Day of Resistance to Occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol
Holiday in Ukraine
The Day of Resistance to Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol (Ukrainian: День кримського спротиву російській окупації, romanized: Den krymskoho sprotyvu rosiiskii okupatsii) is an annual designated day in Ukraine, commemorating a 2014 demonstration by thousands of Crimean Tatars outside the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. It took place on the day before Russian Federation soldiers took armed control of the parliament in preparation for the annexation of Crimea.[1][2]
History
It was celebrated once in 2016 in accordance with a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 2 February 2016.[3] The holiday was created officially by a decree of president Volodymyr Zelensky and first observed on 26 February 2021.[4]
References
- ^ "Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, "Comment on Resistance to Occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol Day", February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Постанова Верховної Ради України Про відзначення пам'ятних дат і ювілеїв у 2016 році". Відомості Верховної Ради (ВВР), 2016, № 8, ст.83. 2016-02-02.: «2 роки з дня проведення мітингу кримських татар у місті Сімферополі на підтримку територіальної цілісності України (26.02.2014)»
- ^ Президент України запроваджує 26 лютого День спротиву окупації Криму та Севастополя president.gov.ua
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