This week in history

July 14 1948: The Political Literature Publishing House in Kyiv issues the first volume of the fourth edition of The Collected Works of Vladimir Lenin in Ukrainian.

July 15 1920: The Kyiv Higher Institute of Public Education is founded. Today it is known as Drahomanov National Pedagogical University.

1989: Miners in the Donbas and western Ukraine go on strike.

July 16 1917: The Central Rada adopts the Statute of the Supreme Political Administration of Ukraine, vesting parliamentary and governmental powers in the Central Rada and Secretary General, respectively.

1990: The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopts the Declaration of National Sovereignty of Ukraine.

July 171933: After completing the construction of the Dniprohes Hydroelectric Station and the destruction of the Dnipro rapids, a passenger steamboat makes a maiden voyage from Kyiv to Kherson.

1958: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR resolves to close 8 out of 40 monasteries and convents in Ukraine.

July 18 1946: Union of Ukrainian Youth (SUM) revives its work in emigration.

1968: Zaporizhstal Steelworks launches a unique hoop rolling mill.

July 19 1918: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is established in Canada.

July 20 1920: The Council of People’s Commissars (Radnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a resolution setting up Ukraine’s first medical research institute.

1993: The UN Security Council rules that the resolution passed by the Supreme Council of Russia in regard to Sevastopil is legally invalid.