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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This day in history

29 December, 2010 - 00:00

1724: The acting hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Polubotok dies in Petropavlovsk Fortress (St. Petersburg). Peter I imprisoned him for trying to obtain greater autonomy for Ukraine.

1927: Children’s labor commune named after Felix Dzerzhinsky opens in a suburb of Kharkiv under the leadership of Anton Makarenko.

1964: First turbogenerator of the Kyiv HPP begins industrial operations.

1965: A monument to Mykola Lysenko, the founder of Ukrainian classical music and author of the Ukrainian Church hymn The Great, Single God, is unveiled in Kyiv.

1972: The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (also known as the London Convention), is opened for signing at a conference in London.

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