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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

28 October, 2008 - 00:00

Oct. 28 2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine meets his counterpart Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia in the Crimea, where both leaders agree to renew military and technological cooperation.

2004: On the 60th anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the Nazis, a military parade and veterans’ parade take place in Kyiv.

Oct 29. 1800: The first blast furnace is launched at the Luhansk Steelworks.

2001: Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh of Ukraine visits the US to discuss Ukrainian-American strategic cooperation.

Oct. 30 1708: Peter I of Russia issues a decree to the Zaporozhian Cossacks, in which he promises not to carry out any acts of oppression and invites the Cossack officers to Hlukhiv to elect the Ukrainian hetman.

2001: Ukraine’s last ICBM silo is dismantled. Oct. 31 1995: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes a bill on accession to the Statute of the Council of Europe.

1999: During the presidential elections in Ukraine, none of the candidates obtain the required number of votes. Leonid Kuchma and Petro Symonenko take part in the second round of elections.

Nov. 1 1966: Production of the world’s largest aircraft, Antei, is launched in Ukraine.

1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the Declaration of Rights of Nationalities.

Nov. 2 1941: The radio station Soviet Ukraine starts broadcasting from Moscow.

1973: The first section of the “3600” sheet rolling mill goes into production at the Azovstal Steelworks.

Nov. 3 1918: The popular assembly of Bukovyna announces the reunification of Northern Bukovyna and Ukraine.

1943: The 1st Ukrainian Front launches an offensive to liberate Kyiv from the Germans, creating a strategic bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnipro River.

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