MAY 31 - DAY OF MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSIONS

According to the Decree of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 1997, annually on May 31, Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions. This is a day of remembrance for the innocent victims of the era of the Stalinist regime (famine and mass repression, persecution and forcible deportation of innocent people). In the twentieth century, the largest camps of the structure were located on the territory of Kazakhstan. During the years of repression in Kazakhstan, 100,000 people were convicted, 25,000 of them were subjected to capital punishment - execution. Among them were scientists, cultural and political figures of the country.