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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 

29 December, 1998 - 00:00

December 29, 1701: Russian-Cossack forces defeat the Swedes at
Erestfer. December 29, 1965: a statue of Mykola Lysenko, generally
accepted as the founder of Ukrainian classical music, is unveiled in Kyiv.
December 30, 1922: the First All-Union Congress of Soviets proclaims
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. December 30, 1962: the
Crimean power grid is linked to that of the USSR's European part. December
31, 1943:
Soviet troops enter Zhytomyr. December 31, 1932: the
Soviet internal passport system in instituted in Ukraine, effectively banning
peasants from Ukrainian cities. January 1, 11648: Bohdan Khmelnytsky
arrives in Zaporizhzhia to be elected Commander-in-Chief of the Zaporizhzhian
Cossack Host. January 1, 1919: the Ukrainian government passes the
law establishing the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. January
2, 1922:
the Ukrainian SSR signs friendship and cooperation treaty
with Turkey in Ankara. January 2, 1942: representatives of 26 countries
gather in Washington, DC, to sign the United Nations Declaration providing
for uncompromising struggle against the fascists until their unconditional
surrender. January 3, 1919: the Ukrainian National Rada resolves
to unite the Western Ukrainian and the Ukrainian National Republics into
a single polity. January 3, 1993: the Russian Federation and the
United States sign a treaty on further reductions in strategic offensive
weapons in Moscow. January 4, 1905: Ukrainian wrestler Ivan Piddubny
first wins the Greco-Roman wresting championship in Paris. January 4,
1919:
the Direktoriya of the Ukrainian People's Republic institutes
a new national monetary unit, the hryvnia.

 

 

 

 

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