This week in history

November 25. 1917. The Ukrainian Central Rada passed a decision to issue its own money.

1995. The ministers of defense of Ukraine and Russia signed a number of documents in Sochi including the agreement On Cooperation in the Military Sphere.

November 26. 1917. An organizing congress (Kurultai) of the Crimean Tatars took place, putting forward a slogan, The Crimea for the Crimeans.

1944. The First Congress of Delegates from People’s Committees of Transcarpathian Ukraine approved a manifesto On the Reunification of Transcarpathian Ukraine with Soviet Ukraine.

November 27. 1648. Polish King Jan II Kazimierz issued a universal guaranteeing Cossack rights.

1918. The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, now National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was established in Kyiv.

November 28. 1918. The Provisional Workers and Peasants Government of Ukraine was created, issuing a manifesto On Overthrowing Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky and Establishing Soviet Power in Ukraine.

1994. A meeting of the Constitutional Committee was held, meaning the renewing of the constitutional process in Ukraine.

November 29. 1661. Lviv University was founded, now named for Ivan Franko.

1989. The reburial of victims of Stalinist repression took place in Ivano-Frankivsk.

November 30. 1921. The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee passed a decision On an Amnesty for Workers and Peasants Who Served in Enemy Armies or Live Abroad.

1996. By a presidential order the Customs Service of Ukraine was established.

November 1. 1990. The founding congress of the Party for Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine opened in Kyiv.

1991. The Ukrainian people confirmed the Act Proclaiming Ukraine’s Independence in a referendum, while Leonid Kravchuk was elected President of Ukraine.