This week in history

Oct. 27 1659: In Pereiaslav Yurii Khmelnytsky and the Muscovite government sign an agreement regulating the political and legal status of Cossack Ukraine in the Muscovite state.

Oct. 28 2004: On the 60th anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the Nazis, a military parade and veterans’ parade take place in Kyiv.

Oct. 29 1800: The first blast furnace is launched at the Luhansk Steelworks.

Oct. 30 2001: Ukraine’s last ICBM silo is dismantled.

Oct. 31 1999: During the presidential elections in Ukraine, none of the candidates obtain the required number of votes. Leonid Kuchma and Petro Symonenko take part in the second round of elections.

Nov. 1 1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the Declaration of Rights of Nationalities.

Nov. 2 1973: The first section of the “3600” sheet rolling mill goes into production at the Azovstal Steelworks.