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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This day in history

13 November, 2012 - 00:00

1708: Russian troops under Aleksandr Menshikov’s command seize Baturyn, the capital of the Ukrainian Hetman State, killing most of the fortress inhabitants and defenders.

1918: Kyiv hosts a secret meeting of the Ukrainian National Association that establishes Ukrainian National Republic’s Directory as the highest body of state authority.

1918: In Lviv, the Ukrainian National Council adopts an interim fundamental law whereby the newly established Ukrainian state formation is designated as the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR).

1918: Soviet Russia’s Central Executive Committee and Sovnarkom resolve to abolish the Treaty of Brest in the aftermath of Germany’s fiasco in WW I.

1943: Troops of the First Ukrainian Front launch Operation Kyiv, frustrating the Wehrmacht scheme to retrieve Kyiv.

2004: Ukraine’s Central Election Committee adopts regulations concerning televised debates between Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych.

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