This week in history

October 22: 1918. The Kamyanets Ukrainian State University was opened in Kamyanets-Podilsky.

1991. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Officers’ Union of Ukraine. October 23: 1859. The first Sunday school was opened in Kyiv.

1990. Verkhovna Rada of Ukrainian SSR passed a decision On Canceling the Sixth Article of the Constitution (on the leading role of the Communist Party).

October 25: 1848. The Galician-Ruthenian Matytsia Society was formed.

1938. The First Congress of Ukrainian Soviet Artists began, founding the Artists’ Union of Ukraine.

October 26: 1939. The People’s Assembly of Western Ukraine started, declaring Soviet Power on Western Ukraine territory, its entering the Soviet Union, and reunification with the Ukrainian SSR.

1947. The biggest mass deportation of Ukrainians (around 78,000) began in Ukraine’s western regions.

October 27: 1659. Yury Khmelnytsky and Moscovite government signed a treaty in Pereyaslav regulating political and legal status of the Cossack Ukraine in the Moscovite state (Pereyaslav Articles).

1882. The first appearance of the Ukrainian Touring Professional Theater founded by Mark Kropyvnytsky took place in Yelisavethrad (now Kirovohrad).

October 28: 1920. Counter-offensive of the Southern Front troops began, liberating Southern Tauria from Vrangel’s army.

1996. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine was created.