This week in history

January 27. 1918. The UNR delegation signed a peace treaty with representatives of the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk.

1924. The Kyiv city and provincial councils approved a decision to erect a monument to Lenin in Kyiv.

January 28. 1930. An Extraordinary Church Council abolished the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

1992. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the national blue and yellow banner as the State Flag of Ukraine.

January 29. 1900. The Revolutionary Ukrainian Party, the first Ukrainian political party in Dnipro Ukraine, was created in Kharkiv.

1992. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the All-Ukrainian Shevchenko Prosvita Society.

January 30. 1868. A musical school, now Kyiv Gliere Musical College, was opened in Kyiv.

1992. Ukraine joined the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Helsinki.

January 31. 1920. The first Ukrainian Communist newspaper in the US, Ukrayinsky shchodenni visti [Ukrainian Daily News] started its publication in New York.

1966. The Council of Ministers of USSR approved a decision, On Creating the Kyiv Trade and Economy Institute.

February 1. 1945. The Kharkiv Ordzhonikidze Tractor Plant started serial production of tractors.

1993. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registered the Rukh People’s Movement of Ukraine.

February 2. 1902. A demonstration of 15,000 workers and students took place in Kyiv under the slogan, Down with the Autocracy!

1930. The KP(b)U Central Committee sent a letter, On the Means to Liquidate Kulak Farms in the Regions of Complete Collectivization, to all district and rayon KP(b)U committees.