This week in history

Jan. 22 Day of Ukrainian Unity

1919: The Direktoria of the Ukrainian National Republic proclaims the reunification of the UNR with the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv.

1992: The 1st World Ukrainian Congress is held in Kyiv.

Jan. 23 1930: The CC of the CP(B)U adopts a resolution instructing local party organizations to launch a dekulakization campaign throughout the countryside.

1992: Ukraine and the United States exchange notes in Kyiv on the establishment of full scale diplomatic relations.

Jan. 24 1944: The 1st and the 2nd Ukrainian Front launch the Korsun- Shevchenkivsky offensive.

1996: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Lithuanian Sejm sign a cooperation memorandum in Vilnius.

Jan. 25 1919: The interim workers and peasants’ government of Ukraine adopts a declaration on the necessity of joining of the Ukrainian SSR and the RSFSR on the principles of socialist federation.

1931: The all-Ukraine Decade of Liquidation of Illiteracy begins.

Jan 26 1993: The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registers the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists.

1995: Ukraine’s first regional center for certificate auctions opens in Zhytomyr.

Jan 27 1918: A delegation of the Ukrainian National Republic signs a peace treaty with the Central Powers.

1924. The Kyiv city and gubernia Soviets pass a resolution on the construction of a monument to Lenin.

Jan 28 1930: An extraordinary church council is convened in Kyiv to liquidate the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

1992: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the blue-and-yellow flag as the National Flag of Ukraine.