1939: The Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopts a decree making Western Ukraine part of the Soviet Union, “reuniting” it with the Ukrainian SSR.
1941: A task force is attached to the Military Council of the [Soviet] South-West Front to monitor and coordinate the partisan movement behind the Wehrmacht rear lines.
1941: Soviet troops retreat from Sevastopol.
1945: A Ukrainian emigre center is established in the [West] German town of Aschaffenburg.
1974: Donbasivska Power Plant starts generating in Donetsk oblast, capable of transmitting electricity over a distance of 1,500 km, for the first time in Ukraine’s power-engineering history.
1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Nationalities of Ukraine.
2004: The Central Election Commission finishes counting 94.24 percent of votes: 40.12 percent for Viktor Yanukovych; 39.5 percent for Viktor Yushchenko.
