On the Day of Deportation of Crimean Tatars a rally will be held on the Kiev Maidan
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a plan of events to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944.
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This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
The corresponding order was adopted at a government meeting on April 29.
According to the plan, a requiem evening will be held in Kyiv on May 18 with the participation of the leadership of Ukraine, public and political leaders, heads of diplomatic missions, representative offices of international organizations, cultural and scientific figures, and heads of religious organizations.
On May 15-18, a social campaign entitled “We are all Crimean Tatars” and a telethon dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation will be held.
“Among the cultural events that will be dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Deportation are an exhibition of reproductions of paintings by Rustem Eminov from the “Deportation” series and the multimedia installation “Unutma” at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Taras Shevchenko; a photo exhibition at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine and screening of the film “Haitarma” in cultural institutions throughout the country,” the message notes.
Also on Independence Square there will be a “meeting in memory of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people.”
On the Day of Deportation of Crimean Tatars, a rally will be held on Kyiv's Maidan.