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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

22 November, 2011 - 00:00

1655: Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky of Ukraine starts negotiating Bakhchisaray’s neutrality in the Cossack war against the Polish Kingdom (Rzeczpospolita).

1901: Kharkiv students stage a mass rally protesting the tsarist government’s persecution of the writer Maxim Gorky.

1917: Kyiv hosts the ceremony of proclaiming the 3rd Universal (Declaration) of the Central Rada.

1917: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts is founded in Kyiv (currently the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture).

1922: The Land Code of Ukraine is adopted, proclaiming all lands property of the state.

2004: President Askold Lozynsky of the Ukrainian World Congress announces the UWC’s recognition of President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine.

2004: Presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko declares he does not trust the Central Election Committee.

2004: Spontaneous rallies in support of Viktor Yushchenko take place in numerous regions of Ukraine.

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