February 18, 1966: the first edition of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
comes off the press.
1977: Simferopol University opens.
February 19, 1938: the world's first Soviet polar station, North Pole -1, completes its mission.
1954: The Crimean Oblast of the RSFSR is transferred to Ukraine.
1992: The Trident (tryzub) adopted as Ukraine's Small National Emblem.
February 21, 1613: Mikhail, the first of the Romanov dynasty, ascends to the
Russian throne.
February 22: proclaimed International Crime Victim Support Day 1724:
Russia and Sweden sign a mutual assistance treaty.
February 23, 1863: two prominent
authors, Ivan Turgenev and Gustave Flaubert, meet for the first time at a literary
dejeneur in Paris.
1947: the Statute of the International Organization for
Standardization is enacted.
February 24: proclaimed Independence Day in Estonia,
a national holiday.
1574: Ivan Feodorov produces The Apostle, Ukraine's first printed
book (Lviv).






