Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the "Greek Operation" of the NKVD

December 15, Monday

Greek Operation of the NKVD — a repressive campaign by the Soviet authorities in 1937–1938, aimed at ethnic Greeks. During it, a large number of Greeks were arrested, deported, or executed. It is part of the so-called "national operations" of the Great Terror period.

Why December 15, 1937 is sometimes mentioned
Sometimes descriptions of the operation indicate that mass repressions against the Greek population began on December 15, 1937 — this date marks the start of activities directed against the Greeks. It is a historical reference point for the beginning of the repressions.

What is missing: an official commemorative day

* Sources do not indicate that there is an official "Memorial Day" or "Day of Remembrance" for the Greek Operation with any established date.
* There is no information about regular annual commemorative events organized nationwide or internationally, dedicated exclusively to the victims of this operation.
* No government decrees, legislative acts, or public initiatives have been found that would officially establish such a date.

How the memory of the victims is preserved

* Historians, researchers, members of Greek diasporas, and descendants of victims sometimes hold private or local memorial events, publish materials, collect memories, and attempt to document the fates of those affected.
* Memory of the victims is preserved within the broader context of Stalinist repressions, deportations, and national operations of the 1930s. The tragedy of the Greek people is viewed as part of a large list of victims of the repressive machinery, not as a separate "day of remembrance."

Why this is complicated

* Repressions affected many nationalities and events — it is difficult to single out one operation for an official commemorative day without the context of all victims.
* Possibly insufficient documentation, fragmented archives, and scattered information make formalization of memory difficult — i.e., the impossibility of precisely determining scale, number of victims, and dates to establish an official commemorative day.
* In different countries where descendants of Greeks from the USSR live, there may be local memories — but there is no uniformity, so one cannot speak of a single, universally recognized day.

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