June 9, 1847: Russian Tsar Nicholas II orders Taras Shevchenko exiled, forbidding him to write or paint. June 9, 1992: the First All-Ukrainian Congress of Librarians opens in Kyiv. June 10, 1917: the First All-Ukrainian Peasants’ Congress begins in Kyiv. June 10, 1993: the Citizens’ Congress of Ukraine is registered with the Ministry of Justice. June 11, 1913: the USSR agricultural, industrial, and art exhibit opens in Kyiv. June 11, 1992: the International Solomon Jewish University opens in Kyiv. June 12: national holiday of the Russian Federation. June 12, 1920: the Red Army enters Kyiv. June 12, 1975: the State Historical-Architectural Preserve is founded in Lviv. June 13, 1983: Sevastopol is awarded the October Revolution Order in commemoration of the city’s bicentennial. June 13, 1996: President Leonid Kuchma declares that all strategic nuclear weapons have been removed from Ukraine. June 14, 1905: mutiny breaks out on board the battleship Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheskii. June 14, 1996: the President of Ukraine signs an edict establishing the Oles Honchar all-Ukrainian Fund for the Restoration of Outstanding Historical and Architectural Monuments. June 15: Medical Workers’ Day. June 15, 1939: The Taras Shevchenko Memorial and a new statue on the poet’s grave are opened in Kaniv. June 15, 1996: Ukraine joins the Disarmament Conference.






