This week in history

Sept. 25 1986: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR confers the title “Hero of the Soviet Union” on Viktor Kybenko and Volodymyr Pravyk (posthumously), and Leonid Teliatnykov in recognition of their heroism and selfless efforts during rescue operations at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station (ChAES).

2004: The 70th anniversary of the reinstatement of Kyiv’s status as capital city is marked.

Sept. 26 1995: The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) plenary meeting in Strasbourg resolves to admit Ukraine to this statutory organ.

2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine begins his visit to Kazakhstan, during which a number of agreements are signed.

Sept. 27 1906: The first issue of the Ukrainian daily newspaper Rada comes off the presses in Kyiv.

1993: The president of Ukraine signs an edict establishing the Coordinating Committee on Market Reforms and Measures to Overcome the Economic Crisis.

Sept. 28 1916: A medical department of the Higher Training Courses for Women opens in Katerynoslav.

1939: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on Soviet-German friendship and borders is signed in Moscow. In accordance with the agreement, the western border of the Ukrainian SSR is established along the Western Buh and Narev rivers.

Sept. 29 1920: After lengthy hostilities Makhno and the Soviet government sign a truce.

1941: The Nazis start mass shootings of civilians at Babyn Yar, where more than 100,000 Ukrainians, Jews, and Russians are massacred.

Sept. 30 1992: Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice registers the Association of Researchers of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33.

2003: The Aviation Museum is established in Kyiv.

Oct. 1 1871: The Pavlo Galagan Collegium opens in Kyiv. In 1920 it is reorganized as a general educational workers’ school.

1960: The Society for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad is founded in Kyiv.