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The Byringe Days rally, dedicated to prisoners and victims of the internment camp that existed from 1941 to 1944, was held in the town of Byringe, near which the camp was located. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the closure of the camp, the action, usually one-day, lasted three days. The Byringe Days are organized by the Union of Russian Societies in Sweden with the support of the Russian Embassy in Sweden, the Union website reports.
One of the central events of the action was the premiere of the Sweden 164 documentary shot by Evgeny Bezborodov for the Kultura TV channel. The director came to Sweden to personally present the work and talk about the discovered facts. The film was screened in Russian with Swedish subtitles, it attracted the attention of Swedes and Russian compatriots.
The premiere of the film took place in Stockholm and Strennes, in which the theme of the camp and its prisoners usually attracts increased attention, since the descendants of Soviet citizens who fell behind the barbed wire during the war live in the city and its environs. The son of a Soviet sailor Alexey Kuznetsov has for many years been restoring the history of the camp and publishing his research on the Internet.
The Byringe Days program also included a flower laying ceremony, excursions, concerts and an evening of Russian cuisine.
Russkiy Mir
