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The Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний музей «Меморіал пам'яті жертв голодоморів в Україні») is Ukraine’s national museum and a world-class centre devoted to the famines that ravaged Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. The museum was founded to commemorate the victims of three famines in Ukraine – the Holodomor of 1932-1933 and the lesser-known famines of 1921-1922 and 1946-1947. The museum was opened on the day of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in 2008 and gained the status of a national museum in 2010. The museum is located on the Pechersk Hills on the right bank of the Dnieper river in Kiev, adjacent to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. == History == On November 28, 2006, the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) voted to recognize the Holodomor, a devastating famine which took place in the early 1930s in the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, as a deliberate act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. The bill was signed into law by President Viktor Yushchenko and included a provision for commemorative and research activities, and the construction of memorials to honour the victims and preserve the memory of the Holodomor tragedy for future generations. The Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine was erected on the slopes of the Dnieper river in 2008, welcoming its first visitors on November 22, 2008. The ceremony of the memorial’s opening was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. On July 8, 2009, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine signed a decree that established a state museum “The Memorial in Commemoration of Famines’ Victims in Ukraine”. The museum subsequently acquired the status of a national museum on February 18, 2010.〔ibid.〕 Starting from February 2010, the museum has been included in the official program for visits to Ukraine by Heads of States and foreign delegations and officials. The current and former presidents of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko, Leonid Kuchma and Leonid Kravchuk, attended a ceremony on the Day of Commemoration of Famine’s Victims at the museum in November 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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