Kazakh President laid flowers to monument to victims of famine
ASTANA. May 31. KAZINFORM An opening ceremony of a monument to the victims of famine of the 1930's with the participation of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been held today in Astana.
Heads of delegations of the IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions took part in this ceremony.
As N. Nazarbayev noted at the opening ceremony on the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Famine and Political Repression Kazakhstan marks 2 tragic dates: 80th anniversary of the beginning of mass famine on the Kazakhstan territory and the 75th anniversary of the political repressions.
"Not only Kazakh people had suffered from the famine. 7 million people, of whom 1.5 million were in Kazakhstan died of starvation in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. We have gathered to commemorate the peoples' memory and open the monument to Kazakhstanis fallen from starvation," the Head of State said.
The idea of establishing a monument belongs to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
According to well-known historians, political scientists, sculptors, the monumental complex more clearly conveys the spirit of those times. The composition is located in the old part of Astana on the cross road of Republic Avenue and Abay Street.