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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

3 July, 1999 - 00:00

August 3. 1959. The 1st International Film Festival was opened in Moscow.

1990. The Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR passed a law on the economic independence of the Ukrainian SSR.

August 4. 1687. The Cossack assembly held on the river Kolomak elected Ivan Mazepa as Hetman.

1918. The Council of People's Commissars adopted a decree on the closure of all bourgeois newspapers.

August 5. 1919. The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine headed by Nestor Makhno was formed.

1941. The heroic defense of Odesa began.

August 6. 1807. Russia, Prussia, and France signed the Tilsiet Peace Treaty.

1975. The Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR was awarded the Order of the Friendship of Peoples.

August 7. 1225. Danylo of Galich won a victory in a battle on the river Sany, fighting for supremacy in the Galich-Volhynia Principality.

1914. The legion of Ukrainian Rifleman (Sichovi striltsi) was formed in Austria-Hungary.

August 8. Day of the Construction Worker.

1945. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan.

1968. The USSR Council of Ministers passed a resolution on opening the State Institute of Culture in Kyiv.

August 9. International Day of the Indigenous Peoples of the World.

1959. The Novy Kryvy Rih ore-enrichment works put out the first batch of products.

1973. The USSR population reached 250 million.

August 3. 1959. The 1st International Film Festival was opened in Moscow.

1990. The Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR passed a law on the economic independence of the Ukrainian SSR.

August 4. 1687. The Cossack assembly held on the river Kolomak elected Ivan Mazepa as Hetman.

1918. The Council of People's Commissars adopted a decree on the closure of all bourgeois newspapers.

August 5. 1919. The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine headed by Nestor Makhno was formed.

1941. The heroic defense of Odesa began.

August 6. 1807. Russia, Prussia, and France signed the Tilsiet Peace Treaty.

1975. The Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR was awarded the Order of the Friendship of Peoples.

August 7. 1225. Danylo of Galich won a victory in a battle on the river Sany, fighting for supremacy in the Galich-Volhynia Principality.

1914. The legion of Ukrainian Rifleman (Sichovi striltsi) was formed in Austria-Hungary.

August 8. Day of the Construction Worker.

1945. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan.

1968. The USSR Council of Ministers passed a resolution on opening the State Institute of Culture in Kyiv.

August 9. International Day of the Indigenous Peoples of the World.

1959. The Novy Kryvy Rih ore-enrichment works put out the first batch of products.

1973. The USSR population reached 250 million.

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