This week in history

June 6 (Journalists Day in Ukraine) 2000: During US President Bill Clinton’s visit to Ukraine, his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma announces the date for shutting down the Chornobyl nuclear power station: Dec. 15, 2000.

June 7 1919: The Ukrainian Galician Army launches the Chortkiv offensive in the Polish-Ukrainian theater of combat operations.

1993: The International Committee on Economic Reform and Cooperation, a nongovernmental organization aimed at attracting foreign private business and money to Ukraine, is founded in Kyiv.

June 8 1993: Ukraine’s largest nationwide miners’ strike begins. It leads to a decrease in national coal output and the industry’s decline.

1995: Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signs an edict appointing Yevhen Marchuk as the prime minister.

June 9 1847: Russian tsar Nicholas I signs an “ukase” on Taras Shevchenko’s conscription and forbids him to write and paint.

2002: The presidents of Ukraine and Russia, Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Putin, sign an agreement on strategic cooperation in the gas sphere and on creating a consortium to manage and develop Ukraine’s gas transportation system.

June 10 1917: With its first Universal the Central Rada in Kyiv proclaims Ukraine’s autonomy.

1994: The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registers the Ukrainian Student League.

June 11 1921: The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a resolution “On Measures to Combat the Problem of Homeless Children.”

1992: Solomon International University opens in Kyiv.

June 12 1943: Sydir Kovpak leads a formation of partisan detachments on a raid into the Carpathian Mountains.

1964: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR institutes prizes named after outstanding scientists: Mykola Krylov (Mathematics), Yevhen Paton (Technology), Lev Pysarzhevsky (Chemistry), and Vasyl Yuriev (Biology).