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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

24 February, 1998 - 00:00

February 25, 1972: space station Luna-20 brings back samples of lunar soil. February 25, 1924: diplomatic relations between the USSR and Austria are established. February 25, 1975: the Ukrainian SSR Council of Ministers passes a resolution instituting a State Library for Youth in Kyiv. February 26, 1797: the cornerstone is solemnly laid in the foundation of the Mikhailovsky Castle, future residence of Emperor Pavel I in St. Petersburg.
February 26, 1993: the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly is established by a 9-Parliament Meeting in Istanbul. February 27, 1943: the Marshal Star insignia is introduced. February 27, 1990: USSR Supreme Soviet resolves to institute Soviet presidency. February 28, 1835: Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, comes off the presses; Kalevala Day is instituted. February 28, 1949: USSR Council of Ministers orders further reductions in government-controlled prices of consumer goods. March 1, 1918: the Small Council of the Ukrainian National Republic passes a law on the monetary system and the National Emblem of Ukraine. March 1, 1967: Zaporizhzhia's Komunar auto plant puts its Zaporozhets-966 economy car into serial production. March 2, 1861: serfs are emancipated in the Russian Empire. March 2, 1939: the Composers' Union of Ukraine is founded. March 3, 1919: the Russian Federated Soviet Socialist Republic signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, recognizing Ukraine's independence. March 3, 1945: a Regional Art Gallery is opened in Lviv

 

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