1917: The Ukrainian National Council (Rada) is formed in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) from among activists of the city’s sociopolitical organizations.
1917: Petrograd’s Ukrainian delegation visits Prince Lvov, head of the Provisional Government, and for the first time raises the Ukrainian national issue.
1917: The first Ukrainian gymnasium (high school) opens in Kyiv.
1919: The Council of People’s Commissars (Radnarkom) of Ukraine signs a decree proclaiming Askania Nova a state preserve.
1922: The Artem Communist University opens in Kharkiv.
1945: Nikopol Pipe Rolling Mill resumes production of elongated pipes.
1961: Dnipropetrovsk Electric Locomotive Plant launches the first D-100 electric industrial locomotive.
1992: The Fundamental Studies Foundation is formed in Kyiv.
1999: In Moscow, President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine and President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation ratify a bilateral treaty on friendship, cooperation, and partnership.
