This day in history

1919: The UNR command and Nestor Makhno’s insurgent troops agree on fighting Anton Denikin’s Volunteer Army; this agreement is short-lived as on September 27, after defeating the White Guard troops, the insurgent troops move to raid the Ekaterinoslav Governorate.

1921: The governments of the RSFSR and Ukrainian SSR forward a note to the Romanian government, demanding that Nestor Makhno and other members of his gang be deported as “ordinary criminals.”

1929: The date of birth of Ivan Svitlychny, future Ukrainian poet, literary critic, translator, and dissident.

1941: Moscow hosts a Ukrainian art and literature soiree.

1957: The State Museum of Ukrainian Art launches a series of republican exhibits.

1973: Kyiv hosts the All-Union Golden Autumn Music Festival.

1975: Zatoka Shipyard in Kerch launches the tanker Kuban, Ukraine’s largest vessel of this type.