75th anniversary of the 1949 deportations

75th anniversary of the 1949 deportations

25.03.2024, Paide. A ceremony took place at the Cornflower (or Broken Cornflower) memorial to the victims of Stalinism. Over 20,000 Estonians forcibly deported to Siberia by the Soviet Union almost 3 percent of the population. The majority of deportees were women and children under the age of 16. Commemorative ceremonies took place across Estonia. Photo: Dmitri Kotjuh / Järva Teataja

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