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Visit of President of Israel

25.11.2010

On November 25, 2010 during the state visit to Ukraine of the government delegation of Israel headed by the President of the country Shimon Peres, the ceremony of laying of flowers to the monument of Soviet citizens, prisoners of war, soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army, executed by German Nazis in Babyn Yar took place.

In the ceremony participated:

 - The state of Israel was represented by the President Shimon Peres, Deputy Prime Minister - Foreign Minister Lieberman A., ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine Kleytman Z.K.;

Laying of flowers by the government delegation to the monument to the Victims of "Babyn Yar"

29.09.2010

Every year on the 29-th of September people come to honor the memory of people executed in Babyn Yar. Babyn Yar as a place of mass executions existed exactly two years - from 29-th of September 1941 to 29-th of September 1943.

In the National Historical Memorial Preserve "Babyn Yar" President Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Speaker of the Parliament Volodymyr Lytvyn laid flowers to the monument of those who were executed during the war.

The participants observed  a minute of silence.