Meeting at the Memorial

The funeral meeting was held at the memorial to the victims of political repression. The Akim of Pavlodar Oblast Bulat Bakauov noted that a new generation of Kazakhstani people today honors the memory of those millions of compatriots who had a hard time during the repression.

“Our common duty is to do everything possible to preserve the name of every innocent victim, appreciate peace and harmony in our home,” the Head of the region stressed. – “In the first half of the XX century in Pavlodar Oblast were deported more than 40 thousand immigrants. Among them were people of different nationalities and religions. Thanks to the hospitality of the Kazakh people, all the deportees found a new homeland. Their descendants are our fellow citizens today, all together we are building a strong and independent Kazakhstan.”

Repression and deportation directly affected 4 million Kazakhstanis. During the most brutal repressions of the 1930s, more than 100,000 of our compatriots died.