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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This week in history

28 January, 2003 - 00:00

January 28: 1930. The Extraordinary Church Council abolished the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church.

1992. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the national blue- and-yellow banner as the State Flag of Ukraine.

January 29: 1900. The Revolutionary Party of Ukraine, first political party in Central, Southern, and Eastern Ukraine, was created in Kharkiv.

1992. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the All-Ukrainian Shevchenko Prosvita Society.

January 30: 1868. A musical school, now Kyiv Glier Musical College, was opened in Kyiv.

1992. Ukraine joined the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Helsinki.

January 31: 1920. The first Ukrainian newspaper in the US, Ukrayinsky Shchodenni Visti [Ukrainian Daily News] started its publication in New York.

1966. The Council of Ministers of USSR approved a decision, On Creating the Kyiv Trade and Economy Institute.

February 1: 1945. The Kharkiv Ordzhonikidze Tractor Plant started serial production of tractors.

1993. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Rukh People’s Movement of Ukraine.

February 2: 1902. A demonstration of 15,000 workers and students took place in Kyiv under the slogan, Down with the Autocracy!

1930. The KP(b)U Central Committee sent a letter, On the Means to Liquidate Kulak Farms in the Regions of Complete Collectivization, to all district and rayon KP(b)U committees.

February 3: 1940. The Committee of Ukrainian Canadians was created in Winnipeg, Canada.

1997. The Nuclear Pool of Ukraine was registered, a voluntary organization uniting a number of Ukrainian insurance firms for insurance and reinsurance of nuclear risks.

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