Turn left onto Westbourne Street
- Continue straight to Lancaster Terrace
- Continue straight to Ukrainian Embassy, 60 Holland Park, W11 3SJ
- Continue on to Holland Park Avenue
- Turn onto Holland Road
- Turn left onto Russell Gardens
- Proceed to Georgian Embassy, 4 Russell Gardens, W14 8EZ
- Turn right onto Holland Road
- Continue to Addison Road
- Turn right onto Warwick Gardens
- Turn left onto Slip Road
- Continue straight to Cromwell Road
- Turn right onto Thurloe Place
- Turn left onto Thurloe Square
- Proceed to Kazakh Embassy, 33 Thurloe Square, SW7 2SD
- Turn right onto Thurloe Place
- Turn right onto Cromwell Road
- Turn left
- Turn right onto Exhibition Road
- Turn left onto Imperial College Road
- Continue to Queen's Gate
- Turn left onto Elvaston Place
- Turn right onto Gore Street
- Turn left onto Petersham Place
- Turn right onto Petersham Lane
- Turn left onto Queen's Gate Terrace
- Turn right onto Victoria Grove
- Turn left onto Victoria Road
- Turn right onto Cottesmore Gardens
- Turn left onto Stanford Road
- Turn right onto Kelso Place
- Turn left onto St Margaret's Lane
- Turn right onto Marloes Road
- Continue to Cheniston Gardens
- Proceed to Armenian Embassy, 25a Cheniston Gardens W8 6TG
- Turn left onto Wright's Lane
- Turn right onto Kensington High Street
- Turn left onto Kensington Palace Gardens
- Proceed to Russian Embassy, 13 Kensington Palace Gardens W8 4QX
- Turn left
- Turn right onto Palace Avenue
- Turn left onto Kensington Road
- Turn right onto Palace Gate
- Turn left onto Queen's Gate Mews
- Proceed to Estonian Embassy, 16 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DG
- Turn right onto Gloucester Road
- Turn left onto Canning Place
- Turn right onto Canning Passage
- Turn right onto Victoria Road
- Turn left onto Prince of Wales Terrace
- Proceed to Belarusian Embassy, 6 Kensington Court W8 5DL
# posted by Volodymyr Campaign @ 10:59 
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One minor point/correction - as the route makes clear, the Kyrgyz embassy & starting point isn't in Camden, but rather Marylebone, just round the corner from Baker Street tube
Yes, from looking at the map, you're correct. I don't know why Google says it's in Camden.
The street address is correct, though.
The street address is correct, though.
Laura, and everyone else -
This Walk preparation is looking really great! I really like the idea of walking past all of the embassies, and I'm sure some of the posters will their get their attention.
It's local organizers with vision and motivation like the folks here at Volodymyr Campaign that are going to make this Walk a great success. This will be the first time that the people of the world have taken international action to support democracy and stand against dictatorship in Belarus - if we are successful, we could pioneer this model of freedom promotion and popularize it much further.
I'm very glad to be able to work with people like you folks.
Thanks for all your help,
Charlie Szrom
President, Students for Global Democracy International
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This Walk preparation is looking really great! I really like the idea of walking past all of the embassies, and I'm sure some of the posters will their get their attention.
It's local organizers with vision and motivation like the folks here at Volodymyr Campaign that are going to make this Walk a great success. This will be the first time that the people of the world have taken international action to support democracy and stand against dictatorship in Belarus - if we are successful, we could pioneer this model of freedom promotion and popularize it much further.
I'm very glad to be able to work with people like you folks.
Thanks for all your help,
Charlie Szrom
President, Students for Global Democracy International
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