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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

11 December, 2012 - 14:44

1914: After returning from Lviv to Kyiv, Mykhailo Hrushevsky is arrested, and exiled to Simbirsk (Russia).

1917: The First Congress of Soviets convenes in Kharkiv and proclaims a Soviet Ukrainian Republic.

1919: Bolsheviks in Ukraine establish an authority vested with extraordinary powers, the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee (Vseukrrevkom) chaired by Hryhorii Petrovsky.

1919: Vseukrrevkom adopts a manifesto addressing the workers and peasants of Ukraine.

1990: The Association of Farmers of Ukraine is registered with the Ministry of Justice.

1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes resolutions establishing diplomatic relations with former Soviet republics and recognizing the national independence of Slovenia and Croatia.

2004: Ukraina Channel broadcasts live presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych’s marathon involving his supporters.

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