Today, Ukraine commemorates the victims of the Great Terror of 1937-1938 – one of the largest crimes of the Soviet government against humanity. It was on this day in 1937 that the resolution of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Ukraine “On Anti-Soviet Elements” came into effect, which launched mass purges aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian elite by the communist dictatorship. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
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“These days, the Russian authorities continue the policy of the Soviet regime, reaching a new level of cynicism and cruelty: the occupiers are waging war against every Ukrainian, regardless of age, gender, language of communication, or type of activity. Enemy troops are shooting and destroying everything with heavy artillery and rocket attacks nation. Olenivka, Vinnytsia, Kremenchuk, Kramatorsk, Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Mariupol – the names of these Ukrainian cities and towns are now known to the whole world precisely because of the bloody crimes of the Russian authorities. But the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, which suffer the most the invaders have turned into places of lack of freedom and mass terror. Our citizens become victims of repression by the occupation regime at the slightest manifestation of resistance,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented.
“The great terror of the thirties of the 20th century did not break the Ukrainian people, their spirit and courage, Ukraine will not surrender even now. It is time to resolutely admit that the Russian Federation, which inherited the worst Stalinist traditions, has become a terrorist state that poses a danger to the whole world.” , – noted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
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As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out, today Ukrainian defenders are fighting to defeat the aggressor once and for all and to prevent further attempts by the Russian Federation to destroy the Ukrainian people, our statehood, and resort to blackmailing all of humanity. The world is showing unprecedented support for Ukraine, together we are moving towards a common goal, which will definitely be victory, added the MFA.
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As a result of the decision made on August 5, 1937, almost three hundred representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia – scientists, artists, and statesmen – were executed in the Karelian tract of Sandarmoh during several days of October-November. Among them are the creator of modern Ukrainian theater Les Kurbas, the neoclassical poet Mykola Zerov, the playwright Mykola Kulish, the writers Valerian Pidmohylnyi, Marko Voronyi, Oleksa Slisarenko, whom we call the “shot revival”.
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The official representative of the US State Department, Andrea Kalan , said that the Congress of the United States will establish the criteria for recognizing the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Source: Ukrgate