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Norway Days in Ukraine

Norway Days in Ukraine. Kiev residents receive a Norwegian delegation headed by the Arne Kokwold, the mayor of the mining town of Roros. Members of the delegation view St Andrew's Church (from 1968 to 2008 it served as a museum, then it was transferred to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The church was built i 1747-1753 in the style of Elizabethan baroque after Bartolomeo Rastrelli's design on St Andrew's Hill. The road from the church connects the upper town with its lower part, Kiev historical part called Podol. Ukrainian SSR.

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Anti-government demonstration in Moscow

On September 16, 1990, Moscow hosted an anti-government demonstration, with the protesters demanding that the Soviet Government resign and supporting the 500 Days program that stipulated a conversion to a free-market economy. Far right: People's Deputy of the RSFSR Sergei Yushenkov, Head of the Radical Democrats Parliamentary Party. Third right: Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov. Fourth right: People's Deputy of the RSFSR Boris Nemtsov. In this photo, the protesters are marching on Zubovsky Boulevard.

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Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 return to their ancestral territory

In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. Y.Ablyamitov works as a tractor operator. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.

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Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 return to their ancestral territory

In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. An improvised camp of the relocatees. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.

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Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 return to their ancestral territory

In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. The relatives of E.Shapchi from Uzbekistan inquire about life in Crimea before deciding on returning to their ancestral territory. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 return to their ancestral territory

In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. At the same time, some members of the Crimean Tatar ethnic group started taking over plots of land without authorization, which the Crimean Tatars called voluntary recovery. Participants in the conflict. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Crimean Region.

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Tbilisi events of 1989

Tbilisi events or the Tragedy of April 8 imply a special operation to disperse an unauthorized opposition rally near the Government House of the Georgian SSR in Tbilisi in the early hours of April 9, 1989. The operation involved units of the Soviet Interior Ministry's troops and the Soviet Army. In all, 18 people were killed while clashing with government forces, and over 200 more were injured. Photo: A police patrol receives instructions due to the declaration of a curfew following the tragic events of April 9.

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