Ukraine recognizes Soviet crimes against Hungarians in Zakarpattia
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has adopted a statement recognizing and condemning crimes committed by the Soviet military administration against Hungarians in Zakarpattia in 1944-1946.
On September 3, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution recognizing and condemning actions carried out by the Soviet military administration during its occupation of Zakarpattia in 1944-1946. The vote, supported by 261 lawmakers, acknowledged the mass repression inflicted on the civilian population, particularly ethnic Hungarians, during this period.
The Soviet NKVD and SMERSH agencies detained men aged 18 to 50 under the guise of "mobilization" for labor camps, resulting in thousands of local residents being deported to the Gulag without judicial approval. Parliament defined the Soviet military administration's actions, along with the "malenkiy robot" practice, as crimes perpetrated by the communist totalitarian regime.
The resolution also condemned the forced deportations, extrajudicial killings, and ethnic, religious, and social persecutions by the NKVD and SMERSH. It called for commemorating the victims of Soviet repression, accessing archival materials, encouraging scholarly research, and integrating these events into educational curriculums.
Furthermore, the Verkhovna Rada emphasized that Russia's ongoing armed aggression against Ukraine mirrors the practices of communist totalitarianism, including the large-scale repression of civilians, and urged the international community and democratic countries' academic institutions and archives to aid in restoring the historical record of Soviet totalitarian crimes in Ukraine.
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