Commemorative events took place on Saturday in the various cities of Italy, as well as in the Republic of San Marino on the Apennines, on the occasion of the centenary of the Ossetian genocide committed by Georgian forces in South Ossetia.
Ossetians living in Holland and Belgium honored with a minute of silence the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Ossetian people in 1920. Turning to compatriots by video link, Ossetians living in Europe joined the nationwide minute of silence.
People of Ossetia! Brothers and sisters!
Today in Ossetia is the anniversary of mournful memory, the memory of one of the most tragic pages in the history of Ossetians - the genocide committed by Georgia in 1920. The victims of genocide then became tens of thousands of people - children, women, old people; South Ossetia lost a third of the Ossetian population.
A thousand balloons by the number of genocide victims from Georgia were launched in all areas and the capital of South Ossetia. In memory of the victims of the genocide, balloons were launched at 944, 8 at the strategically important South Ossetian border post in the village of Uista (Tsnelis), as well as around the entire border.
In the capital of the Republic - Tskhinval, the rally was held by employees and activists of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism of South Ossetia.
A moment of silence is a few moments of silence in memory of the victims of the Ossetian genocide by Georgia.
"RIP!".
In South Ossetia, on the night of June 20, state flags were lowered, in the Republic - a day of mourning in memory of the victims of the Ossetian genocide, committed by Georgia.
The leadership and the public of South Ossetia on Saturday laid wreaths and flowers at the monument to 13 Communards in the Zguder cemetery, who had been shot by Georgian punishers on June 20, 1920. Today in Ossetia is the day of mourning - the 100th anniversary of one of the most tragic pages in the history of Ossetians - the genocide committed by Georgia in 1920.
Prime Minister Eric Pukhaev in a media commentary noted that the genocide of the Ossetian people by Georgia should be condemned by the international community.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said that the Ossetian genocide in 1920, which killed tens of thousands of people, was prepared and carried out by direct order and under the leadership of the Georgian authorities, and in 1989-1992 and in 2008 the extermination of the South Ossetian people was stopped only thanks to Russian intervention.