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Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
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Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
Day of mourning in Russia
The Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression is an annual day when victims of political repression in the Soviet Union are remembered and mourned across the Russian Federation.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Post-Soviet states
Countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union
The post-Soviet states, also referred to as the former Soviet Union or the former Soviet republics, are the independent sovereign states that emerged/re-emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Prior to their independence, they existed as Union Republics, which…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ukraine
Country in Eastern Europe
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)