February 9 1648. Bohdan Khmelnytsky is elected Hetman of Ukraine.
1904. Russo-Japanese War begins. February 10: 1784.
By Russian government decree, a naval defense port and fortress is named
Sevastopol, which is Greek for "city of glory." 1919. The Ukrainian
Directory breaks off fruitless negotiations with the Council of People's
Commissars of the Russian SFSR. February 11 1900. The
first Ukrainian political party, the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (RUP),
is formed in Russian-ruled Ukraine. 1963. Kyiv hosts a conference
on the culture of the Ukrainian language, where it is proposed that Ukrainian
be given official status. February 12 1939. First elections
to the Sejm of Carpatho-Ukraine are held. 1960. Ukraine's first
nuclear reactor is commissioned. February 13 1942. Forcible
deportation of the population from Nazi-occupied territories begins. Over
2 million people are deported from Ukraine in 1942-1944. 1960. The
Ukrainian SSR Council of Ministers resolves to set up factories-cum-colleges
as well as industrial enterprises and shops attached to higher educational
institutions. February 14 1943. Voroshylovhrad (now
Luhansk) is taken from the Germans. 1993. Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine
sign a declaration on cooperation among peoples of the Carpathian region.
February 15 1919. The Ukrainian National Rada adopts a law
on the use of Ukrainian in state-run institutions. 1989. Soviet
troops are completely withdrawn from Afghanistan.






