This day in history

1655: Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky of Ukraine starts negotiating Bakhchisaray’s neutrality in the Cossack war against the Polish Kingdom (Rzeczpospolita).

1901: Kharkiv students stage a mass rally protesting the tsarist government’s persecution of the writer Maxim Gorky.

1917: Kyiv hosts the ceremony of proclaiming the 3rd Universal (Declaration) of the Central Rada.

1917: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts is founded in Kyiv (currently the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture).

1922: The Land Code of Ukraine is adopted, proclaiming all lands property of the state.

2004: President Askold Lozynsky of the Ukrainian World Congress announces the UWC’s recognition of President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine.

2004: Presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko declares he does not trust the Central Election Committee.

2004: Spontaneous rallies in support of Viktor Yushchenko take place in numerous regions of Ukraine.