This week in history

Oct. 17 1676: Poland and Turkey sign a peace treaty in Zhuravne. According to its terms, Turkey retains Podillia and part of Right-Bank Ukraine

1961: The opening of the “fateful” XXII Congress of the CPSU, which adopts the new statute and program of the Communist Party.

Oct. 18 1955: The Kakhivka hydroelectric power station goes into operation on the Dnipro River.

2001: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passes the Law “On the Election of People’s Deputies of Ukraine.”

Oct. 19 1653: Envoys of the Moscow tsar, led by V. Buturlin, leave for Pereiaslav to take the oath of allegiance from the Zaporozhian Host.

1989: The constituent assembly of the Republican Association of Ukrainian Studies is held.

Oct. 20 1924: Ukraine’s first radio station starts broadcasting in Kharkiv.

1995: The All-Ukraine Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate elects Metropolitan Filaret patriarch of the UOC KP.

Oct. 21 1897: The Chornomorsky Shipyard goes into operation in Mykolaiv.

1989: The restored Shevhchenko Scientific Society holds its founding convention in Lviv.

Oct. 22 1918: Kamianets Ukrainian State University opens in Kamianets-Podilsky.

1995: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine addresses a special session of the UN General Assembly commemorating its 50th anniversary.

Oct. 23 1859: The first Sunday school opens in Kyiv.

1990: The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR resolves to annul Article 6 of the constitution, which concerns the guiding role of the Communist Party.