This week in history
December 29, 1701: Russian-Cossack forces defeat the Swedes at
Erestfer. December 29, 1965: a statue of Mykola Lysenko, generally
accepted as the founder of Ukrainian classical music, is unveiled in Kyiv.
December 30, 1922: the First All-Union Congress of Soviets proclaims
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. December 30, 1962: the
Crimean power grid is linked to that of the USSR's European part. December
31, 1943: Soviet troops enter Zhytomyr. December 31, 1932: the
Soviet internal passport system in instituted in Ukraine, effectively banning
peasants from Ukrainian cities. January 1, 11648: Bohdan Khmelnytsky
arrives in Zaporizhzhia to be elected Commander-in-Chief of the Zaporizhzhian
Cossack Host. January 1, 1919: the Ukrainian government passes the
law establishing the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. January
2, 1922: the Ukrainian SSR signs friendship and cooperation treaty
with Turkey in Ankara. January 2, 1942: representatives of 26 countries
gather in Washington, DC, to sign the United Nations Declaration providing
for uncompromising struggle against the fascists until their unconditional
surrender. January 3, 1919: the Ukrainian National Rada resolves
to unite the Western Ukrainian and the Ukrainian National Republics into
a single polity. January 3, 1993: the Russian Federation and the
United States sign a treaty on further reductions in strategic offensive
weapons in Moscow. January 4, 1905: Ukrainian wrestler Ivan Piddubny
first wins the Greco-Roman wresting championship in Paris. January 4,
1919: the Direktoriya of the Ukrainian People's Republic institutes
a new national monetary unit, the hryvnia.
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