January 26, 1589: Patriarchate is instituted in Russia. January
26, 1923: the Hart (Tempering) Union of Proletarian Writers of Ukraine
is founded in Kharkiv. January 27, 1837: Aleksandr Pushkin is mortally
wounded in a pistol duel on the river Chornaya near St. Petersburg. January
27, 1860: Taras Shevchenko's first complete Kobzar appears.
January 28, 1929: the First Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists opens
in Vienna to found the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). January
28, 1992: the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine resolves to institute the yellow-blue
national flag. January 29: Firefighters' Day January 29, 1918: a
volunteer student detachment of about 300 from Kyiv engages Bolshevik forces
at Kruty (Chernihiv oblast) and are killed. January 30, 1901: Rt.
Rev. Andrey Sheptytsky is ordained Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Halychyna
in Lviv. January 30, 1992: Ukraine becomes a member of the Conference
for Security and Cooperation in Europe. January 31, 1918: the Ukrainian
National Republic enacts its Land Code. January 31, 1920: the Ukrainski
Shchodenni Visti (Ukrainian Daily News) beings publication in New York
City. February 1, 1945: Sergo Ordzhonikidze Tractor Plant in Kharkiv
begins serial output of tractors. February 1, 1993: Rukh, the Popular
Movement of Ukraine, is officially registered with the Ministry of Justice
of Ukraine.






