This week in history

March 3. 1919. The Ukrainian People’s Republic and Poland signed an armistice.

1990. A congress of the Ukrainian Public and Cultural Society, uniting the Ukrainian community in Poland, was held in Warsaw, renaming it into the Union of Ukrainians in Poland.

March 4. 1750. Kyrylo Razumovsky was elected the last hetman of Ukraine.

1919. The Council of People’s Commissars of Ukrainian SSR issued a decree On Canceling Tuition Fees in Secondary Schools.

March 5. 1918. The Small Rada of the UNR approved a law On the Administrative Statute of the City of Kyiv.

1992. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the law On the Representatives of the President of Ukraine.

March 6. 1919. An All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets took place in Kyiv, where the only actually functioning Soviet was located, ratifying the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR.

1939. A monument to Taras Shevchenko was unveiled in Kyiv to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the poet’s birth.

March 7. 1921. The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR approved a decree On Organizing Workers’ Faculties to educate workers in a Party spirit.

1967. The CPSU Central Committee, Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR, and All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions passed a decision on switching two the five-days workweek with two days off.

March 8. 1922. The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee passed a decision On Confiscating Church Values for the Fund to Support the Victims of Famine, then used the seized valuables to support Communist Parties abroad.

1946. On the initiative of the People’s Commissariats for State Security and Internal Affairs, a Council of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church opened in Lviv, approving a decision On Canceling the Union of Berest and Joining the Russian Orthodox Church.