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So that 14 November is not remembered at the last minute, and a bayram does not catch anyone unprepared.
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14 November 2026
On the night of 14 November 1944 the people were taken from Ahıska in freight wagons. It is a shared axis: every family has it — for some as a date, for others as a story.
USSR State Defence Committee decree No. 6279ss of 31 July 1944; deportation — November 1944
Book of Memory9 March 2027
The feast that ends the month of fasting. On this day relatives are visited, starting with the elders.
Calculated by the Umm al-Qura calendar; in your country the day may differ by one
21 March 2027
The start of spring and of the new year. It was celebrated in Ahıska and kept being celebrated wherever the people went — the holiday survived the road along with the people.
16 May 2027
The feast of sacrifice. The meat is divided into three parts, and one of them is for those in need.
Calculated by the Umm al-Qura calendar; in your country the day may differ by one
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A date without a source does not get in. An invented day spreading through the diaspora as if it were real spoils memory rather than keeping it.
The Fergana events
May — June 1989
The second exile: the people were leaving Uzbekistan. Different dates are given, and until we can rely on one source there is no day in the calendar.
If you know an exact day or a family date the whole people should remember, tell your elders and record their voice: a date almost always comes inside a story, not in a list.
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