Day of mourning

Memory of the victims of political repression and hunger was honored in Pavlodar.

By the tradition, on May 31 the public of Pavlodar region gathered near the memorial to the victims of political repressions. Akim of Pavlodar region Bulat Bakauov said that day was the historically significant date for the Kazakh people, therefore, our country was the bridge of deportation for thousands of victims of the totalitarian regime.

“The Kazakh land took all: Russians, Poles, Germans, Caucasians and representatives of other nations. The greatest tragedy in the history of our country – famine in the early 30s of XX century – united people of different nationalities. Our young state honors the memory of those, who has suffered during repression. Today we lay flowers in their honor”, the head.

The member of the public association “Association of Koreans of Kazakhstan” Alexander Vee told about his grandfather, who had been repressed.

“He lived in Khabarovsk region. The family of the grandfather and all Koreans of the Far East were deported to Kazakhstan. People were transported in the inhuman conditions in the freight trains. People, who died, were thrown out from the cars. My grandmother with two little children was sent to the remote village of Aktobe region”, he said.

Flowers were laid to the Memorial to Holodomor victims and bust of the poet Pavel Vasilyev.