This week in history

February 10. 1940. The first phase in the deportation of the Western Ukrainian population began, affecting the lives of 220,000 people.

1940. The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was split into OUN- B, led by Stepan Bandera, and OUN-M, led by Andriy Melnyk.

February 11. 1950. The KP(b)U Central Committee approved a decision On the Dnipro Magazine, containing standard allegations in anti-popular views, formalism, etc.

1989. The founding conference of the Taras Shevchenko Society of Ukrainian Language (later renamed the All-Ukrainian Prosvita Society) took place.

February 12. 1921. A Permanent Council to Fight Gangsterism was created under the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

1960. The first research nuclear reactor in Ukraine was brought online.

February 13. 1942. The compulsory gathering of the Ukrainians from the occupied territories for work in Germany as Ostarbeiters began.

1960. The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR passed a decision to organize factory higher educational institutions and also industrial enterprises and workshops at institutions of higher education.

February 14. 1914. An election reform took place in Halychyna, allowing Ukrainians to occupy one-third of the seats in Sejm.

1993. Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine signed a declaration On the Cooperation between the Transcarpathian Peoples.

February 15. 1574. In Lviv Ivan Fedorov published reputedly the first printed book in the Ukrainian land, The Apostle.

1919. The Ukrainian National Rada passed a law On Using the Ukrainian Language in State Institutions.

February 16. 1929. The first Week of Ukrainian Literature began in Moscow.

1994. Representatives of the Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and Kazakhstan signed a communique On Expanding the Contacts between the Military Institutions of both countries in Almaty.