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.






