Stalin Square?

The lockdown restrictions in place combined with the Christmas break offer a rare opportunity for some reading. I recently finished a great book on the Yalta Conference before picking up a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. After I had finished reading both books, I could not help but ask myself a question, which I hope will not be misunderstood: Why is it that Greeks never named a public square after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin?

Historical records on what happened in Yalta reveal that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had an obsession with Greece and the need to keep the country anchored to the West. Stalin gave the green light without too much deliberation. It's hard to say what the outcome would have been had the Soviet leader decided otherwise, as Britain had already lost much of its power and the American president was not that much interested in Greece....