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As every year in February, the Sybir Memorial Museum invites you to join in joint commemoration of these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detailed Programme of the \u201c10.02 We Remember\u201d Commemorations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 February \u2013 Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:45 p.m. \u2013 8th Sybir Memorial Run
<\/strong>Opening ceremony
Turczy\u0144ski Forest, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 February \u2013 Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:45 a.m. \u2013 \u201cIt Was Forty Degrees Below Zero\u201d<\/em>
Guided tour of the permanent exhibition
<\/strong>Tickets: PLN 35 \u2013 regular, PLN 30 \u2013 reduced
The Sybir Memorial Museum, 1 W\u0119glowa Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9 February \u2013 Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:00 p.m. \u2013 Fourth Siberian Ambient Salon<\/strong>
Tickets: PLN 35 \u2013 regular, PLN 30 \u2013 reduced
The Sybir Memorial Museum, 1 W\u0119glowa Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10 February \u2013 Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00 p.m. \u2013 Official commemorative ceremony
marking the 86th anniversary of the first mass deportation of Polish citizens to Siberia
<\/strong>at the Monument\u2013Grave of the Unknown Sybirak
at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 2 Sybirak\u00f3w Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:30 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Laying of flowers
at the Monument\u2013Sign of Remembrance of the Polish Golgotha of the East
Romualda Traugutta Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:00 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Laying of flowers
at the monument of the Sybirak Mother
square in front of the Sybir Memorial Museum
1 W\u0119glowa Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:00 p.m. \u2013 Light of Remembrance<\/strong>
Lighting of candles in memory of the victims of Soviet deportations
railway tracks in front of the Sybir Memorial Museum, 1 W\u0119glowa Street, Bia\u0142ystok<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 February \u2013 Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:45 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 8th Sybir Memorial Run
Opening ceremony
Osobowicki Forest, Wroc\u0142aw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7\u201328 February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual edition of the Sybir Memorial Run<\/strong>
Run anywhere in the world \u2013 minimum distance: 5 km (at one time)
Registration: biegpamiecisybiru.pl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eighty-six years ago, in February 1940, the Soviet authorities carried out the first of four large-scale deportations of the civilian population from the occupied Polish territories.<\/strong>
Between 1940 and 1941, at least 330,000 citizens of the Second Polish Republic were deported in freight wagons, with almost no food or water. The deportees included primarily Poles, but also Jews, Belarusians and Ukrainians. They were resettled mainly in Siberia, Kazakhstan, and the northern regions of the European part of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10 February marks the anniversary of the first mass deportation<\/strong>.
Its tragic nature lay in the complete surprise of the victims, who had no chance to prepare in such a short time for a journey that condemned many of them to death. Those deported were primarily military settlers\u2014veterans rewarded with land for their service\u2014as well as civilian settlers who had purchased land in the eastern regions of the country. Employees of the forestry service, together with their families, were also subjected to deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deportations took place in extremely harsh conditions, with temperatures exceeding \u201330 degrees Celsius. More than 140,000 people were deported, almost exclusively of Polish nationality. The NKVD reported:
\u201cThe members of the \u2018Association of Settlers\u2019 were a military and police agency of the Polish government and should be considered a serious base for counter-revolutionary activities.\u201d<\/em>
Foresters were perceived as a particular threat due to their excellent knowledge of the terrain, which could be used by emerging anti-Soviet partisan movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Families, shocked by the sudden deportation orders, were unable to prepare adequately for a weeks-long journey in inhumane conditions\u2014without warm clothing, proper footwear, or basic means of subsistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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