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Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide

Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide

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Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvian: Komunistiskā genocīda upuru piemiņas diena) commemorates the Soviet deportations from Latvia. It is observed on both 25 March and 14 June[1] when the respective 1949 March deportation and the 1941 June deportation took place. Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide is marked by a procession organized by the Latvian Association of Politically Repressed Persons from the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia to the Freedom Monument where flowers are laid and attended by the President of Latvia, Speaker of the Saeima and the Prime Minister of Latvia.[2]

Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece, President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis and Prime Minister of Latvia Māris Kučinskis (left to right) during a 2018 Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide flower laying ceremony at the Freedom Monument

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  1. [1]
    Kaprāns, Mārtiņš. "The Tradition of Deportation Commemoration". Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Victims of communist genocide to be commemorated with procession in Riga". The Baltic Times. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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