76th anniversary of March deportations

76th anniversary of March deportations

25.03.2025, Tartu. Officials laid floral tributes across Estonia on the Day of Remembrance. Candles were also lit across the country to mark the 76th anniversary of the Soviet deportations that sent more than 22,000 Estonians to Siberia in 1949. Memorial ceremony at the Cornflower (or Broken Cornflower) memorial to the victims of Stalinism. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

76th anniversary of March deportations

76th anniversary of March deportations

25.03.2025, Tartu. Officials laid floral tributes across Estonia on the Day of Remembrance. Candles were also lit across the country to mark the 76th anniversary of the Soviet deportations that sent more than 22,000 Estonians to Siberia in 1949. Memorial ceremony at the Cornflower (or Broken Cornflower) memorial to the victims of Stalinism. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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