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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

24 February, 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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