Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

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Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

Participants take part in the Light a Fire in Your Heart campaign as part of memorial events to honour the memory of the Crimean deportation victims, in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia. Since 1994, May 18 has been celebrated in Crimea as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea, in honour of the Russian Germans, Crimean Italians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Crimean Bulgarians and Soviet Greeks who were deported from Crimea in 1941-1944.

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Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

A girl lights a candle during the Light a Fire in Your Heart campaign as part of memorial events to honour the memory of the Crimean deportation victims, in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia. Since 1994, May 18 has been celebrated in Crimea as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea, in honour of the Russian Germans, Crimean Italians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Crimean Bulgarians and Soviet Greeks who were deported from Crimea in 1941-1944.

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Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

Girls light candles during the Light a Fire in Your Heart campaign as part of memorial events to honour the memory of the Crimean deportation victims, in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia. Since 1994, May 18 has been celebrated in Crimea as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea, in honour of the Russian Germans, Crimean Italians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Crimean Bulgarians and Soviet Greeks who were deported from Crimea in 1941-1944.

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Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

Simferopol resident Edaye Baryliyeva, a deportation survivor, lights the first candle during the Light a Fire in Your Heart campaign as part of memorial events to honour the memory of the Crimean deportation victims, in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia. Since 1994, May 18 has been celebrated in Crimea as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea, in honour of the Russian Germans, Crimean Italians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Crimean Bulgarians and Soviet Greeks who were deported from Crimea in 1941-1944.

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Russia Crimea Deportation Victims Remembrance Day

Women light candles during the Light a Fire in Your Heart campaign as part of memorial events to honour the memory of the Crimean deportation victims, in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia. Since 1994, May 18 has been celebrated in Crimea as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea, in honour of the Russian Germans, Crimean Italians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Crimean Bulgarians and Soviet Greeks who were deported from Crimea in 1941-1944.

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