Exhibition "Communism = Rashism" opens in Tallinn

In early December 2022, the exhibition "Communism = Rashism", prepared by the State Archive of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, opened in Tallinn.

"Almost 100 years ago, on 1 December 1924, the communists tried to seize power in Estonia by force. That attempt failed. But in the 21st century the world swallowed the seizure of territories in Georgia and Ukraine," archive director Ihor Kulyk said at the opening. In his words, the exhibition does not simply compare two totalitarian regimes – it puts an equals sign between them.

Volodymyr Palamar, chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia, stressed that such exhibitions should be placed where many people can see them, to show the true face of the russian regime. He noted that the German Bundestag had recently recognised the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people, and shared the story of his own family, which survived famine and repression.

Father Roman Kikh, pastor of Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Estonia, recalled that from 1946 the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church existed underground for almost 40 years, and that today russia is again persecuting its priests in the occupied territories.

The official opening ceremony and the signing of a cooperation agreement between the archive of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and the National Archives of Estonia took place at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu and Ukrainian Ambassador Mariana Betsa.

The exhibition was displayed in Tallinn's Old Town at the corner of Harju and Niguliste streets, near Town Hall Square.

More photos in the photo album «Exhibition Communism = Rashism».

Original post: Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia on Facebook