28th October 2011
Many people came to witness the inauguration, not just people from Oreshnoe,
but also from
neighbouring settlements, where lots of victims of political
repressions were recorded, as well.
The head of the Mana District, S.V. Belonoshkin, is holding a speech.
Appearance of regional ethnographers from Oreshnoe; the museum in the
settlement was created on their initiative.
They collected material about victims of political repressions in a special
album.
The head of the Oreshnoe village counsil, Viktor Yakovevich Kovalenko. He is
the initiator and organizer of the erection of the memorial stone, which was
realized by subsidies from the grant „Territory of remembrance“.
The memorial stone has been inaugurated.
Vasiliy Nikolaevich Yurchishin, son of exiled Ukrainians.
Sanctification of the memorial stone.
A word from the Lithuanian Society.
A word from the Polish Society.
Arranging of candles.
General view of the memorial place.
Photos: Aleksey Babiy