The memorial for the victims killed by OUN-UPA (Luhansk) is a monument dedicated to the alleged victims of the OUN-UPA, located in Luhansk, Ukraine. The monument was established in 2010 in association with the Party of Regions in a park in the center of Luhansk.

Monument description

The monument consists of a figure tied up mother whose eyes are closed and his hands pulling the child and protecting their man whose hands are tied with rope. The inscription on the monument: "The truth should not be forgotten".^[1]

History of the monument

• On January 15, 2009 a competition was held for the design of the monument on the theme "Victims of soldiers Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. "
• The monument was open on 05/09/2010.

Opinions about the monument

According to the to Vice-Premier of Ukraine V.Tihonov: "These people were not killed by the inhabitants of Western Ukraine, but by the bandits. In this case, we put a monument to the victims who perished at the hands of bandits. When documents about the death of those people came into our possession we could not get over it. We identified 100 victims, but we know that there were more. While aware of some 100 victims, but they had more. We now find all the lists sent from 43th to 57th year and is now organizing the Young Guard is searching for these people and I think we will find all. Unfortunately, by the direction of the previous Ukrainian government, many of such documents were destroyed, but we are getting help from the central archive in Moscow.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}"

See also

• The shot in the back (monument)
• Communist propaganda

References