This week in history 

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.