Liberation Day (Ukraine)
Day of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders День визволення України від фашистських загарбників | |
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Official name | Day of the Liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders |
Observed by | ![]() |
Type | National |
Significance | Liberation from Nazi Germany |
Date | October 28 |
Next time | 28 October 2024 |
Related to | World War II |
The Liberation Day of Ukraine (Ukrainian: День визволення України), officially the Day of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders (Ukrainian: День визволення України від фашистських загарбників), is a holiday celebrated annually on October 28 in Ukraine. It commemorates the Liberation of Ukraine from Nazi Germany on 28 October 1944.[1]
The first settlements in
The holiday
2004 marked the first time the anniversary was celebrated since independence.
On Liberation Day, the country honors of veterans and war dead, often laying wreaths and flowers at memorials. There are often exhibitions and displays of military equipment and
Renaming proposal
In 2019, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, then led by Volodymyr Viatrovych, proposed renaming the Liberation Day into the "Day of Expulsion of the Nazi occupiers", noting that after 28 October 1944 Ukraine did not become an independent nation, but returned under the control of the Soviet Union. However, such proposal was not adopted.[13]
Gallery
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Kuchma and Putin during the 2004 celebration.
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President Petro Poroshenko during a 2017 celebration ceremony.
See also
- 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Ukraine
- Liberation Day (Moldova)
- Public holidays in Ukraine
- Second World War
- V-E Day
- Victory Day over Nazism in World War II
References
- UNIAN(28 October 2018)
- ^ "Day of liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders". calendr.net. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Ukraine marks liberation from fascist invaders". www.ukrinform.net.
- ^ "28.10.1944 - First Liberation of Ukraine from Fascism, Second Liberation is Inevitable • Сталкер Zone". 28 October 2016.
- ^ 'The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation' by Strobe Talbott, 2008 (page 243)
- (28 October 2017)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Analysis: Putin And The Liberation Of Ukraine From Nazism". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Celebrations are taking place in Kyiv to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from Nazi occupation". en.kremlin.ru.
- ^ "News 2 - the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the Resolution "On Celebration of the 65th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Occupants" - Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine".
- ^ "Новини - Київська міська державна адміністрація". old.kyivcity.gov.ua.
- ^ "В день виборів Україна святкує річницю визволення від фашистів". www.ukrinform.ua.
- ^ "28 жовтня — День вигнання нацистських окупантів, а не визволення України — Український інститут національної пам'яті". Український Інститут Національної Пам’яті. 2019-06-02. Archived from the original on 2019-06-02.
External links
Media related to Day of liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders at Wikimedia Commons