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The expedition was significantly different from that of the non-Lithuanian exiles (there was almost no exile in Kazakhstan, where Lithuanians were transported to labor camps and working prisons), and memorials restored to non-repatriated compatriots. Arnold Fokas, director of the expedition, was delighted: "One of the most important events of the expedition – in the Rudnika cemetery, we erected the new names engraved on the stone, which had already been eroded on old concrete. In this work, we have not only paid tribute to the people buried here, but we have also saved their memory. "
Lithuanian graves were also located and organized in the joint cemeteries of Karaganda, Dzhezkazgan and Balchasha.On the expedition, it can be mentioned that the project team" Siberian Mission "managed to visit , recover and organize the burial places of Lithuania in the 16th cemetery of Karaganda., The surroundings of Jazzagan and Balchašo.Cross crosses are decorated with 6 Lithuanian crossing traditions.Two commemorative plaques with inscriptions Rūdnyk and Eastern Konrad Cemetery have Four memorials were erected and repaired at the Mamytės, Kengyre, Konrada Est and Rudnyk cemeteries, and also met Lithuanians living in Kazakhstan who shared their stories on the first lips.
Aistė Eidukaitytė, member of the expedition, said: "Vladas Račkaitis, born in Jekabpils, was born in Kazakhstan, family of pr political savants familiar with the camp. Despite this, the Lithuanian version of Vladas has been grafted since childhood, but he does not understand some of the Lithuanian sentences. It is true that speaking of him in Russian, a man is angry and says he wants to speak the correct language with the participants of the mission.
The mission of the Sibir mission18 states that the main mission of the project is still to come: schools, libraries and communities. Anyone wishing to organize a meeting of Sibir Mission18 in its environment can register on www.misijasibiras.lt.
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