October 15: 1926. A Russian Drama Theater (since 1939 named for Lesia Ukrayinka) was opened in Kyiv.
1944. Zaporizhzhia was liberated from the Nazis.
October 16: 1890. The Russian-Ukrainian Radical Party was created in Lviv.
1917. The All-Ukrainian Free Cossacks’ Congress started its work in Chyhyryn, electing its General Rada headed by Pavlo Skoropadsky.
October 17: 1676. Poland and Turkey signed the Peace of Zhuravne, whereby Turkey retained Podillia and a part of Right-Bank Ukraine.
1961. The XXII CPSU Congress was opened, approving the Party’s new Statute and Program.
October 18: 1596. Beresteisk Union was proclaimed, uniting the Orthodox and Catholic Churches of Belarus and Ukraine.
1995. Ukraine joined the European Council.
October 19: 1653. The Muscovite Tsar’s embassy headed by Buturlin left for Pereyaslav to administer to the Zaporozhzhian Host the oath of loyalty to the Tsar.
1989. The founding session of the Ukrainian Studies Association of Ukrainian SSR took place.
October 20: 1924. Ukraine’s first radio station opened in Kharkiv. 1995. The All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv patriarchy) elected its head Metropolitan Filaret.
October 21: 1897. The Mykolayiv shipbuilding dockyard was opened.
1989. The Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society was founded in Lviv.






