May 19, 2008 - 18:37 AMT
Monument to Deportation Victims erected in Sevastopol
Events dedicated to the 64th anniversary of deportation of nations from Crimea were held in Sevastopol. A monument to Deportation Victims was unveiled.

The monument erected in front of the bus terminal corresponds a pentahedral 7-meter high obelisk divided into black and white, the colors symbolizing the life of peoples before and after deportation.

An inscription "Your sufferings will never be forgotten in the name of life and justice" in the languages of five nations subjected to deportation - Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Bulgarians, Greeks and Germans - will be made at the foot of the obelisk, analitika.at.ua reports.