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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

20 November, 2012 - 00:00

1847: Russia’s tsarist government issues an ukase allowing peasants to buy freedom in case a given estate is sold at public auction.

1917: The Central Rada proclaims the Ukrainian National Republic, in which all political power belongs to the Rada and the Secretariat, while maintaining formal federative relationships with Russia.

1927: The Tenth Congress of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine condemns Trotskyism and the Shumsky nationalistic trend.

1943: The First Conference of the Captive Nations of Eastern Europe and Asia convenes in Volyn.

1994: Leonid Kuchma and Bill Clinton sign the Charter of American-Ukrainian Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation during the Ukrainian president’s official visit to the United States.

2004: Shevchenko District Court dismisses Kyiv City Administrations’ claim banning rallies on Independence Square (Maidan), scheduled for November 21-23.

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