Gagauzia to Mark Day of Remembrance for Famine Victims

Gagauzia will mark October 19 as the Day of Remembrance of Famine Victims. The observance commemorates the famine genocide carried out by the Soviet regime against the Gagauz people in 1946-1947 and is dedicated to the victims of that period.

The decision to hold the day was adopted on October 15, 2019, by the Gagauz People's Assembly, then in office. The report, published in the Gagauz-language newspaper Ana Sözü, also includes quotations from Gagauz poets and writers, including Nikolay Baboglu, Todur Zanet and Dionis Tanasoglu, whose verses celebrate the Gagauz homeland and mother tongue.