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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

13 November, 2012 - 00:00

September 15, 1893: the first Ukrainian language issue of the newspaper Svoboda (Liberty) comes off the presses in Jersey City, NJ (US). September 15, 1994: Verkhovna Rada overrides the Sevastopol City Council’s resolution instituting the Russian status of Sevastopol. September 16: International Ozone Layer Protection Day. September 16, 1658: Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky signs the abortive Treaty of Hadiach with Poland aimed at Ukraine’s rejoining the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth as an equal member. September 16, 1971: restoration work on the eighteenth century belfry of St. Sophia’s Cathedral is completed. September 17, 1939: the Red Army crosses the Soviet-Polish border, entering Western Ukraine and Western Belarus. September 17, 1989: the First Republican Chervona Ruta Ukrainian Song festival opens in Chernivtsi. September 18, 1911: Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is mortally wounded in Kyiv. September 18, 1924: rebellion breaks at Tatarbunary in southern Bessarabia against Romanian occupation. September 19, 1891: the first Ukrainian settlers arrive in Montreal. September 19, 1941: Soviet forces leave Kyiv after 72 days of battle. September 20: Innovator’s and Rationalizer’s Day. September 20, 1965: the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a list of state museums subordinated to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. September 20, 1973: the Golden Autumn Music Festival opens in Kyiv. September 21: Forestry Worker’s Day. September 21, 1659: Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s son Yuras is elected Hetman of Ukraine.

 

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