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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 

1 December, 1998 - 00:00

December 1: World AIDS Day. December 1, 1853: a Russian
naval squadron commanded by Admiral Nakhimov defeats the Turks at Sinope
on the Black Sea. December 1, 1991: an all-Ukrainian referendum
confirms the independence of the Ukrainian state. Leonid Kravchuk is elected
the first President of Ukraine.  December 2, 1864: St. Petersburg
sees the premiere of Hulak-Artemovsky's opera A Cossack Beyond the Danube.
December 2, 1805: Napoleon defeats the Austrian and Russian armies
at Austerlitz. December 3: International Handicapped Day. December
4, 1925:
the first issue of the newspaper Komsomolets Ukrainy
(Communist Youth Leaguer of Ukraine) is published in Kharkiv. December
4, 1941:
Kyiv's Ivan Franko Theater is evacuated to Semipalatinsk starts
performing there. December 5, 1917: the Ukrainian State Academy
of the Arts opens in Kyiv. December 5, 1994: as nuclear powers the
US, UK, and Russia sign a memorandum in Budapest on security guarantees
for Ukraine. December 6: Ukrainian Armed Forces Day. December
6, 1240:
Batu Khan's forces seize and lay waste Kyiv after a long siege.
December 6, 1932: the Soviet Ukrainian press announces that villages
are being blacklisted for not providing the state grain. December 7,
1932:
the Ukrainian Research Association is founded in Prague. December
7, 1934:
USSR Council of People's Commissars decrees the cancellation
of bread, flour, and cereals ration coupons.

 

 

 

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