This day in history

1724: The acting hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Polubotok dies in Petropavlovsk Fortress (St. Petersburg). Peter I imprisoned him for trying to obtain greater autonomy for Ukraine.

1927: Children’s labor commune named after Felix Dzerzhinsky opens in a suburb of Kharkiv under the leadership of Anton Makarenko.

1964: First turbogenerator of the Kyiv HPP begins industrial operations.

1965: A monument to Mykola Lysenko, the founder of Ukrainian classical music and author of the Ukrainian Church hymn The Great, Single God, is unveiled in Kyiv.

1972: The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (also known as the London Convention), is opened for signing at a conference in London.