Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A priest faces the memorial at the Polish Military Cemetery at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev (L) and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy face the memorial at the Polish Military Cemetery at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy (L to R) visit the Polish Military Cemetery at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The memorial ceremony takes place at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Crosses are seen over a mass burial site at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy, Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev and head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Anton Drobovych (L to R) visit at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Anton Drobovych (L) is pictured during the memorial ceremony at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy (L) visits the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev is pictured during the memorial ceremony at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy, Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev and head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Anton Drobovych (L to R) visit at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The memorial ceremony takes place at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Temporary Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy (front) visit the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy (C) visits the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Members of the public visit the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Anton Drobovych (L) is pictured during the memorial ceremony at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Crosses are seen over a mass burial site at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jaroslaw Guzy (C) visits the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Vigil lanterns placed on the rocks are pictured at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The Polish Military Cemetery is pictured at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A servicewoman faces the memorial at the Polish Military Cemetery at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A priest walks along an alley at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Yellow roses and vigil lanterns are pictured at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Members of the public visit the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Crosses are seen over a mass burial site at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Members of the public visit the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A woman visits the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - Members of the public visit the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The Shot Palette exhibition is underway at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A priest walks along an alley at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The cross is seen on the rock at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The monument to the repressed is situated at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - The Shot Palette exhibition is underway at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A woman holds red and white carnations at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

Remembering victims of political repressions at Bykivnia Graves in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 19, 2024 - A priest walks along an alley at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

Demonstration, protest, people, release Navalny, support, Prague, slogan Freedom for Navalny

About one hundred people gathered outside the Rudolfinum music hall in the city centre this evening and called on Russia to immediately release opposition leader Alexei Navalny and end political repressions in Prague, Czech Republic, February 4, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha, left. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen witness of Josef Toufar. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen priest Tomas Petracek, left. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo speaks priest Tomas Petracek. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha, right. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)