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This week in history

22 May, 00:00

May 22 1861: The remains of Taras Shevchenko are transferred to a grave on top of the Chernecha Hora hill near Kaniv.

1997: President Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland completes his visit to Ukraine after both sides sign an act of truce.

May 23 1917: The Central Rada adopts the 1st Universal [Decree] proclaiming Ukraine’s soveregnty and autonomy.

1990: The 2nd International Folk Fest launches in Kyiv.

May 24 1991: The Ministry of Justice registers the Green Party of Ukraine.

2002: The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine resolves to commence integration into NATO structures.

May 25 1994: The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registers the Party of Human Rights.

1999: A monument to Taras Shevchenko is ceremoniously unveiled in Chernivtsi.

May 26 1648: Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s Cossack army defeats the Poles at Korsun.

1982: The Supreme Council of the USSR resolves to confer the Friendship of Nations Order on Kyiv in commemoration of its 1,500th anniversary

May 27 1657: The Holy Roman Empire makes an alliance with the Rzeczpospolita, undertaking to assist Poland in military terms and act as an intermediary in the talks with Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

1821: An astronomical observatory is founded in Mykolayiv.

May 28 1982: Festivities commemorating Kyiv’s 1,500th anniversary are staged in the Ukrainian capital.

1997: Ukraine and the Russian Federation sign an agreement on the status of the Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine, conditions of its deployment, parameters of division, and mutual settlements.

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