July 6, 1927: All-Ukraine Central Executive Committee
passes a resolution securing the equality of all languages and assistance
in the development of Ukrainian culture.
July 6, 1987: Crimean Tatars stage a demonstration
on Red Square in Moscow.
July 7: St. John the Baptist Day.
July 7, 1659: Cossack troops led by Ivan Vyhovsky
defeat the Russians at Konotop.
July 7, 1949: the Nazi Wehrmacht besieges Kyiv.
July 8, 1709: Muscovite troops led by Tsar Peter
I defeat Swedish King Charles XII and Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa in the Battle
of Poltava.
July 8, 1997: NATO and Ukraine sign a special partnership
Charter in Madrid.
July 9, 1783: Russia's Military Board [War Ministry]
issues an edict reorganizing Cossack regiments as regular regiments of
the Russian Army.
July 9, 1961: a statue of Taras Shevchenko is unveiled
in Winnipeg.
July 10, 1968: Maksym Rylsky Literary-Memorial Museum
opens in Kyiv.
July 10, 1994: Leonid Kuchma is elected President
of Ukraine.
July 11: Fisherman's Day.
July 11, 1819: military settlers rebel against serfdom
at Chuhuyiv.
July 11, 1925: the Ukrainian National Democratic
Association (UNDO) is formed in Lviv.
July 12, 1581: Ostroh Gospel is printed by
Ivan Fe..dorov.
July 12, 1941: Great Britain and the USSR sign an agreement on
joint combat operations against Germany.






