This week in history

Nov. 14 1939: An emergency session of the Supreme Council of the USSR adopts the law on Western Ukraine’s accession to the USSR and its “unification” with the Ukr. SSR.

2004: Professional artists carry out an action entitled “Orange Autumn” in Kyiv and Lviv, in support of Viktor Yushchenko.

Nov. 15 1919: The State Council of the UNR, jointly with Directorate and UNR government officials, of taking part, vests Chief Otaman Symon Petliura with “supreme command of the Republic’s affairs.”

2004: Public TV debate between the two presidential candidates of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych, is broadcast by the First National Channel

Nov. 16 1913: A conservatory of music opens in Kyiv

1994: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes the law on Ukraine’s accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of July 1, 1968.

Nov. 17 1993: The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registers the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Ukraine

2004: Askold Krushelnytsky, a well-known British journalist, publishes sensational materials in The Independent to the effect that the Ukrainian militia were ordered to falsify the presidental election results in Ukraine.

Nov. 18 1994: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine annuls the declaration on the Crimean sovereignty.

2004: The Washington Times writes that the US has denied entry visas to people who actively supported the presidential candidate and Kremlin protege Leonid Kuchma, curently head of the Ukrainian state.

Nov. 19 1991: The Nationwide Interreligious Forum is convened in Kyiv.

2004: US President George Bush calls for securing free and fair presidential elections in Ukraine.

Nov. 20 1917: The Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) is proclaimed.

1994: The Ukrainian-US Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation Charter is signed during President Leonid Kuchma’s visit to the US.