Yearly on Might 23, Ukraine celebrates Heroes Day. On this present day, it’s customary to honor those that fought for the liberty and independence of our nation, risking their lives. At a time when Ukrainian navy personnel are defending the nation from the enemy, it has acquired particular significance.
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Historical past of Heroes Day
Its historical past started in 1941, when on Might 23 the second main council of the Group of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) was held in Krakow. It was in Might that the leaders and ideologists of the nationalist motion handed away – Nikolai Mikhnovsky, Simon Petlyura, Yevgeny Konovalets.
Earlier than the declaration of independence of Ukraine, Heroes Day was celebrated underground, largely by former UPA troopers and dissidents. Whereas Heroes Day is an unofficial public vacation, it’s acknowledged by native governments in lots of areas of our nation.
Since 2014, after the beginning of Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine, the vacation has grow to be more and more in style. His recognition additionally elevated after the beginning of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
The that means of the vacation
It was put in in honor of the knights of Kievan Rus, Ukrainian Cossacks, Sich riflemen, Haidamaks, troopers of the UPR, OUN-UPA, heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and the Russian-Ukrainian Battle.
Now courageous Ukrainian troopers are heroically defending our nation from Russian occupiers, liberating occupied territories and holding again the enemy military. It is a vacation of navy personnel defending Ukrainian land, in addition to volunteers and docs.
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