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August 31· Anniversary
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Repression
Since 2001 the victims of Soviet-era repression have been remembered on this day, with a ceremony at the Memory of Martyrs complex in Tashkent.
Since 2001, 31 August has been the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Repression in Uzbekistan, commemorating tens of thousands of people shot, exiled or imprisoned in the political repressions of the Soviet era.
Among the victims were Uzbekistan's most prominent intellectuals — the Jadid reformers Abdulla Qodiriy, Cho'lpon, Abdurauf Fitrat and others. Their works were returned to the people after independence.
Remembrance
A state ceremony is held at the Memory of Martyrs complex in Tashkent, built where victims shot in 1937–1938 were buried: the Quran is recited, alms are given and new documents go on show in the museum.
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Memory of Martyrs memorial complex in Tashkent · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The Memory of Martyrs complex · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
At the memorial complex · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The memorial · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The complex's museum · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The Memory of Martyrs park · Humoyun Mehridinov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Uzbekistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 14Defenders of the Motherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Navruz
- May 9Day of Remembrance and Honour
- September 1Independence Day
- October 1Teachers' and Mentors' Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 21Uzbek Language Day
- December 8Adoption of the first Constitution
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr