A presentation of Eduard Lozovy’s film The Great Famine, the Requiem concert, and the Holy Mass with memorial service will take place as part of the commemorative events.
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Memorial plaques and crosses will be established in Donetsl oblast cities and districts to commemorate the victims of the Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 (Holodomor).
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An exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor) opened at the Museum of the Estonia Occupation (Tallinn). The display presents posters, informational materials, and archive documents.
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By the end of 2007, the Ministry of Justice will pass books of acts of civil status for 1932-1933 to the archives ahead of schedule to promote Holodomor research.
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"I ask you, dear fellow Ukrainians, on this day to unite in a word and prayer for Ukraine and to place in every window the candle of faith and hope".
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On the Day of the Memory of Holodomor Victims symbolic crosses with lit candles will be erected in the central squares of Dnipropetrovsk oblast cities and villages near monuments and memorial signs.
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At the unveiling ceremony Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Russian Federation Oleh Diomin said, “This plaque and snowball trees brought from Ukraine will be an evidence of our generation’s memory of those horrible events.”
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On behalf of Ukraine President thanked the participants for their “efforts and devotion to one of the tragic pages of our history”. “It is a tremendously significant and grand work in the name of one’s nation”, - V. Yushchenko said.
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During his meeting with the OSA head the author of the film said that it contained witness accounts by Dnipropetrovsk oblast residents who had come through the 1932-1933 events as children or teenagers. In course of their work the film creators have talked to hundreds of witnesses sharing their memories of that horrible time.
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Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko Meets with Experts and Winners of the First Stage of the Grants Program for Small Cultural and Art Projects
In course of the meeting, the experts gave their evaluation of the project submitted to the contest, noting the importance of non-governmental support for cultural projects, since there are no other grant programs of this kind in Ukraine. Representatives of the winning organizations presented their projects to be implemented with the participation of Ukraine 3000 Foundation and took part in their discussion.
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