This week in history

Oct. 6 2001: Presidents Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine and Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland open the European Collegium of Ukrainian and Polish Universities in Lublin.

Oct. 7 1992: Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice registers the Association of Researchers of the Ukrainian Famine Genocide of 1932-33.

Oct. 8 1960: The Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad is founded in Kyiv.

Oct. 9 1990: Hunger-striking students in Kyiv demand the resignation of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR.

Oct. 101973: A monument to the outstanding Ukrainian poet Lesia Ukrainka is unveiled in Kyiv.

Oct. 111996: The South Ukrainian Economic Union is founded in the Crimea.

Oct. 121993: Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice registers the Communist Party of Ukraine.