THE PROGRAMME OF CELEBRATIONS
April 9, 2026
6:00 p.m.
“A Man – a Shovel, a Man – a Pickaxe” – a meeting devoted to the memoirs of Wiktor Żyzdryń
A meeting centred on the moving recollections of a Home Army soldier and prisoner of the Vorkuta labour camps, where he spent nearly eleven years. The event will be attended by the author’s relative, Prof. Małgorzata Perigot-Grygielewicz.
Free admission
The Sybir Memorial Museum
April 12, 2026
10:45 a.m.
“Echoes of Katyn in Exile” – a guided tour of the permanent exhibition
Tickets: reduced – 30 PLN; regular – 35 PLN
The Sybir Memorial Museum
April 13, 2026
Official anniversary celebrations
10:15 a.m.
Laying of flowers at the monument – Polish Golgotha of the East Memorial, R. Traugutta Street, Białystok
10:30 a.m.
Laying of flowers at the monument – Grave of the Unknown Sybirak, 2 Sybiraków Street, Białystok
11:00 a.m.
Official ceremony at the Katyn Monument, Constitution of 3 May Park, Białystok
12:00 p.m.
Laying of flowers at the Monument of the Sybirak Mother, 1 Węglowa Street, Białystok
12:15 p.m.
“In the Footsteps of Exiles in the USSR” – a talk with Prof. Anna Zapalec
The author of the book In the Footsteps of Exiles in the USSR will discuss her research and present photographs from her travels through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Yakutia.
Free admission
The Sybir Memorial Museum
