Remembrance Days and Events

25March

Remembrance Day

Commemoration Day of the Mass Deportations of the Baltic Peoples

On the 25 March 1949, the Soviet army and security services launched Operation Priboi. The event commenced based on decision No.

23August

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day of the Victims of Communism and Nazism

August 23 is the Commemoration Day of the Victims of Communism and Nazim.

17November

Remembrance Day

Beginning of the Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution was a large-scale, non-violent revolution that led to the collapse of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic at the end of 1989.

28November

Remembrance Day

Holodomor Remembrance Day

Every year, Holodomor Remembrance Day is observed in the Ukraine and around the world, on the fourth Saturday of November.

26April

Remembrance Day

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

On April 26th, the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed in countries around the world.

04June

Event

Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

The events of the Tiananmen Square Massacre are marked every year on the 4th of June in Hong Kong, Macau, European Union Countries, Canada, and the United States.

27June

Remembrance Day

Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism in the Czech Republic

It was on this day in 1950 that Milada Horáková, a former Member of Parliament and pro-democracy activist, was executed by the communist authorities in Czechoslovakia at

23October

Remembrance Day

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous national revolt against the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, last