This week in history

Sept. 15 1991: An all-Ukrainian rally is held on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv in support of the Declaration of Ukraine’s state independence.

1995: Ukraine signs the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime adopted by the Council of Europe in 1990.

Sept. 16 1651: The Ukrainian Cossacks launch an uprising in Bila Tserkva to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the terms of the treaty signed with the Polish Kingdom.

1914: The first Ukrainian Sich Riflemen in the Austro-Hungarian army swear allegiance to the struggle for Ukraine’s liberation.

Sept. 17 1939: Red Army units cross the Soviet-Polish frontier and enter Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.

1989: The The first Chervona Ruta Ukrainian song festival is launched in Chernivtsi.

Sept. 18 1640: A A church council convened in Kyiv adopts the catechism of the “Orthodox confession of the faith.”

1996: Ukraine’s Ministry of External Economic Relations and Trade adopts regulations on barcodes for goods made in Ukraine.

Sept. 19 1941: The Headquarters of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR orders Soviet troops to retreat from Kyiv after 72 days of defensive operations.

1991: Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is revived in Kyiv.

Sept. 20 1919: The army of the Ukrainian National Republic and Nestor Makhno’s partisan units sign an agreement to fight Denikin’s army.

1975: The Kuban, Ukraine’s largest oil tanker, is launched at the Kerch Shipyard.

Sept. 21 1841: A medical faculty is founded at Kyiv University (today’s Bohomolets Ukrainian State Medical University).

1993: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine accepts Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma’s resignation and releases him from his official duties.