Gennadiy Babenko and Petr Poltavskiy

Mayor of Simpheropol Gennadiy Babenko, in the foreground, and his deputy Petr Poltavskiy at the demonstration on the occasion of International Solidarity Day of Working People in Simpheropol (Crimea), on Friday, May 1, 2009. Near 15 thousand people took place in the 1st of May demonstration in Simpheropol. The 1st of May was firstly celebrated in Ukraine in Lviv in 1890. 10 thousand workers and students took part in the 1st of May demonstration in Kharkiv on May 1, 1990. Labour Day is celebrated in more than 80 states (including India). Photo by Zair Akadirov /UNIAN