This week in history

June 10 1917: With its first Universal, adopted without prior agreement, the Central Rada proclaims Ukraine's autonomy.

1994: Ukraine's Ministry of Justice registers the Ukrainian Student League.

June 10 1921: Council of People's Commissars (Radnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree to combat child homelessness.

1992: . The Solomon International Jewish University is founded in Kyiv.

June12 1920 The First State Children's Theater opens in Kharkiv (now known as the First Ukrainian Theater for Children and Youth in Lviv).

1964: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR institutes official prizes in the fields of mathematics, technology, chemistry, and biology, named after the leading national scientists Mykola Krylov, Yevhen Paton, Lev Pysarzhevsky, and Vasyl Yuriev, respectively.

June 13 1983: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopts a decree awarding Sevastopil the October Revolution Order in conjunction with the city's 200th anniversary.

2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine visits the Slovak Republic.

June 14 1994:Ukraine and the EU sign a partnership and cooperation treaty in Luxembourg.

1997: Association of Free Trade Unions is established in Ukraine.

June 15 1775:Russian troops destroy the Zaporozhian (Pidpilnenska) Sich on Catherine II's orders.

1918: The first issue of the weekly newspaper Komunist (now called Demokratychna Ukraina comes off the presses.

June 16 1934: The first Ukrainian writers' congress is called to order and establishes the Union of Writers of Ukraine.

1982: The two-millionth tractor is produced at the Kharkiv Tractor Plant.