July 13 1944. Soviet troops liberated Vilnius, the capital
of Lithuania, from the Nazis.
1945. The Ukrainian SSR Council of People's Commissars
and the Central Committee of the Communist Party (bolshevik) of Ukraine
resolved to establish the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR.
July 14 1714. The Russian Navy routed a Swedish squadron off
Ъland Island.
1927. The Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR
resolved to establish seaside preserves on the Black and Azov Sea coasts.
July 15 1410. The Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian troops routed
Teutonic Knights in the Battle of GrЯnwald.
1920. The Kyiv Higher Institute of Public Education (now
M. Drahomanov Ukrainian State Pedagogical University) was established.
July 16 1812. Russia and England concluded a treaty by
which their 1807-1812 war ended and England pledged to assist Russia in
the war against Napoleon.
1990. The Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR adopted
the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine.
July 17 1918. The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and
his family were executed in Yekaterinburg by decision of the Urals Oblast
Council of Soviets with Moscow's foreknowledge and approval.
1995. The Ukrainian-Belarus Treaty on Friendship, Good-Neighborly
Relations, and Cooperation was signed.
July 18 1812. Britain, Sweden, and Russia concluded a treaty
on joint action in the war against Napoleonic France.






