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After Years of Disputes, Hungary Finds Common Ground with Ukraine—on Honoring Soviet Deportations From Zakarpattia
The 261-0 vote calls the deportations a communist crime and seeks memorials, research and wider access to archival records.
- The Verkhovna Rada unanimously adopted a declaration recognizing Soviet repression against Hungarians in Transcarpathia between 1944 and 1946 as a crime, with 261 MPs voting in favor.
- Soviet military authorities, supported by NKVD and SMERSH, rounded up civilian men aged 18 to 50 under the pretext of short-term labor, deporting thousands to camps known as 'malenky robot' or 'little work'.
- The resolution also condemns the persecution of Transcarpathia's ethnic German population during the same period, while Ukraine pledges to honor victims through scientific research, educational programs, and memorial plaques.
- While the move serves as a significant symbolic gesture toward Budapest, Hungary continues to block Ukraine's European Union accession process, demanding Kyiv address Hungarian minority rights.
- The Hungarian Democratic Alliance in Ukraine reported that the declaration addresses mass repression, reflecting the Ukrainian parliament's view that it has a moral duty to acknowledge crimes committed by the Soviet Union.
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The Hungarian Parliament welcomed the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to condemn the crimes of the Soviet military administration in Transcarpathia in 1944-1946.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The Ukrainian legislature recognizes and condemns what happened between 1944 and 1946.
On Thursday, the Rada adopted the resolution with 261 votes in favor, with no votes against or abstentions, which states that the mass deportation of Hungarians will be included in the curriculum.
·Hungary
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The Ukrainian parliament has adopted a declaration condemning the atrocities committed against Hungarians in Transcarpathia during and after World War II, the Hungarian Democratic Alliance of Ukraine reported.
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