June 22.1941. Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union,
bringing the later into World War II.
1993. Verkhovna Rada adopted the law On (Private)
Farming.
June 23.1888. The monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky
was unveiled in St. Sofia Square in Kyiv.
1917. The Central Rada adopted the First Universal
proclaiming the sovereignty and autonomy of Ukraine.
June 24.1812. Napoleon's army invaded the territory
of Russia, triggering the Patriotic War of 1812.
1945. The Victory Parade was held in Moscow's Red
Square.
June 25.1992. The Ukrainian Orthodox and Autocephalous
Churches united into a single Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate).
1992. The Black Sea Economic Community was set up,
comprising 11 countries including Ukraine. June 26.1938. The
first elections to the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR were held under
the Stalin Constitution.
1940. The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR approved
the eight-hour workday and seven-day workweek.
June 27.1709. Russian Tsar Peter I defeated Swedish
King Charles XII and Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa in the Battle of Poltava.
1834. Kyiv University was opened.
June 28. Ukrainian Constitution Day 1919. The Versailles Peace
Treaty was signed with Germany, formally ending the First World War.






